NIMk @ PICNIC

Picnic the annual three-day event that blurs the lines between creativity, science, technology and business will take place on 14,15,16 September. They have taken a big step by moving the festival from its safe haven at the Westergasfabriek to the unfamiliar ground of the industrial NDSM wharf. There they have set their goal to investigate, build and reflect on the theme ‘Urban Futures’ by actually building a city together with their participants.

NIMk presents an inspirational video program illustrating the current en future consequences of modern city life while reflecting on demeaning factors such us economics,communication, politics and the role of technology with works by Sebastian Diaz Morales, Alicia Framis , Robert Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Gabriel Lester, Mediashed, Nicolas Provost, Semiconductor and Mike Stubbs.

NIMk is also participant in the HOT100 workshop organized by Virtueel Platform. Together with DROPSTUFF, Hermen Maat and Karen Lancel we want to know if the HOT 100 participants come up with new ideas about useful interaction by the public with (media) art/ screen in public space.

HOT 100 Thursday September 15, 10 – 17 hrs

VIDEO PROGRAM
Friday September 16, 10- 11 hrs and 11- 12 hrs
Location: Grand Pavilion
Presented by Mirjam van Belzen
NIMk presents an inspirational video program illustrating the current and future consequences of modern city life while reflecting on demeaning factors such us economics,communication, politics and the role of technology.
Semiconductor, Time out of Place (5 min)
Mediashed, Duellists (10 min)
Nicolas Provost, Stardust (19 min)
Robert Hamilton, Velserbroek (3 min)
Mike Stubbs, Cultural Quarter (10 min)
Martijn Veldhoen, Public Spaces (10/11 min)

All these works are part of the NIMk videocollection. Since 1978 an extensive collection of video and media art has been assembled by NIMk, to which new works are constantly being added. In addition to its own collection, the Institute also manages the video collections of the De Appel Foundation, the Lijnbaan Center in Rotterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural heritage (ICN). The collections of the Groninger Museum and the Kröller Müller Museum can be viewed. The distribution collection comprises more than 2000 works at present, varying from the earliest experiments through recent productions by known Dutch, international artists and rising talents. These works are available for presentation worldwide. The institute's online archive contains over 30 years of media art; 1000 media artworks and unique documentation of events and projects realized and presented by NIMk. More info www.nimk.nl

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