01.SCREENINGS

The center piece of the Kassel Dokfest is the film program, divided into three sections:

02.MONITORING

Up to 16 contemporary media installations and sculptures by up-and-coming as well as well-known artists will be presented at the exhibition Monitoring.

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03.DOKFEST LOUNGE

The DokfestLounge is not only the location for audiovisual performances by international artists, VJs and DJs but also the nocturnal meeting point for our guests after 10.30 pm.

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04.INTERFICTION

The Workshop symposium interfiction offers lectures, presentations and workshop-sessions concerning a yearly changing topic, which takes a closer look at the political, social and artistic aspects of the medium internet.

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05.JUNGES DOKFEST

This educational side program is aimed at school students from the 7th till the 13th grade as well as teachers. The project consists of special film programs as well as workshops about film analysis and criticism under the guidance of media educators.

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06.DOKFEST FORUM

The DokfestForum offers panels, lectures and screenings that raise questions about the interfaces between film and art. During the daytime the DokfestForum as a festival meeting point will provide a café with a video library for accredited guests.

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07.EDUCATION

With the Hessian University Film Day, the presentation of a European Film College and hands-on workshops and lectures, the Kassel Dokfest offers possibilities for further education, information on education opportunities and access to professional networks for (Hessian) up-and-coming filmmakers.

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MONITORING
LOUNGE
INTERFICTION
JUNGES DOKFEST
FORUM
EDUCATION

DokfestLounge

Audiovisual Performances & Party

The DokfestLounge is based in the Weinkirche in sight of Kassel’s main train station. With a jury-curated international program of audiovisual performances and video mappings, produced in analogue or digital media, as well as club visuals and VJ-Sets, the DokfestLounge shows for four nights current trends from the field of performative media art, represented this year by 24 artists coming from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Serbia, Japan, Spain, USA and France.

Next to the curated program, the DokfestLounge will offer on Thursday the second edition of the Open VJ Stage with the possibility for all external and local artists, filmmakers and visitors to showcase and to try out own VJ-sets as well as playing together, interactive and simultaneously on the separate screens of the location. This year, including a VJ Battle with awarded VJ and mapping software prizes for a total value of 1.000 Euro, sponsored by our partner Resolume – VJ and mapping software. Also on Thursday, we invite you in cooperation with the School of Art and Design Kassel to join our artists’ talk. Furthermore, we are very happy to initiate this year for the first time our new audiovisual residency program DokfestLaunch. 

 

DokfestLounge

Weinkirche

Werner-Hilpert-Str. 22, 34117 Kassel

Doors open 10:30 p.m. / Live program from 11:30 p.m.

 

Further information:

www.vimeo.com/dokfestlounge

www.facebook.com/dokfestlounge.kassel