Brazilian artists Leandro Cardoso and Caetano Carvalho have worked together on many occasions and in different fields. Leandro Cardoso (1975) lives and works in São Paulo. He graduated in Fine Art and History of Art (Goldsmiths College) and Master of Research in Humanities and Culture (The London Consortium). Over the past three years, Leandro has exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at the CCSP, São Paulo (2011); and collective exhibitions at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2010); the I Trondheim Biennial, Norway (2010); the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2009); and the CCCB, Barcelona (2009). In 2010, Leandro was awarded art grants by the São Paulo Biennial Foundation and by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. In 2008, he was a fellow researcher of the Independent Studies Program, at MACBA, Barcelona.

Caetano Carvalho (1980) is based in Amsterdam and graduated in Audio Visual (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) and Computer Science (Brazil). Caetano works in the intersection of technology, radical design, music, performance, and pop culture. Recent projects include solo performances at MediaMatic, DNK and Smart Project, Amsterdam (2010); NIU Tsonami, Barcelona (2009); and collective performances at Steim, OT301, and Paradiso, Amsterdam (2010-2009); and FILE Festival, São Paulo (2006). In 2010, Caetano was resident artist of the Cloud Research Project at DansMakers (Amsterdam) and EEA Beelitz (Germany). In 2009, he developed a project with bittorrent data at MediaPrado (Madrid), and collaborated with the collective The Pirate Bay in the Internet Pavillion at the Venice Biennial.

The very first edition of CVLT Festival: an underground crowd sourced festival initiated by Cvlt Dealer Enzo, centering collaborations between Utrecht cultural collectives and scientists in the setting of Utrecht’s monumental wharf cellars (werfkelders). During the weekend of 8-10 Juni 2012, more than 150 individuals and collectives will present their interdisciplinairy interpretation of Sound along the wharfs and in the cellars of the Oudegracht.

Impakt will be represented by the Brazilian artist in residence-duo Caetano Carvalho & Leandro Cardoso , who will build a GIF-cave in the cellar of Setup’s temporary exhibition space on Oudegracht 183. In the installation, together with historian, world music expert and DJ Friso Wiersum, they will explore their anthropological approach of the digital phenomenon GIFs. These animated images, widely produced and re-used in our web 2.0 era often serve as personal avatars, as illustration of a trendic topic or as autonomous entity.

During their residency at Impakt, Caetano Carvalho & Leandro Nerefuh are working with the idea of a digital archaeology and how animated GIFs can be considered a sort of archaeological and cultural artifact. The artists incorporate technological media in a performative and even ritualistic dimension in which conceptions of nature, culture, and technology are in play.

Their residency will conclude with the presentation of an installation ‘GIF Cave’ – a hermetic cave-like environment composed of multiple artifacts and projected animated images (GIFs). Based on the classical use of the ‘cave’ as a philosophical trope (in Plato, Nietzsche, Waly Salomão, Mike Kelley), the Gif Cave will have an allegorical and ritualistic purpose for those inside it. In the Gif Cave, we will abandon the ghost of ‘truth’ and dance to the rebirth of the Croatan.

Their residency entails the presentation at CVLT FEST from 8-10 June, of the installation ‘GIF Cave’ – a hermetic cave-like environment composed of multiple artifacts and projected animated images (GIFs). Based on the classical use of the ‘cave’ as a philosophical trope (in Plato, Nietzsche, Waly Salomão, Mike Kelley), the GIF Cave will have an allegorical and ritualistic purpose for those inside it. In the GIF Cave, we will abandon the ghost of ‘truth’ and dance to the rebirth of the Croatan.

To conclude their residency, in a three-day workshop on 19, 20 and 21 June, Caetano and Leandro will introduce the idea of a digital archaeology and discuss how animated GIFs can be considered a sort of archaeological and cultural artifact. We will show examples of contemporary art practices that incorporate technological media in a performative and even ritualistic dimension in which conceptions of nature, culture and technology are in play. The workshop will also include a series of practical exercises based on objects built for our installation the ‘GIF Cave’.

