July 27 10
Here’s a random and short observation I wanted to share with you. I have been subscribed to the e-flux newsletter for a long time now to stay informed about what’s happening in the art world, and being a man of music first and of art after, I cannot help but notice how self-aware protagonists of [...]
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April 28 10
After weeks of secretiveness and diplomacy, the moment has come that we can finally announce our programme for the North Sea Jazz Festival 2010. The festival is widely acknowledged as the one of the biggest jazz festivals in the world, and has a strong reputation for showcasing many different areas of jazz and improvised music [...]
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Posted in Bimhuis, Non-fiction, Viral Radio, event
Tagged Brandlmayr, Dafeldecker, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, Fennesz, Gareth Davis, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Hudson Mohawke, Knalpot, Lothar Ohlmeier, Machinefabriek, Mike Slott, Ollie Bown, Philip Jeck, Sam Britton, Tom Arthurs
April 16 10
Inspired by the computer game Football Manager, in which you are the trainer of a top football club, Juha van ’t Zelfde dreams of the game Museum Manager, in which you get to run a top museum. It will have been in 1995 that I managed to get my hands on my first copy of [...]
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Posted in Article, Metropolis M, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, art, museum
Tagged Alexander Ribbink, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frank Rijkaard, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Joan Laporta, Johan Cruijff, Messi, Metropolis M, Museum Manager, Olafur Eliasson, Stedelijk Museum, Viral Radio, VURB
March 29 10
Another update from Juha, having just recovered from the flu. Michiel has been ill too – way to go Non-fictionites. These past days have been all about the North Sea Jazz Festival, and a little bit of balcony gardening. Already after the first time I give up writing a weekly update. I admit, I’m not [...]
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Posted in News, Viral Radio, event
Tagged Alog, Bimhuis, BJ Nilsen, Christian Fennesz, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Huub van Riel, Icarus, Jacob Kirkegaard, Kadir Selçuk, Lantaren/Venster, North Sea Jazz, Philip Jeck, Rotterdam, Stephen O'Malley, Viral Radio, Volga, Yukon
March 12 10
It has been quite a while since we took the time to write a post about the projects we are working on. This is the start of a new rhythm on the site, inspired by the incredible people of Berg in London, who consequently update their loyal followers about their whereabouts. Not sure if we [...]
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Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged Den Haag, Gaslamp Killer, Haagse Muziek Driedaagse, Juha, Loops Haunt, Michiel, Mike Slott, North Sea Jazz, Nosaj Thing, Radna Rumping, Rustie, Saskia Kriekhaus, Shane Burmania, Viral Radio, Zwolle
February 5 10
Viral Radio is the experimental electronic music vehicle of Non-fiction’s Juha van ‘t Zelfde and Beat Dimensions’ initiator Yuri Boselie (Cinnaman). It has been organising cutting-edge events in TrouwAmsterdam, Paradiso, Bimhuis and other venues across the Netherlands. Its latest interest is investigating new forms of music distribution and interaction via mobile phones, in collaboration with [...]
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Posted in 3voor12, Amsterdam, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, event
Tagged 3voor12, Bimhuis, Cinnaman, Dimlite, Hudson Mohawke, Jamie Vex'd, Juha, Kuedo, Paradiso, Rustie, TrouwAmsterdam, Vex'd, Viral Radio, VURB
February 2 10
The widespread employment and adoption of ubiquitous computing, sensor networks and mobile media into the urban environment have unforeseen implications for how we might come to use networked digital resources to change the way we understand, build, and inhabit cities. Visible Cities presents a revolving programme on how emerging technologies are changing the cities we [...]
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Posted in Amsterdam, Architecture, Non-fiction, Urban informatics, VURB, deVerdieping
Tagged Currentcity Foundation, De Verdieping, Euro Beinat, Layar, Maurice Groenhart, MIT Media Lab, NAi, Ole Bouman, Ronald Lenz, Senseable City Lab, Urban informatics, VIsible Cities, VURB, Waag Society
January 31 10
A while ago, I wrote a brief introduction to VURB here on our site. In the past months, we have met with many brilliant people, started a monthly night in De Verdieping called Visible Cities, and investigated various scenarios in the vast dimension of responsive architecture and urban informatics. VURB founders Ben Cerveny and James [...]
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Posted in Amsterdam, Non-fiction, Trouw, Urban informatics, VURB, deVerdieping
Tagged Ben Cerveny, De Verdieping, James Burke, mobile, responsive environments, TrouwAmsterdam, ubiquitous computing, Urbanode, VURB