18th “INDEPENDENT ARTS”- FESTIVAL – the final chapter > 22-23 April 2006 > Vierkante Zaal / Sint-Niklaas, Belgium > 28-29-30 April 2006 > TAC (Temporary Art Centre) / Eindhoven, the Netherlands Curator: Sztuka Fabryka / Extra program Eindhoven by Freek Lomme Organisation: Hotel Volzet / Edition Eindhoven in co-operation with TAC Co-organisers: Cultural Centre Sint-Niklaas / OJC Kompas vzw / Cultuurraad Sint-Niklaas Partners: Academy of fine Arts / Municipality Sint-Niklaas more info: http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/festival/index.htm STREET ART > ::Hixtril:: (BE) / Sjors Trimbach (NL) / Pure Evil (UK) / Eugene & Louise (BE) / Noaz (E) / Josh MacPhee - justseeds.org (U.S.A.) / Vinnie Ray (U.S.A.) / M-City (PL) / Weestar (CN) FINE ART > unknown artist formally known as gassy recipe (BE) / Jimmy Fly & Dzia-Dzia (BE) / James Marr (E) / Matt Joyce (UK) / Ruben De Loof (B) / Chu Keng Fu (TW) / Joris Van Vossel (BE) / Bram Verstraeten (BE) / Christian Lindemann (DE) / Eline Van Eerdenbrugh (BE) / Sabina Romanin (IT) / Sammy Vandenberghe (BE) / I Like Drawing (UK) / Lorenzo Petrantoni (IT) / Available Art (PL) / Dzia-Dzia (BE) / Stijn Claikens (BE) / DsuDorion (BE) / Chica (BE) MAIL-ART > Guido Vermeulen (BE) / Marilyn Dammann (U.S.A.) / Rémy Penard (FR) / buZ blurr (U.S.A.) / Angela Netmail (DE) / John Held Jr. & Mike Dickau (U.S.A.) / Haje Homström (FI) / Ragged Edge Press (U.S.A.) / Pawel Petasz (PL) / Sztuka Fabryka (BE) / H.R. Fricker (CH) / The Sticker Dude (U.S.A.) / > Mail-Art meeting: Rémy Penard (FR) / Karl-Friedrich Hacker (DE) / Peter Netmail (DE) / Dobrica Kamperelic (YU) / Reid Wood (U.S.A.) / Lynn Palmiter Jr. & Elizabeth Zois (U.S.A.) / Franziska Block (DE) / Stijn Hüwels (BE) / ... SMALL PRESS > Karl-Friedrich Hacker (DE) / Danny Hellman (U.S.A.) / Dzia-Dzia (BE) / Jenny Gonzalez (U.S.A.) / Garage Magazine (IT) / Polvo (U.S.A.) / Brad Simon (U.S.A.) / Kaasschaaf Uitgeverij (NL) / Bries (BE) PERFORMANCE > Karl-Friedrich Hacker (DE) / Peter Netmail (DE) / Ultima Occasio (YU) / Nele Antonovic, Gabriel Savic Ra and Lidija Anotonovic (YU) / Wannes Goetschalckx (BE) / Patrick Anderson-Mc.Quoid (IE) & Marina Miletic (BE) VIDEO > Documentary screening on Saturday "POPaganda" by Pedro Carvajal (U.S.A.) / Front (BE) / Taxonomy (IT) / Lane Last (U.S.A.) / Silvio De Gracia (AR) / Sinasi Gunes & Nilde Safak (TR) / SU-EN (SE) / Zoran Dragelj (CA) / Jan Leenders (BE) / Myriam Thyes (DE) / Clemente Padin (UY) / Stijn Roelofs presents Justin Kees & Mike Clark (NL) / Studio Van Laar (NL) / Pure Evil (UK) HOME TAPE > Fear Falls Burning (vidnaObmana) (BE) / Kapotski (BE) / Formatt (BE) / Five Leaves Left (BE) / Anatole Stretch vs Nakamura (BE) / Jozefaleksandropedro (BE) Discover also Hotel Volzet at: - Archipel http://www.ccsint-niklaas.be/ - Erfgoed Weekend - http://www.erfgoeddag.be/ "Hotel Volzet" is an art organisation which wants to offer a platform to artists. It wants to guide artists in their search for a public and wants to be a meeting point for artists and art lovers. “Hotel Volzet” has its roots in international networks as street art, Mail-Art, small press, home-tape, ... also paying attention to video art, performance and fine arts. "Hotel Volzet" organises the yearly "Independent Arts"-Festival and also they take part in several national and international projects or organises themselves. According to each project "Hotel Volzet" will contact the artists from their artistsfiles, who are most suited for the project. If you are interested to be part of our artistsfiles, contact Sztuka Fabryka for more information.