Brazilian artists Leandro Cardoso and Caetano Carvalho have worked together on many occasions and in different fields. Leandro Cardoso (1975) lives and works in São Paulo. He graduated in Fine Art and History of Art (Goldsmiths College) and Master of Research in Humanities and Culture (The London Consortium). Over the past three years, Leandro has exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at the CCSP, São Paulo (2011); and collective exhibitions at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2010); the I Trondheim Biennial, Norway (2010); the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2009); and the CCCB, Barcelona (2009). In 2010, Leandro was awarded art grants by the São Paulo Biennial Foundation and by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. In 2008, he was a fellow researcher of the Independent Studies Program, at MACBA, Barcelona.

Caetano Carvalho (1980) is based in Amsterdam and graduated in Audio Visual (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) and Computer Science (Brazil). Caetano works in the intersection of technology, radical design, music, performance, and pop culture. Recent projects include solo performances at MediaMatic, DNK and Smart Project, Amsterdam (2010); NIU Tsonami, Barcelona (2009); and collective performances at Steim, OT301, and Paradiso, Amsterdam (2010-2009); and FILE Festival, São Paulo (2006). In 2010, Caetano was resident artist of the Cloud Research Project at DansMakers (Amsterdam) and EEA Beelitz (Germany). In 2009, he developed a project with bittorrent data at MediaPrado (Madrid), and collaborated with the collective The Pirate Bay in the Internet Pavillion at the Venice Biennial.

The Panorama program is open for submissions of single channel works, produced in 2010, 2011 or 2012 . You can submit your work via our online entry form, by the deadline of  June 1st, 2012 or before.
In the case you’re planning to submit work that you expect not be finished by June, please contact us through panorama[at]impakt[dot]nl.

PLEASE FILL OUT A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM FOR EACH WORK – so your work is accompanied by all the necessary information before it is included in our viewing procedures.

Details for each submission, to be included with the entry form:

• It is important to provide the most exact information on the screening format. Please indicate which formats you have available of each individual work. In the case it’s selected for Impakt Festival 2012, we will contact you for detailed information on the screening version of your work.

• Because the selection procedure will end shortly before to the publicity deadlines, we kindly ask you in advance to include some images of your work – in print quality: 300dpi at 10x15cm, and higher resolution if possible.
• Be sure to enter the synopsis
• Complete all information for the credit line as follows: Title – Maker (Country of production, year of production, film or video, 00:00 min [min:sec – also if your work is over one hour, e.g. 90:00min).

The BK-NU institutions are involved in each other’s programs and advance the position of contemporary art in Utrecht. They are highly aware of the importance of diversity for a fertile artistic environment in the city. In the dynamic cultural climate of today, where collaboration, innovation, public outreach, and participation are more important than ever, the institutions will invest more in being visible to a wide audience in Utrecht, making an even stronger commitment to creating exhibitions, lectures, projects, and presentations

Current information is available on the websites of the various institutions. Moreover, all the partners’ activities are easy to follow on one central BK-NU Facebook page.

Last year, Mercedes Bunz gave an in-depth and stimulating realization of this new idea. Read more about the successful and versatile collaboration in 2011.

In 2012 this joint venture will be continued by an endowment of the Centre for Humanities that will facilitate the appointment of an Impakt fellow and the organization of a related academic and festival program.

NO MORE WESTERNS

IMPAKT, foundation for critical media culture in Utrecht invites interested parties to submit curatorial proposals for the Impakt Festival 2012, which takes place from 24 to 28 October focussing on the theme No More Westerns.

The Impakt Festival is the annual culmination of Impakt’s activities as a foundation specialising in critical media culture: a multi-medial festival with conferences, readings, performances, screenings, exhibitions and music.

The curatorial proposal can be submitted by curators individually or collectively and should revolve around this year’s theme No More Westerns (NMW): the changing image culture under the influence of current geo-political changes world-wide.

