The Virtual Street is a web project that aims to support the development of cyber art.
The Virtual Street has it’s roots in the “Bijlmer”, an estate in southeast Amsterdam. It’s virtual nature however, provides it with worldwide accessibility. The Street will be a meetingpoint for art and technology, new yet tested, local as well as global. Art and artists from the Bijlmer are at the centre of the virtual street.
The Virtual Street will be developed as an artwork for the Street of Sculptures, an artproject aimed at developping a permanent collection of contemporary art in the public areas of the Bijlmer. The collection will take shape through five temporary art festivals, where every manifestation leaves it’s trails with a number of permanent objects. This ambitious initiative focuses on art in physical space, whereas the Virtual Street exhibits art in cyber space.
The Virtual Street is supported by three pillars: documentation, creation and participation. This project documents all art works from the manifestations of the ongoing Street of Sculptures (2009-2017) with an online representation of the artist and his, her or their work. Local artists will also create works of art especially for the Virtual Street. They will experiment with creations made specifically for the virtual domain. An ongoing testlab, a meetingpoint for art and technology. Participation from the audience and other parties is very important aswell. The digital character of the Virtual Street provides it with an interactive dimension where you not only visits the site to look at art, but also participate and hence leave tracks within the Virtual Street. We’ll always be looking at new and innovative ways to open up!
Art works in the Virtual Street will be attached to physical locations in the Bijlmer district. By using the internet and Augmented Reality, information will be added to virtual and physical art works. In this way, coinciding material and digital worlds will merge into one interactive experience. The Virtual Street is available on your desktop and on your Iphone or Android. In the App Store you can find LAYAR, download this free reality browser app and come and visit the Bijlmer to walk down the Virtual Street yourself!
From the hart, in the Bijlmer, on the server!
Vinger.nl
Vinger.nl is a collaboration between Jeffrey Croese and Sara Mattens, living and working in Amsterdam Southeast, NL
Rooted in the South-East area of Amsterdam, Vinger.nl works hard in various fields of the creative industry. Our work ranges from concept, strategy and art-direction to design, photography and film. Besides a strong sense of autonomy, Vinger.nl has many clients in the non-profit sector with a specialized focus on youth culture and education. The Vinger.nl approach is to get the most out of the link between our diverse partners; we like to see everyone in our extensive network get ahead. Part of this network we call our creative family. Savvy people exchanging work and good ideas. We are designers, filmmakers, photographers, writers, producers and artists. Most of us grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same school and have been working together for years. This makes us a band apart. It’s about good ideas and getting it done.
www.vinger.nl
Hey Jeff en Sara,
Ziet er supercool uit!! Ik ben nu even lekker door het hele gebeuren heen aan het surfen, dus voorlopig nog even op ontdekkingstocht. Ik bel jullie snel.. ben klaar met de kliniek en ben nu lekker een weekje vakantie aan het vieren met Ima en Paul.
Stichting STATIC is ook officieel van start en ik ben nu bezig met het organiseren van ons eerste mini-festival.. De site gaat ook volgende week online, maar daar houd ik jullie wel van op de hoogte. Misschien kom ik volgende week even langs.. ik bel eerst…
grtz Toby