GOGBOT

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GOGBOT Festival
Genre	multimedia, art, music and technology
Location(s)	Enschede, Netherlands
Years active	2003-present
Founded by	PLANETART
Attendance	20,000
Website	Official website

The GOGBOT Festival is an annual festival in Enschede organized by Planetart, a local group of artists. The festival deals with subjects in the areas of multimedia, art, music and technology and features lectures, a film program and the Youngblood award for art academy graduates.

History[]

The festival originates from several festivals that Planetart had previously organized in the city center of Enschede, i.e. in empty warehouses, in squares, in music venues, etc. Examples include the Gods must be Crazy, Op Drift, Sociale Dienst, RealAudio, Exploding Digita, and Astro Friezen. In 2017 the 14th edition will be organised. Founded by creative director Kees de Groot. Wilja Jurg was managing director from 2004 until 2007. After this, it was Viola van Alphen, who until 2015, continued her work under the name ViolaVirus and organised the award-winning Manifestations - Will the Future Design Us, in Eindhoven.

International recognition[]

Because of the accessible form and innovative approach, GOGBOT receives international recognition. Therefore, GOGBOT is invited for presentations including the ISEA in Singapore, Cellsbutton Indonesia, the Transmediale in Berlin, International Filmfestival Moscow, World Expo 2010, Japan Media Arts Festival 2011 and Techfest 2012. In 2011, the festival was awarded the National Innovation Award for being the most innovative festival in the Netherlands.

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gogbot.

• List of electronic music festivals
• List of experimental music festivals

References[]

• Report GOGBOT 2009
• Mediaforum Catalogue
• ISEA
• BLEND magazine about GOGBOT 2 p.106
• Kunst critic Florian Cramer: there is one festival like a cyberpunk circus
• 1000s articles on Pussy Riot Protest with Ina Shevchenko in Enschede 2012, first appearance of Ina Shevchenko in the Netherlands
• GOGBOT wins national price for being most innovative festival of the Netherlands, 2nd and 3rd are Lowlands en de Vervoering

External links[]

• Official website
• Site of the organizer: PLANETART