current 
 

exhibition

The Greater Cloud

December 10th 2011 - February 5th 2012

FINAL WEEK open until February 5. The Greater Cloud is a show in which the Internet as a platform, medium or subject matter functions as a source of inspiration for artists and influences their artistic practice. The Internet has become banal and ubiquitous. Starting point for this exhibition is what this means for a younger generation of artists and curators. read more

 

artist in residence

City Velocities - Body Speeds

NIMk, Sonic Acts and STEIM are proud to announce the new joint Artist in Residence project City Velocities - Body Speed by Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec. The installation will be presented as part of the Sonic Acts - Travelling Time exhibition at NIMk from Februari 23 - April 15, 2012. read more

 

artist in residence

New Artist in residence projects Mobile Media Art

Vivo ARTE.MOV and NIMk are pleased to announce the results of the call for the two months artistic residency programme using a mobile platform. The selected projects for the residence in 2012 were: "Project Jandig" by Angelo Moscozo (aka VJ Pixel) and "The City Talks" by Sander Veenhof. The initiative is pioneering in using specially designed street vehicles equipped with features of digital media developed in the cities of Amsterdam and São Paulo. read more

 

Call

Media Art We Care - How you can help us

Read and react to our statement, Become a NIMk fan via facebook, Subscribe to our newsletter, Send us an e-mail with your reaction and ideas, Rent and present work from our collection read more

 

event partner organisation

Exhibition Jacco Olivier at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

19 January 2012 - 19 February 2012 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

From 19 January - 19 February 2012 NIMk presents in collaboration with Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ three video works by the Amsterdam based Jacco Olivier read more

 

opening/closing eventexhibition

Transitions: Sandberg Institute at NIMk #4

January 20 - February 10 // opening January 20, 19.00hrs

The fourth installment of the Sandberg Institute's showcase event at the Netherlands Media Art Institute will open on January 20 2012. read more

 

presentation

Dead drops

NIMk_'s dead drop was installed after an inspiring dead drops master class by Aram Bartholl, organized by V2 & Showroom Mama in Rotterdam. Just after the Dutch Secretary of state for culture, Halbe Zijlstra, has published his policy plan for the coming years. You are all invited to drop your Media Art.... read more

upcoming 
 

exhibition

Sonic Acts - Travelling Time

Festival: 23-26 February 2012, various locations in Amsterdam Exhibition: till 15 April 2012, NIMk

Travelling Time is the fourteenth edition of Sonic Acts, and its theme is the human experience of time. Sonic Acts XIV is a four-day festival of performances, lectures, exhibitions, presentations, and film screenings. It will also present a lavishly illustrated publication with essays and interviews. read more

 

presentation

Music Hack Day

March 24, 25

24/25 March.The Amsterdam Music Hack Day is a full weekend of hacking in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their projects. Music software mobile hardware art the web. Anything goes as long as it's music related. read more

recent 
 

screening

NIMk at the IFFR 2012

25 - 30 January

The Netherlands Media Arts Institute presents 5 works from it's collection at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Field Notes from a Mine by Martijn van Boven is nominated for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films. And works are shown by Keren Cytter, Lernert & Sander adn Thomas Mohr. read more

 

presentation

Robert Overweg - The Prologue

9th September 2011

Robert Overweg, photographer in the virtual world will be presenting his work at NIMk read more

 

exhibition

Ideophones by Dick Raaijmakers at NIMk

After Deventer, the Ideophones by Dick Raaijmakers can be seen at NIMk in Amsterdam - 20 December 2011 till 14 January 2012 - closed on December 31st and January 1st read more

 

opening/closing event

Finissage New Year's reception

Together with our colleagues at V2_, we invite all our friends and professional contacts to join us on Friday the 13th for a finissage for the presentation Ideophones, by Dick Raaijmakers. read more

 

Call

Happy 2012

We wish you a Happy and Wonderful 2012 read more

 

presentation

Global Anxiety Monitor in Architecture of Fear

02.10 till 31.12.2011 Opening Saturday 1st October 2011 at 19.30 in Z33, Hasselt, Belgium

