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Our Alumni at GOGBOT Festival 2018

Willem de Kooning Academy
Tue 4 Sep

GOGBOT Festival 2018
Future Flash 200 - From Frankenstein to Hyperbrain

6 till 9 September 2018

Official opening: Thursday 20:00, Oude Markt, Enschede.

Four days and three nights of Art, Music and Technology. The 15th edition of GOGBOT will transform Enschede's inner city into a mind-melting festival with an international programme. It will shock your senses at the free exhibitions and cutting-edge performances around the clock.

Since 2008 GOGBOT invites the best creative talents from the Dutch art academies' finals to present their work during the four days and nights of the GOGBOT festival. GOGBOT is a networking showcase of creative technology, with around 20.000 visitors, 200 artists, DJ’s, performers, nerds, entrepreneurs and alien cyborgs. 30 nominated graduates from 2018 Dutch Art Academy Finals will present their work at GOGBOT. We are proud that 14 nominees on this list are the WdKA and PZI graduates.

This year's Young Blood Award nominees are:

Jeanine Verloop (Illustration/Autonomous Practices), Simone van Oosterhout (Graphic Design/Commercial Practices), Anna-Lena Lystad (PZI Master Media Design, Lens-Based), Anne Bothmer (Photography/Honours Visual Culture),  Jerry Estié (Graphic Design/Commercial  Practices), Jochem Walboomers (Graphic Design/Autonomous Practices), Caio Vita (Graphic Design/Autonomous Practices), Arthur Boer and Boris Smeenk (Graphic Design/Autonomous Practices), Nina Michailidou (Graphic Design/Honours Visual Culture), Naomi van Maasakkers (Graphic Design/Commercial Practices), Armand Bakx (Graphic design/Commercial Practices), Ryan Cherewaty + Nadine Rotem-Stibbe PZI Master Media Design, Lens-Based & Experimental Publishing).

Cover image: Simone van Oosterhout