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Written on 13th May 2009
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Upload Cinema takes the best of the web to the big screen. Every first Monday of the month a fresh program of inspiring and entertaining internet shorts is screened at Movie Theater De Uitkijk in Amsterdam. Each month there is a new theme. The audience can submit videos; an editorial team selects the best.
On May 4th (as the Dutch memorialize the dead of WO II) Upload Cinema looked at the way death is eternalized on the web. Yes, there was war & terror, blood & guts, but also art & poetry, impressive death rituals and lots of black humor. From 141 entries, 36 were chosen. Guest curators were: journalist Ben de Dood and poet Frank Starik.
Dodenherdenking
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Written on 11th April 2009
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Upload Cinema takes the best of the web to the big screen. Every first Monday of the month a fresh program of inspiring and entertaining internet shorts is screened at Movie Theater De Uitkijk in Amsterdam. Each month there is a new theme. The audience can submit videos; an editorial team selects the best.
Typo-Film, in collaboration with the Graphic Design Museum and International Film Festival Breda, was all about the combined power of written word and moving image. The show was a funky mix of music videos, info graphics, title sequences of motion pictures and of course, type movies made especially for the web. From 152 films entered 38 films were selected for the big screen.
The next edition of Upload Cinema will be about ‘Death on the Web’. Submit your suggestions at the Upload Cinema website.
Guest curator was Mieke Gerritzen, director of the Graphic Design Museum. Check out ALL the videos play, after the break: (more…)
Written on 3rd March 2009
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Last nights edition of Upload Cinema was all about the use of technology to shape ourselves to our ideal image. The audience looked at fitness, body building, plastic surgery, robotics and bionics. The videos show the sane, the insane, the good, the bad and the ugly.
And the beautiful!
134 movies were entered and 35 films were selected. Guest curator Martin C. de Waal.
Here are all the movies that were shown:
Perfect
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Written on 27th March 2008
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Guest blogger, sharing views on The Next Web
This is a guest post by Dagan Cohen, he’s the curator of PRE
Lets face it: we live in a fast economy, where the hunger for the ‘next big thing’ is so strong web entrepreneurs tend to minimize risk by copying and mashing up proved concepts. Although we wouldn’t like to admit it, the pressure of the marketplace narrows our vision and makes it hard for the industry to come with truly new ideas.
So, where to look for fresh ideas? Arguably the best place to start is where creative people can develop their ideas away from pressure of the market. Places like universities, art schools, small-scale research labs and small companies committed to creative experiment.
PRE shows a selection of projects by Dutch students and young artists who are driven by the new possibilities of the web and the digital realm. PRE celebrates the phase before an idea becomes a business concept. In this ‘green phase’ ideas are rough and vulnerable. They can be easily killed when the rules of the market are applied too rigidly.
Though some ideas immediately show a market potential – they just need a little push, others are more ambivalent and need to be looked at by different people from different angles to reveal their true purpose. That purpose is not necessarily a marketable product or service. It can be an autonomous art piece which purpose it is to make us think and reflect. It can be a conversation starter, or a stepping-stone for another idea.
The great thing about rough, ambivalent ideas is that they trigger us to finish or alter them. To add or change something so they’ll become better. At least in our minds. That’s why it’s important to get those ideas out of ‘the greenery’ into the open. And what place is more suitable for that purpose than the Next Web Conference?
Attendees of the conference can be inspired by the ‘premonitions’ of artist and students; the young creatives can profit from the knowledge and wisdom of industry professionals. After all: there’s no ‘Next’ without ‘Pre’. PRE is hosted by Draftfcb. (more…)
The Next Web Blog is closely associated with The Next Web Conference which is held annually in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. At this event speakers from all over the world come together to talk about, and show off, the future of the Web. (More info 
