Reboot & Reuse applied for CityLab010, because we want to realize Europe’s first ‘plastic as a service’ factory in Rotterdam. Our ambition is to create a closed material flow using bio plastic to print everyday tools and parts that can be reused (Reuse) or redesigned (Reboot) over time. How it started? Reboot & Reuse started
Collaboration between scientific, technological and artistic domains is gaining traction through the world, but actually building a successful cross disciplinary collaboration with a sustainable return for all parties involved is challenging. By gathering experiences from different programs such as the STARTS initiative and insights from international experts, the collaboration toolkit aims to provide an introduction
With the growth of technology also the access that people have to it changes, and it changes the capabilities and the opportunities technology offers to artists. That is why it can be very interesting to reflect on technological artworks from the past and to adapt or translate such works using current means. This is the
Experiments in Art and Economics (EAE residency) is a Short-term Residency Program by In4Art and ZKM | Karlsruhe, where we want to stimulate collaborations between progressive artists and economic re-thinkers. Bringing agents of two seemingly remote fields together under one roof and labeling it an experiment is not unprecedented. Especially when a critical point arrives in history,
Interested in how an anatomical lesson of an artificial data organ would look like? For the third time, our collaboration partner Isaac will lead the experiments for Prosthetic X during a testing night enabled by V2_. During the first night, we focused on internal health indicators. The second night, we validated some assumptions on social
We are thrilled to welcome a work from the Hyper Rhizome series into the In4Art Collection. Over the past years, we have been following the work of Diana Scherer and how she created a way to ‘weave’ plant roots by researching Rootbound Domestication for nearly a decade. This results in natural ‘woven tapestries’ of roots
Experiments are an essential part of every art practice. Even more than the end results, experiments, bèta versions and try-outs offer an inside look on how an artist thinks and works. Therefore, the experiment is made central in 3×3. V2_ offers three artists the space, time and resources to develop three experiments. Every first Friday
Did we launch our newest Art Driven Innovation startup called B-hind!? On a Friday night, more then 100 people gathered in front of the V2_ windows on the Eendrachtstraat in Rotterdam. Through the vitrine, one could see the presentation booth of B-hind and Dani Ploeger gave a one of a kind performance. “B‒hind offers a
