Festivals Wednesday 30 October 2024 - Sunday 3 November 2024 IMPAKT Festival 2024: DEAL WITH IT Lees in het Nederlands The IMPAKT Festival 2024: DEAL WITH IT will take place from Wednesday 30 October to Sunday 3 November on different locations in Utrecht, including Het Huis Utrecht and IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture]. The festival will be a plea for radical, engaging and (self-)critical art. With DEAL WITH IT the IMPAKT Festival 2024 makes a stand for artists who embrace controversy and dare to be radical. Their approach comes out of a principled critical practice, not some easy attempt to attract attention for cheap effect. They express themselves on the pressing issues of our times, and do so in non-conformist ways. They dare to be controversial. They use humour and can handle ambiguity and paradox. Especially now, with a populist right-wing government taking power, it’s going to take real courage to keep the arts going – and to unite us, despite our differing opinions. The first names: Dries Verhoeven: in-your-face critical artist working in large scale performative installation works The Yes Men: satirical activists, speaking truth to power Joyce Overheul: agent provocateur from Utrecht Kubra Khademi: Afghan performance artist forced to flee her country Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries: social designer and generator of ideas Maxim Februari: ideosyncratic philosopher with an opinion on ‘bad art’ Roy Villevoye: against-the-grain relational artist Julika Rudelius: artist, analyses how power manifests itself in human behaviour Jeroen Jongeleen: artist intervening in public space Roee Rosen: politically incorrect Israeli artist and filmmaker Advertisement Museum & exhibitions Alice in fluffy land EXboot Date Thu 1 May to Tue 27 May Music & concerts Sawdust Sessions Sawmill De Ster Date Sun 4 May - Sun 1 Jun Time 15:00 - 18:00 Museum & exhibitions Nieuwe Liefde '25 (New Love ‘25) Kunstliefde Time we to su: 13:00 - 17:00 Advertisement Dance & ballet Shaking Shame Theater Kikker Date Thu 8 May Time 20:00 Jazz Kronos Quartet TivoliVredenburg Date Thu 8 May Time 20:15 Show full calendar Calendar More inspiration in Utrecht Museum & exhibitions Kreukelcollectief: I'm just here Centraal Museum Time tu to su: 11:00 - 17:00