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Double Bill: Found Footage Festival & Youtube Battle Saturday, 14 July 2012 Double Bill: Found Footage Festival & Youtube Battle Saturday, 14 July 2012
Doors: 19:30 Start: 20:00 Sign in: rsvp@impakt.nl or through Facebook Impakt is proud to announce the visit of the Found Footage Festival to their Headquarters on [...]
BIG KISS GOODNIGHT by Dominic Gagnon Thursday, 5 July 2012 BIG KISS GOODNIGHT by Dominic Gagnon Thursday, 5 July 2012
Just out of jail, sitting in his car, Joseph drinks iced coffee, smokes cigarettes. Under the name Joetalk100 he produces homemade videos that he uploads to YouTube. He is a proud US citizen and outraged to see the country that he loves disappearing right in front of his eyes.

With Joe’s consent, Dominic Gagnon edited and re-used Joetalk100′s YouTube uploads and built this acid piece with no constraint. BIG KISS GOODNIGHT is a subjective powerful trip into the reactionary and savage psyche of the ultra conservatives in the US .
Leandro Cardoso & Caetano Carvalho: workshop GIF Alchemy Tuesday, 19 - Thursday, 21 June 2012 Leandro Cardoso & Caetano Carvalho: workshop GIF Alchemy Tuesday, 19 - Thursday, 21 June 2012
To conclude their residency, Caetano and Leandro will present a three-day workshop on 19, 20 and 21 June continuing to explore the idea of a [...]
Press release: Cannibalizing Cannibal Myth – 20 May Sunday, 20 May 2012 Press release: Cannibalizing Cannibal Myth – 20 May Sunday, 20 May 2012
A Sunday afternoon and evening at Impakt HQ action packed with a reading, films, music and a Brazilian BBQ: on 20 May, we have a [...]
Mu & Impakt present: Robotics & More – WORKSHOP Thursday, 22 - Friday, 23 March 2012 Mu & Impakt present: Robotics & More – WORKSHOP Thursday, 22 - Friday, 23 March 2012
On March 22nd and 23rd, Mu and Impakt are joining forces for a collaborative workshop. This two day class is an introduction to robotics and [...]
Impakt Event: Resynthesizing Reality – John Butler 1 March Thursday, 1 March 2012 Impakt Event: Resynthesizing Reality – John Butler 1 March Thursday, 1 March 2012
Alarming, short clips that call into mind infomercials and Public Announcements: to John Butler it’s the most appropriate medium to criticize our current conditions of [...]
Impakt Event: Architectures of Exclusion – 29 February Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Impakt Event: Architectures of Exclusion – 29 February Wednesday, 29 February 2012
An event that investigates the dynamic relationships between politics, morals and architectures – whether physical or virtual –
John Butler Workshop: Synthetic Information – 3D visuals and animation Tuesday, 28 February - Thursday, 1 March 2012 John Butler Workshop: Synthetic Information – 3D visuals and animation Tuesday, 28 February - Thursday, 1 March 2012
Join the workshop “Synthetic Information” by John Butler, using graphic animation, text and 3D visuals – 28, 29 February and 1 March
Impakt program at Studium Generale ArtEZ Friday, 2 December 2011 Impakt program at Studium Generale ArtEZ Friday, 2 December 2011
Impakt presentation at ArtEZ for the Studium Generale, including contributions of Lars Leeuw of the Ongemotiveerd Kunstenaars Collectief (Unmotivated Artists Collective), Foundland, Face2Facebook and David O’ Reilly.
Final Public Lecture: Impakt Festival Fellow Mercedes Bunz Monday, 12 December 2011 Final Public Lecture: Impakt Festival Fellow Mercedes Bunz Monday, 12 December 2011
The Internet allows the citizen to interact with governments and politicians in a different way. The potential, but also the boundaries of the new five-minute activism has to be explored and analysed.
Impakt Presents: Paranoid Schizophrenic at STRP Festival Saturday, 26 November 2011 Impakt Presents: Paranoid Schizophrenic at STRP Festival Saturday, 26 November 2011
Het Impakt Festival Utrecht presenteert Paranoid Schizophrenic, drie films die je meenemen de afgrond in.
