Impakt Festival
impakt festival yearly manifestation medium art founded city utrecht netherlands showcase film video art performance music conference special event work international artist dealing question society digital culture medium festival aim tackle pressing question interdisciplinary perspective impakt festival started festival experimental art since first edition impakt festival offering variety event including video film screening exhibition conference talk concert dance night besides annual panorama program still impakts official selection recent film video production festival also thematic program focused contemporary matter interdisciplinarity embraced effort balance multiperspectiveness preferred year festival taken form thematic program impakt also operates artistinresidency scheme outside annual festival along yearround event edition characterized already proven experimental research formed positive stimulus past image soundculture necessary supplement mass media’s supply entertainment edition screened work vito acconci bruce nauman mathias muller bruce conner bill viola kurt kren dereck jarman william wegman impakt festival prestige european medium art festival grew turn millennium saw turn focusing specifically annual thematic program theme included group formation whatever happened fun world happening fashion music politics cultural autopsy adventure sound image great outdoors adventure sound image yourspace accelerated living edition work annika larsson magnus wallin norman mclaren miranda july matthew barney reynold reynolds screened impakt festival addition many others matrix city focused various different perception element constitute city city look like consideration geographical matter additionally utopianism addressed programme focused theme right know impakt dove dilemma inherent modern data society conspiracy theory coverups digital dissident banned video data journalism fear management fine print message big secret theme transpired extremely apt saw onset arab spring prominence wikileaks rise centre humanity cfh utrecht university collaboration department new medium digital culture impakt festival initiated cfhimpakt festival fellowship mercedes bunz acted festival fellow western explored decline dominance western medium culture programme explored shifting geopolitical landscape world stage aimed preview imminent change visual culture guest curator included samantha culp cher potter stated hope share isolated charge momentary sign we’ve noticed indicate new imminent awareness – set cultural social movement emerging region operating along alternative storyline west space premodernism postmodernism speaker note included parmesh shahani along another collaboration centre humanity cfh utrecht university impakt festival investigated capitalism current economic crisis theme capitalism catch asked question whether capitalism root crisis actually driving force behind progress viable alternative impakt selected three curatorial party representing diverse programme amsterdambased collective monnik british curator benjamin fallon german film curator florian wüst soft machine optimised human meet artificial empathy celebrated impakt festival silver jubilee addition probing relationship humanity artificial intelligence e benenson ken farmer noah hutton dr leah kelly acted guest curator programme highlight included bruce sterling pioneer cyberpunk literary genre presenting keynote speech festival collaboration studium generale utrecht university well presentation new work floris kaayk recipient volkskrant beeldende kunst prijs additionally dutch graphic design team metahavens music video holly herndons interference premiered alongside impakt festival commission impakt festival took place october november title future history world well documented offered reflection new idea future history future future within theme ´the better you´ ´colossal data´ ´the memory technology´ festival deviated traditional form opening conducted two evening keynote daan roosegaardein collaboration hku evgeny morozov collaboration hacking habitat rest festival divided temporally past present future friday saturday sunday respectively additional keynote lecture day evan roth cécile b evans jason scott founder maintainer textfilescom additional artist speaker weekend included olia lialina geert lovink artistic director transmediale kristoffer ganzing mirko tobias schäfer among many others impakt festival took place – october title authenticity researched authenticity various understanding meaning reflected upon relevance business strategy instead representing suggested meaning functioned catalyst – reflecting producing theoretical background authenticity postdigital age festival film programme portrait curated firefly magazine consisted film pedro costa ben river festival exhibition called authenticity dead long live authenticity included work amalia ulman dis collective general idea speaker festival franco berardi chus martínez david joselit among others festival took place october title haunted machine wicked problem curated natalie kane tobias revell festival took place october title algorithmic superstructure curated luba elliott alex anikina yasemin keskintepe festival featured talk eliot higgins investigative collective bellingcat adam greenfield metahaven julia kloiber evgeny morozov ao festival take place october november city utrecht netherlands provides landscape festival event screening occur various venue across city popular often reused venue include theatre kikker t’hoogt ekko latter one venue used festival founded used live music nightlife event past year impakt made use venue exhibition talk conference academie galerie studio utrecht university main body impakt festival composed screening programme recent year comprised around thematic focus addition panorama programme showcase best innovative visual art speaker panel performance often interactive tend focus year’s theme music night integral part festival program past year toro moi kode james blake dj spinn dj rashad demdike stare played impakt festival closing night festival seen new tradition form youtube battle festival participant guest invited outdo one another using youtube medium rap battle format impakt run yearround operation residency programme artist previous artist residence included james hong andrew norman wilson artist among many others additionally impakt collaborates labmis production research centre são paulo museum image sound twoway residency exchange brazil netherlands previous exchange artist included rosa menkman impakt process digitising screening history online include curatorial highlight previous year additionally new commission internet art project web gallery impakt organises yearround event addition annual festival past event included film club interactive lecture performance current artistsinresidency march saw event land desire showcasing work dutch impakt artistinresident donna verheijden featuring talk eminent medium theorist founder institute network culture geert lovink additional event included showcase work thiago hersan dutch filmmaker douwe dijkstra impakt curatorial programme also screened festival selection highlight soft machine programme screened athens digital art festival official website