As project manager in the V2_Lab, Michel van Dartel mediates between artists and developers in a variety of artistic R&D (aRt&D) projects. As curator, Michel coordinates V2_ public events, such as the event series Test_Lab, a V2_ bi-monthly event for the demonstration, testing, presentation, and discussion of developments in aRt&D. Prior to his current appointments at V2_, Michel undertook research on knowledge representation in robot models of cognition for which he received a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and an MSc in Cognitive Psychology. Michel has taught various cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence courses in the past, and currently lectures and publishes on aRt&D.

Selected publications
2010. Enactive Media: an art-psychology dialogue. In: A. Smelik (ed.) The Scientific Imaginary in Visual Culture. Göttingen: V&R unipress.
2009. Truth in media art through sensory-motor coordination. In: Thea Brejzek and Wolfgang Greisenegger (eds.) Monitoring scenography 2: Space and Truth. Zurich: Zurich University of the Arts. (Published with support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.)
2008. Multimodal art and media. In: G. Massoni et al (eds.) Ad!dict Inspiration Book #29. In.tangible.scape.s, pp.64-70.
2007. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality art explained in terms of sensory-motor coordination. With J. Misker, A. Nigten and J. van der Ster. In: A. Luciani. and C. Cadoz. (eds.) Enactive/07. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Grenoble, France 19-24 November, Grenoble: ACROE.
2007. Nano Fashion. With L. Verhoog and M. Posthuma de Boer. In: Ad!dict Inspiration Book #27. The Nano Research, ch. 2, pp. 40-45.