Michel van Dartel is curator at V2_, where he coordinates public events and is involved in a variety of artistic R&D projects. He also works as a freelance curator for a.o. the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, art center TENT, MU gallery, the Energize festival, and ARTICLE biennial. Besides curating, Michel is a researcher at Hanze University of Applied Science, associate editor of the Journal for Artistic Research, tutor at Luca Brussels University College and CODARTS University for the Arts, advisor to the Mondriaan Foundation and Creative Industries Fund NL, and professional board member at Piet Zwart institute and Willem de Kooning Academy. Michel holds an MSc in Cognitive Psychology and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and currently lives in Rotterdam and Brussels