We expect curator(s) to present a clear vision on the relations between economic developments, media industry, image culture, cultural identity and contemporary iconography in order to investigate and analyze future developments by means of the programs presented at the Impakt Festival 2012.

The festival program should sketch out subjective long-term prospects of the media culture and the ways this culture may develop in decades to come. These developments should also contain links between the current day situation and the situation in the past, especially in respect of the emerging economies of, for instance, the BRIC countries.

Ideally, the curator or the curatorial team can be responsible for the entire festival program comprising films, lectures, new media projects, presentation, a music program and an exhibition. Another possibility is to submit a proposal for one or some of the parts of the festival program.

Depending on the response of the potential candidates, Impakt may choose to work with an overall proposal of one curator or a team of curators, or to bring several curators together and compile a combination of different proposals. For more details about the No More Westerns theme, we refer you to the text below.

There is a budget for compiling the program including artists and screening fees, traveling and accommodation expenses, technical and building overhead. Curators will be paid a fee and receive a research budget. Following a first selection of the proposals submitted, the curators in question will be contacted about the financial details.

Submission Guidelines

Deadline: 11 June

Notification: 26 June

In order to qualify for selection, please send an email to nmw[at]impakt[dot]nl stating:

+ An overall concept clarifying the approach of, and connection to the No More Westerns theme.

+ An introduction to the various parts of the program including an overview of the artists featured in the various programs and a short explanation of the choices made in this respect.

+ documentation of some of the more prominently featured artists, containing links to portfolios, writings, videos, resumes, etc.

+ a clear indication of the program parts compiled by the curator, and, if apliccable a description of the program parts for which the main curator chooses to work with external curators (including resumes).

+ if a curator chooses to submit a concept for a separate part of the program instead of an overall proposal, we expect to receive a clear indication of any uncovered program parts, that is, program parts for which Impakt is expected to find other curators.

+ resumes of the curator (or all curators in the team)

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 scrutinizing look at Brazilian myths in a programme compiled by artist Joris Lindhout and curator Maaike Gouwenberg who investigated the influence of Gothic Literature in Brazil. In the run-up to the Impakt Festival 2012 around the theme ‘No More Westerns’, this event demonstrates how stories from the past lie at the basis of a national identity and cultural cannibalism in contemporary Brazil.
Start 16:00 p.m., tickets € 7.50

What are the origins of Brazil’s contradictory image of exotic rituals and primitive violence? In Cannibalizing Cannibal Myth, Joris Lindhout and Maaike Gouwenberg introduce us to this complicated matter through film fragments, visual material and two films.

Focal point of this programme is the manner in which the myths created by Brazil’s first colonists, have found their way into these modern times. One example relates to the 16th century story of German Hans Staden who escaped a cannibal tribe and wrote in his diary how Tupi Indians ate their enemies to gain possession of their powers. His book later served as the blueprint for obscure cult cinema classics such as Cannibal Holocaust.

In the 20th century, Brazilian authors such as Mario de Andrade managed to use the myths created by outsiders in a strategic manner, in a quest for national identity. In Andrade’s book Macunaíma, cultural cannibalism or ‘antropofagia’ is a positive metaphor for the melting of cultures. In the footsteps of the man-eating Tupi Indians, the different cultures in Brazil had to digest each other in order to turn Brazil into a stronger nation.

The darker aspects of the nation are depicted in the Brazilian version of Frankenstein: Zé do Caixão. This mythological character, a violent Nietzschean funeral undertaker with a strong aversion against religion, was, among others, featured in the film Mojica by José Mojica Marins that will be screened.

The present Brazilian artists in residence of Impakt Works use the moniker “Leandro Nerefuh and Caetano Eh Macumba” to add music to this event with a Macumba soundtrack featuring unexpected Afro-Brazilian rhythms. In addition, there will be a BBQ fitting to the theme and traditional Brazilian snacks. In conclusion of this event, the iconic rendition of Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1969) will be screened.

