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02.11.09 - On The Move
Four works, from four different nations with four different approaches to the theme of mobility will come together in Brazil for Impakt Abroad's new programme: On The Move. This programme presents some of the best works that were entered into the Impakt Festival 2009 dealing with movement and mobility, and will be screened on different locations throughout November and December as part of the arte.mov festival.The On The Move programme features: Interstices by Michel Pavlou, Empire's Border I by Chen Chieh-Jen, Jalkeilla Taas ...

22.10.09 - After the festival
Well, that's that, the Impakt Festival 2009. It's been quite a rollercoaster, these past 5 days of Accelerated Living. We have worked ourselves to the bone, but, ...

17.10.09 - Friday night music night
It was past midnight in the cold, but cozy Wharf Cellar on Oudegracht a/d Werf 222, where for 24 consecutive hours, Leif Inge played his stretched ...

16.10.09 - (De)/(A)ccelerated Living
In an extremely cold and quiet Academiegalerie I watch a lone man standing in a sea of snow and ice. It's Guido van der Werve, ...

15.10.09 - The opening night
5 days in 50 minutes (in 50 words) A huge crowd gather together at the Kikker Theater for the opening of the festival, an overview of ...

14.10.09 - Jack Feldstein and scriptwriting
Australian artist Jack Feldstein's The fantastical world of scriptwriting is hilarious. In his characteristic neon-style, he satirizes the golden rules of screenwriting in an unexpected way. Feldstein rambles ...

13.10.09 - The week(end) before the festival
At the Impakt office, the imminent start of the festival can already be felt. The enthusiasm, the hectic life of the pre-festival moments, the arrival of the artists, ...

12.10.09 - The secretive Reynold Reynolds
Secret Machine (2008) is disturbingly beautiful. Using very precise camera movements and extremely careful visual compositions, Reynold Reynolds explores the way in which a woman encounters her “antagonist ...

09.10.09 - Hooliganship workshop
On October 16 and 17 Peter Burr of Hooliganship will give a workshop in two parts that investigates the aesthetics of appropriation in current video culture. Participants can ...

07.10.09 - Skyping with Manuel Saiz
Manuel Saiz is a Spanish artist that explores notions of what it means to be an artist (and a human being) with unusual, often humorous perspectives. One of ...

05.10.09 - The hypnotic art of Doug Fishbone
Yesterday I had an interesting interactive experience. I had been watching over and over some of Doug Fishbone's video works, such as The Ugly American(2003), It's not you, its me(2006), ...

01.10.09 - Is the future of social media scary? Tijmen Schep speaks about the “Gifted” Project
Last year, as part of the 2008 Impakt Festival, the Gifted project was developed as a collaboration among NetNiet, Alchemyst, Lava design and Impakt. This playful project wanted ...

30.09.09 - Interview with Arjon Dunnewind (festival director)
Arjon Dunnewind has been the director of Impakt for the past twenty years. A project that started out within the framework of another organization has grown ...

29.09.09 - Impakt goes to PICNIC Amsterdam
Last week festival director Arjon Dunnewind went with Pim Verlaek and Miguel Escobar to PICNIC Amsterdam, where they coordinated a workshop for the Hot100: the top ...

28.09.09 - Impakt goes to Croatia
Two weeks ago, I visited the beautiful city of Split following an invitation of the Split Film Festival for new cinema. In this wonderful spot ...

19.09.09 - Web Video Contest
Accelerated Video – Web Contest 2009 This year the 20th edition of the Impakt Festival’s theme is Accelerated Living, which explores changing notions of time in our contemporary era. ...


 




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