FORCED ENTERTAINMENT (GB)
WERNER NEKES (D)
OLAV WESTPHALEN (D/US)

IDEA
IMPACT07 is a transdisciplinary symposium that considers artistic strategies and methodologies in terms of practice, theoretical discourse and critical reflection.

This year’s invited guest artists/groups FORCED ENTERTAINMENT(GB), Werner Nekes (D) and Olav Westphalen (D/USA) all explore and challenge the tools and mechanisms of their ­specific genres to open up alternative modes of perception and representation beyond the bounds of received conventions. Their highly individual approaches freely make use of devices such as illusion, comedy, parody, quotation and provocation. Reality and fiction, original as well as existing and borrowed material, all find place in their works. Playing with multi-layered readings of meaning, strands of interpretation, the balance of powers, rules, regulations and expectations, are likewise characteristic of their practices. Creating distortions between different realities, they lead their viewers into a grey zone that defies clear definition or ­representation. Here the viewers become instrumental partners in the ­shaping and reading of meaning.

PRACTICE
The former pithead shower building which is home to PACT Zollverein, as well as the surrounding Zollverein mine complex, offer a stimulating location for lectures, presentations, joint experiments, interventions, discussions and reflection. IMPACT07 is aimed at artists, students, academics and journalists working in the fields of dance, theatre, the fine arts and new media.

The working language at the symposium is English.

Before the symposium begins, FORCED ENTERTAINMENT will perform Quizoola at PACT Zollverein on Saturday, 03. November and on Sunday, 04. November there will be a reading of ›Desert Dreams‹ from OLAV WESTPHALEN as well as a screening of the film ›Uliisses‹ from WERNER NEKES.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMME

Saturday, 03. November 2007, 18:00 h
Theatre / Performance
FORCED ENTERTAINMENT (GB)
QUIZOOLA!

Sunday, 04. November 2007, 19:00 h
Reading
OLAV WESTPHALEN (D/US)
DESERT DREAMS (unpublished original screenplay)

Suitable only for persons of 18 years and older.

Sunday, 04. November, 20:30 h
Film & Talk
WERNER NEKES (D)
ULIISSES