Joris Lindhout works as an independent artist at self formed Grok Projects and is currently building the ‘Department of Crime, Myth and Monstrosity’. Maaike Gouwenberg works as a curator at W139, De Zaak MG and is director of A.P.E. (art projects era). Read more about their research in São Paulo on their blog Gótico Brasileiro.

Please send us an e-mail that you are attending to rsvp[at]impakt[dot]nl

Stichting Impakt richt zich op het presenteren en produceren van mediakunst in een kritische context. Hiertoe organiseren we het Impakt Festival dat dit jaar plaatsvindt van 24 t/m 28 oktober. De kern van Impakt wordt gevormd door een algemeen directeur, een zakelijk leider, een programmeur en een office manager.

Ter versteviging van het team en voor de uitvoering van het festival zoeken we met ingang van bij voorkeur 15 juni 2012 een festivalproducent. De functie houdt in dat je verantwoordelijk bent voor het realiseren van het Impakt Festival. Ook werk je mee aan de Impakt Events, Impakt Online, Impakt Works en de andere projecten die plaatsvinden in de aanloop naar het festival. In overleg met de directie zorg je voor het voorbereiden, uitvoeren en afwikkelen van deze projecten.

We zoeken iemand die ervaring heeft in het uitvoeren van complexe projecten, mensen kan aansturen, meerdere projectbudgetten beheert, goede contactuele eigenschappen heeft, zelfstandig werkt, goed kan presteren onder tijdsdruk en kennis heeft van AV- en computertechniek.

Het gaat om een tijdelijke aanstelling van 24u/wk, van bij voorkeur 15 juni tot 15 november 2012.

Het betreft een betaalde functie. Een voorstel voor de inschaling op basis van ervaring, kwalificaties, etc. volgt in het tweede gesprek met de daarvoor geselecteerde kandidaten.

Voor meer informatie of vragen: www.impakt.nl / info@impakt.nl

Reacties t.a.v. Arjon Dunnewind dienen uiterlijk 25 mei binnen te zijn en kunnen opgestuurd worden naar jobs@impakt.nl of naar Impakt  – Postbus 735 – 3500 AS Utrecht. Gesprekken zullen plaatsvinden in de week van 28 mei t/m 5 juni.

Stichting Impakt richt zich op het presenteren en produceren van mediakunst in een kritische context. Hiertoe organiseren we het Impakt Festival dat dit jaar plaatsvindt van 24 t/m 28 oktober. De kern van Impakt wordt gevormd door een algemeen directeur, een zakelijk leider, een programmeur en een office manager.

Ter versteviging van het team en voor de uitvoering van het festival zoeken we bij voorkeur voor 15 juni 2012 een medewerker publiciteit. De functie houdt in dat je verantwoordelijk bent voor de publiciteitsvoering, het drukwerk en de marketing omtrent het Impakt Festival 2011. Ook werk je mee aan de Impakt Events, Impakt Online, Impakt Works en de andere projecten die Stichting Impakt uitvoert.

We zoeken iemand die ervaring heeft in het genereren van publiciteit voor culturele projecten, het Nederlands en het Engels goed beheerst, vertrouwd is met zowel de culturele pers als de ‘social media’ en teksten kan redigeren, combineren en samenvatten en kan presteren onder tijdsdruk.

Het gaat om een tijdelijke aanstelling van 24u/wk, van bij voorkeur 15 juni t/m 15 november 2012.

Het betreft een betaalde functie. Een voorstel voor de inschaling op basis van ervaring, kwalificaties, etc. volgt in het tweede gesprek met de daarvoor geselecteerde kandidaten.

Voor meer informatie of vragen: www.impakt.nl / info@impakt.nl

Reacties t.a.v. Arjon Dunnewind dienen uiterlijk 25 mei binnen te zijn en kunnen opgestuurd worden via jobs@impakt.nl of naar Impakt  – Postbus 735 – 3500 AS Utrecht. Gesprekken zullen plaatsvinden in de week van 28 mei t/m 5 juni.