This program contains a selection of the best works from the 2004 edition of the Impakt Festival, the annual showcase for innovative media art in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Featured are the three winners of the 2004 Impakt Awards: Circus (Swann Thommen, Annelore Schneieer, Claude Piguet, Switzerland, 2004, 2 mins) explores the urban landscape layer by layer and isolates conspicuous elements, cutting them loose from their surroundings. In Dramaturgische Ikonologie (Jose Miguel Biscaya, The Netherlands, 2003, 5.5 mins), a study of perception and the beauty of abstraction conveys a marvelous feeling of freedom. All Right (Aleesa Cohene, Canada, 2003, 7 mins) is a found–footage film in which the filmmaker presents a disturbing portrait of our western society. Other Impakt Highlights are a state of–the–art selection of contemporary alternative visual culture featuring love stories, performance art, DJ Krust, Bill Gates, and the words of Stan Brakhage…for starters.-Adapted from Impakt film notes
Also screening: The Rock Music (Victor Alimpiev, Sergey Vishnevsky, Russia, 2003, 7 mins). Don Quatro (Alexander Herzog, Germany, 2004, 3.5 mins). Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability (John & Henry Ford, Austria, 2004, 3 mins). Ausziehen (Jochen Dehn, Germany, 2004, 7 mins). A Gentleman's Agreement (Fabrice Gygi, Switzerland, 2003, 7.5 mins). Not 360 (Ra Di Martino, Italy, 2004, 7 mins). A Thirsty Man (Amir Shabab Razavian, Iran, 2002, 3 mins). Coded Language (DJ Krust) (Ben & Joe Dempsey, U.K., 1999, 6.5 mins). Bigger Better (Ton Meijdam, The Netherlands, 2003, 5 mins). Invisible Cities (Julio Soto, U.S., 2003, 6 mins). Papillon d'amour (Nicolas Provost, Belgium, 2003, 4 mins).