GDFB - Graphic Design Festival Breda
dal 7/5/2010 al 29/5/2010
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7/5/2010
GDFB - Graphic Design Festival Breda
Different venues, Breda
A biannual festival on graphic design. The festival goes into present developments on this subject and a large part of it takes place in the public space. Different workshops, exhibitions, lectures and presentations to experience how designeres handle images in our daily environment.
Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) is a biannual festival on graphic design. The festival goes into present developments on this subject and a large part of it takes place in the public space. From 8 to 30 may 2010 the second edition of GDFB will take place. A festival that will surprise the public and inspire the professionals by showing the communicative powers of graphic design within our daily visual culture. In a surprising though perceptible manner, talented designers connect graphic design, technology (like new media), social context (the presence of graphic design in one’s own environment / daily life) and the individual (the consumer).
The festival is not only meant for designers, but aims for a broader public. In the course of 3 weeks GDFB will reach the audience with presentation in the public space, thus creating something to think about your personal connection to visual culture. The festival really is one of a kind and unparalleled in the world. Only in Breda, graphic design reaches the public at such close quarters. Also, the festival offers the professional audiences insight in contemporary developments in the craft by means of exhibitions, lectures and workshops.
Theme 2010
In 2010, we will take the theme of decoding as a topic. Innovation is a main issue in the evolvement of visual culture. Designers analyse the past, consequently constructing a basis for the future. Present-day’s digital as well as realistic surroundings consist mainly of ‘codes’. Examples are language, barcodes, login codes, scripts, postal codes, telephone numbers etc. Also, the unwritten laws in which we precipitate images are codes. These rules are shaped by our environment, social climate, education, history and culture.
What will happen when codes are dissected and altered? How do we experience our environment when codes are not (yet) known? Do these codes lead to confusion or renewal? Reprogramming of codes shows how humans function in an image-dictated society.
During GDFB, you can see how designers take information, images and interaction to hack, remix, sample, blend and code. Different workshops, exhibitions, lectures and presentations let you experience how we handle images in our daily environment. Most of the activities during GDFB are for free!
The festival will attract an expected attendance of 18,000 visitors and generates more than 200,000 eye contacts in the public space.
INFORMATION POINT
While at the festival, may any questions occur concerning the program, venues, you got lost, found/lost property or a question sprang into mind? Just hop by our central information point. We will happily assist and advice you there. The central information point can be found in the House for Visual Culture at the Reigerstraat 16.
LOCATIONS
The various locations where GDFB takes place are:
Electron - Belcrumweg 19
Graphic Design Museum - Boschstraat 22
House for Visual Culture - Reigerstraat 16
KOP - Speelhuislaan 171
Mezz concerts & dance - Keizerstraat 101
StadsGalerij - Oude Vest 34
OPENING HOURS
The Graphic Design Festival takes place from Saturday 8 may to Sunday 30 may 2010. All expositions, the central information point and the GDFB shop are opened from Tuesday to Sunday. Monday 24 May, all the locations are opened as well. Opening hours per location are:
Electron: 13:00 - 17:00
Graphic Design Museum: 10:00 - 17:00
House for Visual Culture: 12:00 - 17:00
KOP: 13:00 - 17:00
StadGalerij: 12:00 - 17:00
The graphic interventions in public space are on display 24/7, except Projector Spectre IV (13 - 16 May / 21:30 till late)
ADMISSION FEES
Most of GDFB’s activities are for free! With activities that require some payment, an admission fee will be listed in the agenda.
GOODIES
This year too, we will make sure you will not go home empty-handed. Works by participating artists, cool gadgets, wicked shirts, total must-haves or inspiring literature; all of this can be found in the GDFB shop. The shop will be located in the House for Visual Culture at the Reigerstraat 16.
Different venues
Breda