The installation Global Anxiety Monitor by De Geuzen from the NIMk collection, will be part of the exhibition Architecture of Fear, to be presented at Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium from October 1st till December 31st. read more

 

screening

Video art in the House of Parliament

September - November - December

The Netherlands Media Art Institute brings video art to the House of Parliament in The Hague read more

 

screening

Tracing Mobility video program: Exploring habitats

12 Dec 2011 20:30 - 22:00 Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Germany

12 December 2011, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin: A video program with 10 works from the NIMk-collection about the emergence of new spaces of interaction, of new technologies and of formations of desire. read more

 

presentation

To Transfer or to Transform #5

6 December 2011, 20:00

On December 6 the artists themselves, media art pioneers Nan Hoover and Dick Raaijmakers, are not present. The reconstruction of their work will be presented by researchers and exhibition builders. read more

 

presentation

Inspired by Nan Hoover

2 and 3 December 2011

Nan Hoover (1931-2008) is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of Dutch media art, and as a multimedia artist she was way ahead of her time. The influence on her own generation but especially on younger generations of artists cannot be overestimated. On December 2 and 3 NIMk, in co-operation with the Nan Hoover Foundation, presents a comprehensive program highlighting the work of Nan Hoover and new work inspired by Nan Hoover read more

 

presentation

Jan Fabre in the NIMk collection

November 1 - December 4

From Autumn 2011, we preserve and distribute the audiovisual works of Jan Fabre. To celebrate this, we showcase a selection of his work in our mediatheque. read more

 

exhibition

The Netherlands Media Art Institute at STRP Festival Eindhoven 2011

November 18 - 27, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven

The fifth edition of the STRP Festival is dedicated to 50 years of media art and technology in the Netherlands. NIMk collaborated on the design of the exhibition and the festival is well represented with four works from the NIMk collection in the STRP Expo and the Media Arts-Mobile / Planet M on STRP School. read more

 

exhibition

The Art of Hacking

DUE TO SUCCESS EXTENDED until November 26th, 2011

The art of Hacking focuses on the artistic side of hacking. The artists in this exhibition highlight the imperfections of our surroundings and daily lives. read more

 

performancescreening

Julika Rudelius screening - Goethe Institute

November 25 2011, 20.00, Goethe-Institut, Herengracht 470, Amsterdam

The Netherlands Media Art Institute together with |Cine|Sonic| proudly present a compilation of videos by renowned German artist Julika Rudelius with a special soundtrack composed and performed live by Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot) read more

 

performance

DNK - Significant Music #5

21 November 2011

A specially selected group of Amsterdam-based musicians, artists and designers each play 1 significant piece of music from their collection. read more

 

Callartist in residence

CALL Artist in Residence MOBILE MEDIA LAB

DEADLINE EXTENDED until November 14

Vivo ARTE.MOV and NIMk are excited to launch a collaborative residency to develop an art project or workshop programme for mobile lab and presentation platforms. The residence is for two people: a curator or artist living or residing in Brazil, and a curator or artist living in the Netherlands. The total residence period will be 2 months, divided between Amsterdam and São Paulo. read more

 

exhibition

Platform 2

Featuring: Robert Overweg, Andre Avelas and Job van Doeselaar 12 October - 6 November. Opening 12 October 6 pm

Platform 2 is NIMk's new exhibition space. This second space, which is situated on the second floor, is an alternative, autonomous space with presentations that run parallel with the exhibitions programmed on the first floor. read more

 

workshoppresentation

Museum Night 2011

Saturday 5th November, 19.00 - 02.00

During the Museum Night the Netherlands Media Art Institute will be hacked by artists and artist groups with interventions, installations, performances, DJ/VJ sets and workshops. read more

 

award

Naked on Pluto wins International Competition Award

The project Naked on Pluto won the First prize in the the Vida 13.2 Art & Artificial Life International Competition read more

 

Planet M @ Todays Art

September 22-24, Den Haag Spuiplein

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discussion

Archiving Media Art: Politics and Strategies

4th September, 2011 @ Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria)

Panel discussion during Ars Electronica 2011 about collaboration, sustainability and archives read more