ANGELA PLOHMAN

1. Bio

Angela Plohman has worked for the last eleven years in the field of art and technology. From 1998 - 2001, she was Program Officer at the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, Montreal. In 2002, she moved to Amsterdam where she worked as a freelance writer, project manager and researcher for a number of international media (art) organisations including Hull Time Based Arts (UK), the Blender Foundation (NL), the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA), V2_ (NL) and others. From 2005 to 2008, she was the Content Developer at LabforCulture.org (a partner initiative of the European Cultural Foundation). She is currently the Director of BALTAN Laboratories in Eindhoven (NL). 

BALTAN Laboratories initiates, supports and disseminates innovative research and development activities in the field of art, technology and culture. A two-year pilot initiative located in the SWA building in Strijp S in Eindhoven, BALTAN Laboratories is a first step towards a broader Art Science Lab in the former NatLab (Philips physics laboratory). BALTAN Laboratories actively pursues new collaborations between disciplines and acts as a point of intersection for artists working with technology in Eindhoven and beyond.

http://www.baltanlaboratories.org

2. Visits and meetings

"The Game is up! How to save the world in 10 days", Vooruit, Gent
Maja Kuzmanovic, fOam
Kurt Van Houtte, Dorkbot
Els Vermang and Manuel Abendroth, Lab[au]
Frederik De Wilde
Wendy Van Wynsberghe, Peter Westenberg and Femke Snelting, Constant
Yves Bernard, iMal
Bram Crevits, Cimatics
"Stock Overflow. Recontextualising the crisis", iMal, Brussels
"Vito Acconci - Language works. Karl Holmqvist - I'm with you in Rockland", Argos, Brussels