Center for Media Culture Utrecht, The Netherlands presents
THE IMPAKT ZONE! 15 — 17 March 2019
THE IMPAKT ZONE!
15 — 17 March 2019
IMPAKT Center for Media Culture (Utrecht, The Netherlands) brings Dutch artists, curators and designers to Metamarathon 2019 as part of the IMPAKT Zone programme. The programme we’re presenting at Metamarathon 2019 includes talks, performances, workshops, exhibitions and more. On this flyer you can find an overview of our programme. If you wish to know more and join in on the fun, please come find us on the first floor at The Algo Mas Mezzanine.
PROGRAMME 19:00 — 20:30 Friday 15 March Drinking With the Dutch Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine The Dutch participants, artists, curators and designers welcome you in the IMPAKT Zone. Hosted by Generalkonsulat des Königreichs der Niederlande.
00:00 — 01:30 Saturday 16 March YouTube Battle Location Kitchen Who can find the most bizarre, funny, touching or ridiculous videos on YouTube? The theme of tonight is of course Robotics! Share your unknown gems. Everyone can participate. The public decides who wins the night!
03:00 — 08:00 Saturday 16 March YouTube VJ Sessions Location Kitchen Spent the night with surprising, funny and bizarre video’s selected by our YouTube VJ’s. With WWW’S Dustycorner (smashing rainbow coloured vids) by Donna Verheijden and other sets and playlists.
10:00 — 11:00 Saturday 16 March Meet & Mingle Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine Dutch-German Meeting for Networking between Dutch Delegation and NRW/German professionals (artists institutions, organization). Come by and meet with us!
12:00—13:00 Saturday 16 March Opening workshops Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine
InMoov by Gael Langevin (see: ROBOT LOVE in Dutch Wives and Dutch Uncles)
Introduction to the workshops that you can participate in this Saturday afternoon, with workshops by Donna Verheijden, Casper de Jong, Adam Donovan & Katrin Hochschuh and oneseconds.
14:30 — 19:00 Saturday 16 March Workshop Bonanza Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine Join one of our workshops. For a full schedule of the workshops please join our event at 12:00 or come find us at The Algo Mas Mezzanine.
16:00 — 17:30 Saturday 16 March IMPAKT Panel: Soon We Will All Be Robots + Performance Location Main Stage How much of our live do we want to hand over to robots? How can robots add to our quality of life? What areas of our existence should we preserve as the terrains of authentic human interaction? And should we be worried that in dealing with robots we will become like robots ourselves more and more? With performance by Marianna Maruyama
(artist) and talks by Sander Veenhof (artist) & Anouschka Versleijen (RoboValley and TU Delft Robotics Institute).
21:30 — 23:00 Saturday 16 March IMPAKT Panel: Dutch Wives & Dutch Uncles Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine About robots and machines as alternative part ners to share sexuality and intimacy with. What options are already available? What will commercial developers bring to the market in the near future? How can these new technologies help us? Should we worry when fantasies get more and more real? Two presentations followed by a panel Ine Gevers (curator ROBOT LOVE): Do we allow ourselves to be tickled by robots? Dare we lose control? Love as the precondition for the fusion between human and machines. Donna Verheijden (artist): Virtual Intimacy – Falling in love with ones and zeroes How and what to love in todays’ era? oneseconds (multidisciplinary collective): When toys and sexmachines transform from binary to intelligent, from lust to love should they be able to say no?
10:00 — 11:00 Sunday 17 March Wrap-up presentation of Workshop Results Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine Final look at the results of the workshops of Saturday.
12.00 — 13.00 Sunday 17 March Closing of the IMPAKT Zone Location The Algo Mas Mezzanine Festive closing of the IMPAKT Zone.
D.A.T.A. Dock by Donna Verheijden (see: IMPAKT Exhibition)
IMPAKT Exhibition @ Metamarathon
Next to our talks and workshops programme we will also showcase an exhibition in The Algo Mas Mezzanine, including works by: Donna Verheijden, Casper de Jong, Sander Veenhof, Marianna Maruyama, Carolien Teunisse & Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan.
About IMPAKT
Images Cover: above, Nao by SoftBank Robotics (see: RoboValley in Soon We Will All Be Robots) and below: The Tourist by Margriet van Breevoort (see: ROBOT LOVE in Dutch Wives and Dutch Uncles)
The IMPAKT Zone has been made possible by NRW-Forum, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Creative Industries Fund NL
design HOAX hoax-amsterdam.com
IMPAKT is an annual festival and a center for media culture in Utrecht, the Netherlands. IMPAKT presents critical and creative views on contemporary media culture and shows how developments in media and technology impact our everyday life. We examine issues around art, society, digital culture, politics, social media and science from various angles and within a range of disciplines. Next to the annual festival IMPAKT organises exhibitions, lectures, screenings, workshops, residencies and other kinds of events.