Reports 
Impakt Event: Cannibalizing Cannibal Myth
Op zondag 20 mei worden Braziliaanse mythes bekeken in een presentatie en filmprogramma bij Impakt. Kunstenaar Joris Lindhout en curator Maaike Gouwenberg deden onderzoek in Brazilië naar de invloed van Gothic Literature. In aanloop naar het Impakt Festival 2012, met als thema ‘No More Westerns’ laten zij in dit event zien hoe vroege verhalen de [...]
Panorama Specials Elodie Pong #1: Contemporary – Q&A
This is the report of the Q&A with Elodie Pong at Impakt Festival 2011, at her screening of the feature film “Contemporary”.
John Butler, Impakt Event: Resynthesizing Reality
In Resynthesizing Reality Butler talked about his inspirations, the use of existing material, but also his techniques and how they originate in propaganda films. He for instance showed excerpts from “The War Game” (1965) by Peter Watkins.
Edwin Gardner, Impakt Event: Architectures of Exclusion
Architectures of Exclusion: a presentation focused on the political dimensions of architecture and the virtual realm. Three guest speakers adopted an interdisciplinary approach to discuss this issue which has a long-standing history and broad reach.
Juha van ‘t Zelfde, Impakt Event: Architectures of Exclusion
Architectures of Exclusion: a presentation focused on the political dimensions of architecture and the virtual realm. Three guest speakers adopted an interdisciplinary approach to discuss this issue which has a long-standing history and broad reach.
Gideon Boie, Impakt Event: Architectures of Exclusion
Architectures of Exclusion, a presentation focused on the political dimensions of architecture and the virtual realm. Three guest speakers adopted an interdisciplinary approach to discuss this issue which has a long-standing history and broad reach.
Daniel Cockburn: Presentation “All the mistakes I’ve made”
Presentation of the anti-artist talk “All the mistakes I’ve made” by Canadian artist Daniel Cockburn. The talk took place on December 1st at Impakt Headquarters. Cockburn has stayed with Impakt for a residency from 27 November to 4 December 2011. The art world is bursting with events where artists present an anthology of the highlights [...]
François Chastanet: Lettering in Public Space Workshop
This workshop explored new ideas and innovative ways to take public spaces into our own hands.
Opening Night Part 2&3
Check out highlights from the festival’s opening night events
Hosted by A Public Domain Field Trip
Check out the highlights from the festival’s Hosted by A Public Domain Field Trip
Sacral Ceremonies
Check out this interview with Demdike Stare, from the festival’s Sacral Ceremonies Music Night
Free State Opening
Check out this video from the opening of the Impakt festival gallery.
Footwork Freak Out
Check out this interview with DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad, from the festival’s Footwork Freak Out Club Night.
Chokepoint Workshop
The workshops teach people how the Internet works, including its underlying structures.
Panorama Event Night #1: Amazing Discoveries
Check out this footage from Panorama Event Night #1: Amazing Discoveries
Panorama Event Night #2: Let’s Get Physical
Check out this footage from Panorama Event Night #2: Let’s Get Physical
Panorama Event Night #3: Breaking Bad
Check out this footage from Panorama Event Night #3: Breaking Bad
Panorama Event Night #4: Bestiality
Check out this footage from Panorama Event Night #4: Bestiality
YouTube Battle
Due to its gigantic success at the Impakt Festival of 2010, we bring you the reprise of the infamous YouTube Battle.
Banned Videos
Check out the videoblog of Remko Dekker. Enjoy the highlights of Dagan Cohen’s Banned Videos presentation.
Trouble Ahead: The Struggle for Secrecy and Transparency
Check out the video from the Trouble Ahead Conference
Mediamatic Presentation at Visualising the Cost of Culture – Hightlights
Mediamatic has developed infographics that challenge the heavy Netherlands cultural spending cuts by placing them playfully in the perspective of other public spending.