Daniel Cockburn: Presentation “All The Mistakes I’ve Made” Thursday, 1 December 2011 Daniel Cockburn: Presentation “All The Mistakes I’ve Made” Thursday, 1 December 2011
The art world is bursting with events where artists present an anthology of the highlights of their career to a slightly bored audience. The Canadian filmmaker Daniel Cockburn gladly turns this tradition around.
François Chastanet: Lettering in Public Space Saturday, 12 November 2011 François Chastanet: Lettering in Public Space Saturday, 12 November 2011
Click here to see the video of this workshop Workshop: 10:00-18:00 Lecture: 20:30 François Chastanet has a background in architecture and graphic design specializing in typography. [...]
Daniel Cockburn: Workshop Scriptwriting and Performance for Film/Video/Urban Screens Tuesday, 29 November - Thursday, 1 December 2011 Daniel Cockburn: Workshop Scriptwriting and Performance for Film/Video/Urban Screens Tuesday, 29 November - Thursday, 1 December 2011
WORKSHOP: SCRIPTWRITING AND PERFORMANCE FOR FILM/VIDEO/URBAN SCREENS Scriptwriting is usually thought of as a discipline specific to Hollywood and narrative feature films. But the tools [...]
Festival Fellow Mercedes Bunz Inaugural Lecture: On Digital Truth Friday, 21 October 2011 Festival Fellow Mercedes Bunz Inaugural Lecture: On Digital Truth Friday, 21 October 2011
Impakt, The Centre for Humanities and the MA New Media & Digital Culture from Utrecht University proudly present the first Impakt Festival Fellow, Mercedes Bunz [...]
Visualizing the Cost of Culture Friday, 7 October 2011 Visualizing the Cost of Culture Friday, 7 October 2011
Statistics and visualizations are used by both the government and the private sector to make political statements; sometimes playfully, sometimes out of necessity. With contributors from Amsterdam, Bratislava and Novi Sad, this event explores the politics of visualizations.
Impakt Does VJ op de Dom Friday, 23 September 2011 Impakt Does VJ op de Dom Friday, 23 September 2011
Impakt will present a delightful part of the program, with two true sound- and visual artists.
Impakt at the Drijf In Sunday, 4 September 2011 Impakt at the Drijf In Sunday, 4 September 2011
Celebrate the annual Uitfeest in Utrecht in your boat or on the wharf of the Bumuurde Weerd at the “Drijf In” cinema
Things To Come: Oral Sight-Seeing Tuesday, 21 June 2011 Things To Come: Oral Sight-Seeing Tuesday, 21 June 2011
How can mobile platforms facilitate new forms of storytelling? Which urban secrets is the city of Utrecht hiding behind the unwritten stories of its inhabitants? And what are the problems we encounter when confronted with the tension between fact and fiction in oral tradition? We give you all the answers. So close your eyes and prick up your ears.
Impakt joins DROPSTUFF.NL in Venice with DEUS 2011! Wednesday, 1 - Thursday, 30 June 2011 Impakt joins DROPSTUFF.NL in Venice with DEUS 2011! Wednesday, 1 - Thursday, 30 June 2011
From June 2011, within the DROPSTUFF.NL programming in the Netherlands and Venice’s 54th Biennale, the Impakt Festival has been invited to make a short selection of Dutch films, video clips, and interactive projects.
Impakt Workshop: Creative Coding With openFrameworks Saturday, 28 May - Saturday, 11 June 2011 Impakt Workshop: Creative Coding With openFrameworks Saturday, 28 May - Saturday, 11 June 2011
Impakt proudly presents two workshops about openFrameworks by Rick Companje. At May 28th a beginner’s workshop will take place followed by an intermediate workshop at June 11th.
Wayne Horse presents ‘The Ill-Mannered Milkman’ Tuesday, 26 April 2011 Wayne Horse presents ‘The Ill-Mannered Milkman’ Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Impakt is honoured to present the Dutch premiere of “The Ill Mannered Milkman,” the new film of Willehad Eilers, aka Wayne Horse.
Impakt Event: Julius von Bismarck Tuesday, 15 March 2011 Impakt Event: Julius von Bismarck Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The work of German artist Julius von Bismarck is a combination of radical ideas, technological contrivance and conceptual elegance.
UNMA #5: Tagging the City Tuesday, 8 March 2011 UNMA #5: Tagging the City Tuesday, 8 March 2011
The fifth Utrecht New Media Evening features artists, activists, academics, and developers who discuss the new digital graffiti practices, and how they can establish alternative communicative systems that remain bottom-up and subversive.
