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New main location for the festival
The World Wide Video Festival is looking forward to its collaboration with
the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA). From Thursday, 8 May through Sunday,
25 May, 2003, the enormous PTA building will be the festival's main location
where a lot of activities will unfold: solo and group exhibitions, the media
lounge (overlooking the Amsterdam harbour), performances, presentations and
screenings, and the 'meet-the-artist' section. For a sneak preview of the
building, please visit  www.wwvf.nl/2003
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Festival dates in May 2003
The 20th edition of the festival will take place from Thursday, 8 May
through Sunday, 25 May 2003. Apart from new work the festival will present a
retrospective exhibition of some 20 installations from previous editions of
the festival and three solo exhibitions by Éder Santos (Brazil), Walid Ra'ad
(Lebanon) and Marina Abramovic (Netherlands). Also, there will be a thematic
sub-festival around the VJ/DJ culture, the media lounge will offer video,
CD-ROMs and net-art, there will be performances and presentations, a seminar
of several days and the very popular 'meet-the-artist' programme.
Traditionally, many artists from both the Netherlands and abroad are
expected to attend the festival. More details will follow in our next
newsletter.
For more information see festival 2003
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Festival organisation moves into new offices
As of 10 September 2002, our new office address is:
Keizersgracht 462
1016 GE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Our telephone and fax numbers, website and e-mail addresses will NOT change.
See contact
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Hotel accommodation
Attention! May is a very busy month in the tourist season of Amsterdam, so be sure to make your reservation well in advance, as hotel rooms are very hard to get in this period. For the 20th edition of the World Wide Video Festival in May 2003, we have been able to make a reservation and discount arrangement with a number of hotels.
- Hotel Arena
's Gravensandestraat 51, Amsterdam Oost (near PTA), 20 rooms at E 85,-. www.hotelarena.nl. Reservation by e-mail at reservations@hotelarena.nl. Give your name, address and credit card number and specify 'World Wide'. You will then receive a confirmation for your approval. Reservation by telephone: +31 (0)20-8502410 or fax +31 (0)20-8502415.
- Tulip Inn Amsterdam Art
Spaarndammerdijk 302, Amsterdam West, 25 rooms for 1 or 2 persons for E 114,50,- incl. breakfast and tourist tax. www.westcordhotels.nl. Reservation by e-mail at art@westcordhotels.nl. Give your name, address and credit card number and specify 'World Wide'. Reservation by telephone: +31 (0)20-4109671 or by fax +31 (0)20-6810802.
- NH Tropen Hotel
Linnaeusstraat 2c, Amsterdam Oost (near PTA), 20 rooms: Double room with shower and bathroom, with. breakfast E 125,-, without E 107,-. Single room with shower and bathroom, with. breakfast E 115,-, without E 100,-. Prices do not include 5% tourist tax. Parking is free. www.nh-hotels.nl. Reservation by e-mail at nhtropen@nh-hotels.nl. Give your name, address and credit card number and specify 'World Wide'. Reservation by telephone: +31 (0)20-6925111 or by fax +31 (0)20-6810802.
Please note that the 'World Wide' discount only applies to reservations made by e-mail, NOT through the standard online forms at the hotel websites!!
For more information on hotels in Amsterdam you may want to check out the following websites: www.dutchhotels.nl, hotels-in-amsterdam.net and www.hotels.nl.
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Distribution of festival newsletter
The next Festival Newsletter will be in your inbox in October
More information:
World Wide Video Festival
Redactie Nieuwsbrief
Keizersgracht 462
1016 GE Amsterdam
Credits
The World Wide Video Festival is supported financially on a regular basis by the Ministry of Culture and by the City of Amsterdam. The festival also receives grants from, among others, Amsterdam Art Foundation, Culture Fund of the Bank of Dutch Cities, VSB Foundation, Prins Bernhard Culture Funs, Prins Claus Fund, European Committee and HIVOS.
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