VJ op de Dom
VJ op de Dom 2011 marked this year’s event from Treaty of Utrecht. Impakt presented a delightful part of the program, with two true sound- and visual artists.
Things to come: Oral sight-seeing – Ronald Lenz (7scenes/waagsociety)
7scenes is a mobile storytelling platform connecting different media to specific locations in order to generate a new city experience. Ronald Lenz is creative director of 7scenes and head of the Urban Reality Lab of Waag Society.
Things to come: Oral sight-seeing – Marc Tuters & Ricarda Franzen
New media researcher / artist Marc Tuters (Canada) and playwright / sound artist Ricarda Franzen (Argentina/ Germany) present “Ritournelle”, a mobile application functioning as a tour of the Utrecht underworld. This app integrates audio mythical memories of indigenous Utrecht inhabitants into a radio play-like project. The project makes use of the 7scenes application.
Things to come: Oral sight-seeing – Dr. Stef Scagliola
The scientific conscience of the evening is museologist and military historian Stef Scagliola. She specializes in oral history, ego documents, military cultures and handling of the effects of violent conflicts. She will go into the potentially controversial use of oral tradition in history.
Things to come: Oral sight-seeing – Allard van Hoorn
The oeuvre of artist Allard van Hoorn maneuvers between architecture, sound and visual arts.
Things to come: Oral sight-seeing – Highlights
In ancient rites, Australian Aborigines already mapped territories by means of song in so-called song lines. In this way, valuable information about both their spiritual and physical habitat was passed on from generation to generation. This edition of Things To Come zooms in on sound and oral transfer as a means of navigating through space and time. Under the header “Oral Sight-Seeing”, scientists, artists and developers present projects which navigate through urban space by means of audio, and concentrate on the role of locative media for the purpose of digging up oral histories.
Wayne Horse’s Presentation at Impakt Kokerloods – Highlights
Impakt is honoured to present the Dutch premiere of “The Ill Mannered Milkman,” the new film of Willehad Eilers, aka Wayne Horse.
Wayne Horse’s Presentation at Impakt Kokerloods – Full Version
Impakt is honoured to present the Dutch premiere of “The Ill Mannered Milkman,” the new film of Willehad Eilers, aka Wayne Horse. Eilers (Germany, 1981) is connected to the Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts as multidisciplinary artist.
Julius von Bismarck’s presentation – Highlights
The work of German artist Julius von Bismarck is a combination of radical ideas, technological contrivance and conceptual elegance. At Impakt, he presented the widely applauded Image Fulgurator, a machine which physically manipulates photographs of both journalists and tourists alike
Evan Roth’s presentation UNMA#5: Tagging the City – Full version
Evan Roth is an artist and researcher based in Paris who explores the intersection of free culture and popular culture, making work simultaneously for the contemporary art world and the “bored at work” network.
Evan Roth’s presentation UNMA#5: Tagging the City – Highlights
Evan Roth is an artist and researcher based in Paris who explores the intersection of free culture and popular culture, making work simultaneously for the contemporary art world and the “bored at work” network.
Jeroen Jongeleen’s presentation at UNMA#5: Tagging the City – Highlights
15 minutes of highlights from Jeroen Jongeleen’s presentation at the Utrechtse New Media Night #5 ‘Tagging the City’.
Jeroen Jongeleen’s presentation at UNMA#5: Tagging the City – Full version
The Rotterdam-based artist Jeroen Jongeleen, Influenza, presents subtle interventions, which seem to target advertisements, architectural structures and signs that regulate public behavior.
Mirko Schaefer’s presentation at UNMA#5: Tagging the City
This presentation was an introduction at Utrecht New Media Night #5 to graffiti culture, a history of graffiti, graffiti as a expressive medium in urban space.
Mirko Schaefer’s presentation at UNMA#5: Tagging the City – Highlights
Video highlights 15 minutes from Dr. Mirko Tobias Schaefer’s presentation. Dr. Mirko Tobias Schaefer is assistant professor at the Department for Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University.