Impakt may be an actual physical festival and an event organizer, but all these activities are only flourish when embedded in a meaningful online environment. Events need to be announced beforehand and recorded afterwards. This may include interviews with artists in cooperation with the curators of the Impakt team. In the future we would like to concentrate on blogging/reporting with more background information, to which you will be able to contribute. This internship offers the opportunity to gain editorial experience in a dynamic work environment and cultural discipline. There are also research opportunities connected to this internship.
You are involved with:
-writing articles for our blog.
-reporting Impakt events in words and images.
-conducting interviews with artists in cooperation with the curators
-coordinating contributions by other editors.
-planning the publication of articles.
-putting content on our website with the use of our cms.
You:
-live and breathe with the internet;
-are flexible, social, and take the initiative where possible;
-can write easily and well in either Dutch or English; Expertise in both is preferable.
-have an affinity with the field in which Impakt is active: New Media, Theory development , modern visual art, technology and innovative music and image culture. In addition you are aware of the national ans international blogs that deal with these area;
-are motivated, eager, and willing to expand your capacities;
-are independent and have active working attitude;
experience in (web)editing is a plus.
If you are interested in a work placement at Impakt, please send a short letter with your motivation and curriculum vitae to Ilga Minjon at ilga[at]impakt.nl. Please also fill out this questionnaire for us and add it to your application.
