fw: Impakt Festival 2003 - information on the program

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Impakt Festival 2003

3 to 9 June 
Centraal Museum Utrecht

"It's happening again"
Fashion Music Politics

Please find below an introduction to the program of the Impakt Festival 2003.
More information is available on our website: www.impakt.nl
Over the upcoming weeks the website will be constantly up-dated.
Foreign professionals can get accreditation to the festival.
You can send a request for this to: hospitality at impakt.nl

Kind Regards,

Arjon Dunnewind,
Festival Director.

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Impakt Festival 2003

Art is manifesting itself again; whether on the dance floor, the catwalk or in the political arena. By means of collaborations and interventions an increasing number of young artists present themselves on different platforms. The content may vary from highly serious activism to light entertainment, but there is always the urge to come to the fore and put things into motion. Music, Fashion and Politics are the three spearheads of Impakt 2003. These areas are at the center of attention in the visual arts. Moreover, these areas show an increasing number of overlap and interrelation. Music with a message, artistic interventions on political platforms and fashion as a means to establish one's identity and determine social and political positions.

The central element in "It's happening again" Fashion Music Politics is the exhibition. The exhibition features work by more well-known artists such as Erwin Wurm, but also work of surprising newcomers such as Assume Vivid Astro Focus. The projects contained in the exhibition display the artists' visions on Music, Fashion and Politics. In addition to the exhibition, Impakt invited various guest curators to compile programs within the context of  "It's happening again" Fashion Music Politics. The German curator and filmmaker Florian Wüst will present a film program that exposes the views of artists on phenomena such as war and political conflict in an alternative manner. In "Blatant Plagiarism" Derek Holzer shows how artists deal with new legislation on 'sampling' and 'copyrights' and how they oppose the domineering influence of trade and commerce. "Pax Americana", a series of programs compiled by Ed Marszewski, demonstrates how art, protest and a sense of humor come together in the 'lo-fi' videos of American media activists. Finally, Theo Tegelaers compiled the program "My mind is your emotions" featuring installations and concerts of artists working on the fringe of visual art and music. 

Next to "It's happening again" Fashion Music Politics, the Impakt Festival will, just as in previous editions, feature an overview of the most remarkable films and videos of the past year within the Panorama program. Moreover, special attention will be paid to the work of filmmaker Mike Hoolboom in a film retrospective. Finally, Stan Brakhage, the recently deceased godfather of experimental film, will be honored with an In Memoriam program. 

For more information see: www.impakt.nl

Impakt Festival
P.O. Box 735
3500 AS  Utrecht
The Netherlands

Tel.: + 31 30 2944493
Fax.: + 31 30 2944163

http://www.impakt.nl




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