Ignite Amsterdam 8

Thursday April 28th, 8.30pm.

12 speedy 5-minute presentations about art, people, technology and new media. From digital research to fine art, and from documentaries and graphic novels to activism. Please RSVP on the website.

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Excellence is the Standard - by Arthur de Vries. Olieverf op doek. 60 x 40 cm

Program

Documentary makers Niels van Koevorden and Sabine Lubbe Bakker will present their project Het einde van België (The end of Belgium). Find out about DigiMe, a project on digital identity by Mariette Hummel, and catch up on video artist Jasper van den Brink's latest work.

Artists Alex Fischer, Arthur de Vries and Guy Königstein will present projects they've recently been working on, as will dashing duo Miktor + Molf and graphic designer Mark Roig Blesa. Saron Paz will talk about coping in war areas.

Hear about the work of Revelation Space by hacker-in-charge Koen Martens, and about the work of the Free Software Foundation Europe by its president, Karsten Gerloff. Last but not least, graphic novelist Erik de Graaf will present his latest book, Scherven (Fragments).

More information

Doors open at 8pm. First speaker at 8.30pm. The evening will only set you back €7,-. Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68 Amsterdam. RSVP on the website.

(Photo: Excellence is the Standard by Arthur de Vries)