What we do

A brief introduction to who we are: IMPAKT is a media arts organization based in Utrecht and founded in 1988. We present critical and creative views on contemporary media culture and arts, in an interdisciplinary context. Our aim is to identify urgent issues in our digital and transglobal culture, by focusing on the relationship between society, media, technology and arts. We examine issues around politics, science and popular culture from different angles. We aim to present creative and innovative approaches and stir debates with critical ideas on common beliefs in society at large as well as towards dominant perceptions in arts and academia.

We organise activities throughout the year at our venue at Lange Nieuwstraat 4, including IMPAKT Works, a residency programme, and IMPAKT Events, a regular series of exhibitions, panels, artist-talks, presentations and screenings centering on a given theme, movement, or artist. The IMPAKT Channel is a platform where art projects made for the internet are presented, along with curated programmes featuring film and video art. Last but not least, the IMPAKT Archive works on digitising IMPAKT’s screening history back to 1988, when the first IMPAKT Festival was organised. Feel free to have a look.

Our main project is the annual IMPAKT Festival, a five-day multimedia event that includes exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, panels, performances, presentations, and artist talks at locations in Utrecht, the Netherlands and online at Planet IMPAKT.

Visiting, Tickets, Terms & Conditions

OPENING TIMES 

During exhibitions you can visit IMPAKT from Wednesday until Sunday
Opening hours: 12:00 – 17:00

TICKETS

For specific event ticket prices, please refer to the event page.
For IMPAKT Exhibition:
Regular: €5,-
Discount (Student, CJP, Upas, <18): €4,-

TERMS & CONDITIONS 

You can read our Terms and Conditions on this page:

Read more here at Visit IMPAKT

Director & Board of Supervisors

Arjon Dunnewind: director / board
Ancillary positions, subsidiary functions and/or subsidiary activities: Chairperson of Stichting Pluto, advisor to the Cultural Department of the city of Rotterdam.

Claas Hille: chairperson and treasurer
Ancillary positions, subsidiary functions and/or subsidiary activities: Film maker, visual artist, Yoga teacher, board member Foundation Lila Sachel (Stichting Lila Sachel), board member Foundation Pluto (Stichting Pluto)

Frank Koolen: board member
Ancillary positions, subsidiary functions and/or subsidiary activities: Visual artist, Leader/Teacher at the Fine Art Department of the University for the Arts Utrecht (HKU), board member Foundation Steltman (Stichting Steltman), board member Foundation Lucrative Dumpster Dives, board member Foundation OPEN

Imar de Vries: board member
Ancillary positions, subsidiary functions and/or subsidiary activities: Assistant Professor New Media & Digital Culture (Utrecht University)

Vacancies & Internships

At IMPAKT you can do an internship focusing on production, PR, curating, management, volunteer coordination and archive work. Most of these internships are available throughout the year without set deadlines or time periods. However, keep in mind that some functions might not be available on certain times of the year depending on our specific needs for that period. 

Within IMPAKT, we believe in giving our interns a diverse set of tasks with which they can learn the many facets that come with work in the cultural field. Therefore, most of our interns don’t just do an internship focused on a single element, but their internship will be a mix between different tasks. For example, you can have an internship that focuses both on productional work and PR-work.

Interns at IMPAKT get a monthly internship compensation. At 32 hours per week (4 days), this is €236 per month. If you’re doing an internship of less hours, we adjust internship compensations accordingly. Additionally, any travel costs made for your internship can be reimbursed.

Go to Internship profiles

Team

Arjon Dunnewind (General and Artistic Director)

Froukje van Dooren (Head of Management)

Daniela Tenenbaum (Assistant Curator)

Bram Koning (General and Technical Production)

Michelle Franke (Head of PR & Marketing)

Lars Bleijenberg (PR & Marketing)

Manon Falces (Technical Production)

Jeroen Witjes (Interns Coordinator, Office Management and Screenings Producer)

Sjoerd Dijkstra (Financial Administration)

Anke Verbeek (Programme Assistance)

Andrej Kapor (Online Bar Host and Programme Assistance)

Paul Schmidt (Curator and Volunteer Coordinator)

Inez de Coo (Curator)

Saskia de Jong (Producer)

Michael Van Rosmalen (IT and Technical Support)