Impakt Event: Jean Charles Hue Tuesday, 18 January 2011 Impakt Event: Jean Charles Hue Tuesday, 18 January 2011
The French artist Jean-Charles Hue finds his subjects in the fringes of society. Like his main characters his films are rough, direct and upfront.
Impakt Open Air #4 Saturday, 11 September 2010 Impakt Open Air #4 Saturday, 11 September 2010
The summer seems so far away already, but this final edition of Impakt Open Air brings the sun back to Utrecht for a short while. Let yourself be surprised by cutting edge animation, hilarious cult videos, found footage, unexpected plots and liberating madness, while being served by a BBQ, a cocktail bar and DJs.
Impakt Open Air #3 Saturday, 4 September 2010 Impakt Open Air #3 Saturday, 4 September 2010
Open air cinema with surprising, funny, revolutionary and frightening short films, a cocktail bar, barbecue, DJs and live interviews with film makers.
Impakt Open Air #2 Saturday, 28 August 2010 Impakt Open Air #2 Saturday, 28 August 2010
Open air cinema with surprising, funny, revolutionary and frightening short films, a cocktail bar, barbecue, DJs and live interviews with film makers.
Impakt Open Air #1 Saturday, 21 August 2010 Impakt Open Air #1 Saturday, 21 August 2010
Open air cinema with short, surprising, funny, revolutionary and frightening short films, a cocktail bar, a barbecue and DJs and live interviews with the film makers.
Impakt Open Air Saturday, 21 August 2010 Impakt Open Air Saturday, 21 August 2010
Four summer weekends with short films, BBQ and dj’s

Let yourself be surprised by cutting edge animation, hilarious cult videos, found footage, unexpected plots and liberating madness, while you are enjoying a BBQ, a cocktail bar and DJs.
Impakt Event: Reynold Reynolds Tuesday, 15 June 2010 Impakt Event: Reynold Reynolds Tuesday, 15 June 2010
From November 2009 through to January 2010, Reynolds was an artist-in-residence at Impakt. During his residency, Reynolds worked on his first feature film, The Ultraviolet Catastrophe. In this Impakt Event, some material from this film will be premiered
UNMA – Utrecht New Media Evening #4 Augmented Reality Thursday, 27 May 2010 UNMA – Utrecht New Media Evening #4 Augmented Reality Thursday, 27 May 2010
The Berlin Wall is gone but on the screen of your mobile phone you can see it right back on the spot where it used to be. The technology making this possible – Augmented Reality – is in the center of attention right now.
Things To Come: Off & On the Grid Tuesday, 25 May 2010 Things To Come: Off & On the Grid Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Now that the bottom of our fossil fuels has come into sight, we urgently ask ourselves: where will I get my energy from? Should we all get ‘off the grid’ and generate our own energy without third party interference?
UNMA – Utrecht New Media Evening #3 Brain-Computer Interfaces UNMA – Utrecht New Media Evening #3 Brain-Computer Interfaces
This edition will go into the present and future potential of brain-computer interfaces. Developers, researchers and artists will give away the latest developments of these interfaces.
Impakt Event: Johan Grimonprez Saturday, 20 February 2010 Impakt Event: Johan Grimonprez Saturday, 20 February 2010
In Double Take, his second feature film, the Belgian filmmaker and artist Johan Grimonprez delves into the increasing influence of television, news, cinema and advertising on our understanding of the present and the past.
Things To Come #2 Thursday, 17 December 2009 Things To Come #2 Thursday, 17 December 2009
Things To Come is Impakt’s new programme series concerning the social, ethical, artistic and philosophical dimensions of upcoming techno-social developments.
Impakt Event: Doug Fishbone Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Impakt Event: Doug Fishbone Tuesday, 24 November 2009
With Fishbone’s indisputable hilarious monologues, he reflects on currents in social, cultural and political life.
Unma #2: What’s Cooking? And Where? Wednesday, 15 July 2009 Unma #2: What’s Cooking? And Where? Wednesday, 15 July 2009
The Impakt, Z25 and NetNiet.org foundations present the second edition of the “Utrecht Nieuwe Media Avond” (Utrecht New Media Evening)