<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div><div class=""><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" class=""><div lang="x-western" class="moz-text-html"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase;" class="">Impakt Event:
Johan
Grimonprez, D</span></b><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">ouble
Take
and </span></b><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase;" class="">YouTube-o-theek</span></b></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; " class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Next Saturday the Impakt Event with </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">the Belgian filmmaker and artist
Johan
Grimonprez will be held. We screen his new work Double Take, with an
introduction by </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Thomas
Elsaesser. Later
that evening we screen the </span><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">YouTube-o-theek</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">
“Maybe the sky is really green, and we’re just colorblind" curated by </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Johan Grimonprez & Charlotte
Léouzon. Below the program.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; " class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; " class=""><font size="3" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase;" class="Apple-style-span"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; " class=""><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase;" class="">YouTube-o-theek
“Maybe the sky is really green, and
we’re just colorblind “</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Curated
by: Johan Grimonprez & Charlotte Léouzon <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class="">In this program,
Grimonprez takes his audience on a trip through the Internet and the
endless
stream of information coming to us via YouTube and blogs. Viewers are
confronted with a mix of reality and fiction and the imminent risk of
manipulation. Maybe the sky is really green, and we’re just color blind
is an
ongoing project in which Grimonprez assembles and contextualizes
amateur
rarities, artistic responses to our television culture and highlights
of
commercial and political visual production.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Program:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">1.
Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp
(6’30), Prod. Spy films, Canada,
2005. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">2.
Echolalia by Robert Arnold (2’40) USA,
2003. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">3.
Blair and Bush Love affair by Johan
Söderberg, (1’08), Sweden.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">4.
Guns Sale, Amnesty International by
Dougal Wilson (2’17), Prod. Blink, UK, 2005. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">5.
Gorillaz, El Manana by Pete Candeland
(3’48), Prod. Passion Pictures, UK, 2006. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">6.
George Bush is… Stupid (3’57), hosted
by YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">7.
Coming out Jesus (I will survive)
(1’10), hosted YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">8.
Cocked by Matthew Suib (10’), USA. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">9.
Talking dogs (42’’), hosted by
YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">10.
Faithless, I want more by Daniel
Gordon (3’14), Prod Passion Pictures, UK. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">11.
Cream and Punishment, Noel Godin,
Dazed & Confused TV, UK, 1998. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">12.
Prep Unit, Tea Partay by Julien
Christian Lutz (2’15), Raw Tea Records, hosted by YouTube.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">13.
Angry Petrol Man (1’21), hosted by
YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">14.
Who do we invade next? (1’44), hosted
by YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">15.
Jesus Versus Terminator (4’51), USA,
2006, hosted by YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">16.
Soulwax, NY Excuse by Chris Palmer
(3’), Prod. Gorgeous, UK, 2006.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">17.
School For Democracy by Michael Moore
(2’30), TV Nation, USA. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">18.
Dove Real Beauty (1’15), hosted by
YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">19.
Dove Boy Parody (1’15), hosted by
YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">20.
The Yes Men, Bhopal Case (5’51),
hosted by Youtube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">21.
Royksöpp, ‘Remind Me’ by H5 (4’),
Prod Black dog films, UK, 2002. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">22.
Beauty Kit by Pleix (2’17), France,
2001.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">23.
Dust, GAP by Spike Jonze (1’35), Prod
MJZ, USA, 2005.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">24.
Jesus Action Figure (43”), hosted by
YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">25.
Monthy Python’s International
Philosophy Football Match (3’48), UK, hosted by YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">26.
The Stupidest Dog Alive (40”), hosted
by YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">[</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">77
minutes]</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Thanks
to:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Charlotte
Léouzon
and Johan Grimonprez would
like to thank all the artists who shared their films: Camille Henrot,
Clare
Rojas and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, H5, Neill Blomkamp and the Spy films
crew,
Richard Fenwick, Robert Arnold, Matthew Suib, Pete Candeland, Dougal
Wilson,
Johan Söderberg, Daniel Gordon, Spike Jonze, Chris Palmer, John
Williams, David
Lea and Rong. Another warm thank you to all the producers and music
labels for
their great support: Passion Pictures, Passion Paris and Fabien
Paillisse,
Rupert Smythes from Gorgeous, Matthew Fone from Blink, Jean-Marc Dehoul
from
Pias, John Hassay and Brian Carmody from Colonel Blimp, Naz Foroodian
from
Stink, Andrew Thomas, Kathy from Tex Agency, Jackie Holt from Lux.
Frida Öhnell
and Kristina Aberg from <a href="http://Atmo.se">Atmo.se</a>. Also thanks to Bernhart Schwenk, Mike
Van
Peel, Angelique Campens and Franziska Stöhrm.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="Apple-style-span"><br class=""></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""><span style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; " class="Apple-style-span">Impakt Event:
Johan
Grimonprez</span></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">In Double Take, his
second feature film, the Belgian filmmaker and artist Johan Grimonprez
(author
of the prize-winning documentary Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y) delves into the
increasing
influence of television, news, cinema and advertising on our
understanding of
the present and the past.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Inspired by a short
story of the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges in which the author
meets his
twenty year old self, Double Take culminates in the ultimate
confrontation
between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his professional double Ron
Burrage. Who
is who, and who is the mastermind behind staging the perfect murder?
Grimonprez
combines fiction and reality, making extensive use of archival material
–
such as news images, commercials, and film fragments – and reviews
Hitchock’s favorite themes: the play of doubles, the politics of fear
(from the
Cold War to the War on Terror, from The Birds to Independence Day) and
the
ideological power of cinema and television (from the early days of
television to
our current, obsessive zapping behavior).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Artist, director,
curator and teacher Johan Grimonprez (1963)divides his time between the
United
States and Flanders. Although he works with various media –
photography,
digital clippings, and found footage – video takes a central position
in
his work. Grimonprez studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent
(KASK), the
School of Visual Arts in New York and the Jan van Eyck Academy in
Maastricht.
All of his early video works, including Kobarweng or Where Is Your
Helicopter?
(1992), investigate the impact of images on its viewers. Grimonprez
consciously
manipulates the conventions of the documentary genre. His acclaimed
documentary
Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) was a visually overwhelming trip, a
compelling visual
montage of the history of a plane hijacking eerily foreshadowing the
world
prior to 9/11.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Date:
Saturday 20 February 2010.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">19.30
pm: Double Take and introduction by Thomas Elsaesser<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">22.00
pm: YouTube-o-theek “Maybe the sky is really green, and we’re just
color blind“<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Location:
Film Theater ’t Hoogt, Utrecht<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Ticket
price for each program: 8.50 euro (CJP/U-pas, 65+, student: 7.50 euro)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Combination
ticket: 12.50 euro (CJP/U-pas, 65+, student: 11 euro)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">Reservations
at <a href="mailto:info@hoogt.nl" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">info@hoogt.nl</a>
and by Telephone at +31 (0)30-232 83 88<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -21.3pt 12pt 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US" class="">The
spoken language is English. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Expected</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">:<br class="">
Utrechtse Nieuwe Media Avond #3 / Brein - Computer Interfaces.
Wednesday 10
March 2010, Impakt HQ Lauwerecht 10 in Utrecht<br class="">
Things to Come #3 / Off the Grid. Thursday 25 March 2010, Moira
Wolvenstraat 10
in Utrecht<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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