Video Vortex Conference in Amsterdam | 11-12 March 2011 On the 11th and 12th of March 2011 a next conference about Video Vortex will be organized in TrouwAmsterdam. Conference themes are: Online Video Aesthetics; It’s not a Dead Collection, it’s a Dynamic Database; Country Reports; Platforms, Standards and the Trouble with Translation; Online Video as a Political Tool; and Online Video Art. On Thursday the 10th of March, the Institute for Sound and Vision (in collaboration with INC and NIMk) organizes two workshops at NIMk. These workshops offer participants the opportunity to gather hands-on experience with online video. Participants can work in different creative workshops and play with a range of online video tools and technologies. Facilitated by experts, the topics are: remixe and re- use of open video collections and participatory video production. On Saturday evening the 12th of March, performances and video projections will take place during an evening program. During the conference the second Video Vortex reader will be launched. There will also be a book presentation of Vito Campanelli's Web Aesthetics (NAi, 2010). More information: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/6amsterdam Tickets for the conference: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/6amsterdam/info/tickets This conference is taken place within the SIA-RAAK Publiek program Culture Vortex. Culture Vortex is an innovation program to encourage public participation in online cultural collections. Consortium Partners: University of Amsterdam, MediaLAB Amsterdam, Institute for Sound and Vision, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Virtual Platform, VPRO, Amsterdam City Archive, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, IDFA, and the International Urban Screens Association. ADDRESS: Institute of Network Cultures HvA Interactive Media, room 05A07 Rhijnspoorplein 1 NL-1091 GC Amsterdam POSTAL ADDRESS Institute of Network Cultures HvA Interactive Media, room 05A07 PO BOX 1025 NL-1000 BA Amsterdam http://www.networkcultures.org t: +31 20 5951866