Official opening

Festival centre Amicitia, Nieuweweg 1a 8911 LK te Leeuwarden

thursday 20 september at 17.00h

On 20 september, 17.00h at Festival centre Amicitia, Nieuweweg 1a 8911 LK, Leeuwarden the festival will be officially opened by Mr. Heiner Holtappels, director Dutch Institute for Media Art, / Montevideo Amsterdam, head of the arts department, AVANS/AKA in Arnhem.

After the official opening you can visit the exhibition Young Talent with graduates of the Dutch Art Academies plus the solo exhibitions of Jayce Salloum (CAN) and Ulu Braun (GER). Also you are more than at the performances of Meri Nikula & Powerplant (FI).

The opening of the Spotlight exhibition "Across the channel" will take place at VHDG, M.H.Trompstraat 4a, 9821 GH Leeuwarden at 19.00h.

the Festival

leeuwarden, drachten & groningen

20 - 30 september 2007

After the opening we would like to welcome you, till 30 September, at the Festival centre Amicitia, Nieuweweg 1a 8911 LK Leeuwarden:

Exhibition Young Talent
Spotlight Jayce Salloum (CAN) and Ulu Braun (GER)
Film/video programma's with works from a.o. Casten Aschmann (GER), Guli Silberstein (IL), Kotaro Tanaka (JP), Robert Scheidel (GER), Michael Maziere (UK), Fred Pelon (NL), Jean Gabriel Periot (FR), Ben Rivers (UK), Antonin De Bemels (BE) and Martha Colburn (USA)
Pitch: art graduates pitch their work, explain their motivation to an audience and are open to questioning
The Fayre, for creative entrepeneurs by Kunstenaars & Co, Trans Artists

And on our satellite locations:

Fries Museum Leeuwarden: Spotlight Max Hattler (UK)
VHDG Leeuwarden: Spotlight TankTV & SingleshotVideo (UK)
058Podium Leeuwarden: Xperience met o.a. Eric & Mary Ross (USA)
Museum Smallingerland Drachten: Spotlight Telemach Wiesinger (GER)
Galerie Sign Groningen: Nominations ISMAF Award

We hope to see you
Media Art, Nadine Bors & Geebie Keyzer