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> introduction /

> since 1988 sztuka fabryka has been the curator and driving force of several international art events /

> the aim of these events was to present an overview of world wide independent creativity / performed in the independent arts & communication networks / and to create a meeting place for exchanging the acquired experiences /

> in 20 years the yearly "independent arts"-festival - as the events were mainly called - has grown towards an international known event for any form of creativity / starting as a small exhibition / the last events - organised by “hotel volzet” - attracted visitors & artists from all over the world / the “amaze”-event in 2008 was the last one in a serie of yearly events /

> concept /

> the events mainly focused on artistic activities performed in scenes such as home-tape - mail-art - street art - small press - … / on top of that - video - performance - home-tape musicians and fine art artists did get also the possibility to exhibit and perform their creativity / the interaction between artists and visitors was an important part of the events / as such - the "Independent Arts"-Festival were unique in its kind /

> artists /

> some artists who have been at our events /

> street art > jef aerosol (france) / bast (u.s.a.) / bitches in control (the netherlands) / blek le rat (france) / cum* (belgium) / dave warnke (u.s.a.) / dzia-dzia (belgium) / chris bettig (u.s.a.) / eugene & louise (belgium) / +ef+ eyeformation (u.s.a.) / flying fortress (germany) / galo (italy) / hush (u.k.) / justseeds.org (u.s.a.) / the london police (the netherlands) / mca of evil design (u.s.a.) m-city (poland) / noaz (spain) / no new ennemies (belgium - u.s.a.) / the plug (belgium) psalm (australia) / pure evil (united kingdom) / vinnie ray (u.s.a.) / swoon (u.s.a.) / sjors trimbach (the netherlands) / nick walker (england) / rose woods (belgium) / ... /

> fine art > asbestos (ireland) / available art (poland) / chica (belgium) / stijn claikens (belgium) / guiseppe collevati (italy) / atkinson craig (u.k.) / james dodd (australia) / chu keng fu (taiwan) / wayne horse (the netherlands) / matt joyce (united kingdom) / kaiserrobotics inc. (belgium) / christian lindemann (germany) / melvin (belgium) / gaetane michaux (u.s.a. - belgium) / lorenzo petrantoni (italy) / jesse philips - 1shtar (u.s.a.) / prune (france) / relapsed.net (u.s.a.) / shigeo satoh (japan) / unknown artist formally known as gassy recipe (belgium) / stan wannet (the netherlands) / weyers & borms (belgium) / you are beautifull (u.s.a.) / zetka (belgium) / zhine (france) / ... /

> mail-art > larry angelo (u.s.a.) / buz blurr (u.s.a.) / ryosuke cohen (japan) / luc fierens (belgium) / h.r. fricker (switzerland) / karl-friedrich hacker (germany) / john held jr. (u.s.a.) / susanna lakner (germany) / pascal lenoir (france) / henning mittendorf (germany) / pawel petasz (poland) / ragged edge press (u.s.a.) / colette & günther ruch (switzerland) / state of being (u.s.a.) / guido vermeulen (belgium) / ... /

> small press > john m. bennet (u.s.a.) / joe chiappetta (u.s.a.) / ckoe (the netherlands) / warren craghead (u.s.a.) / garage magazine (italy) / karl-friedrich hacker (germany) / jesser (belgium) / kaasschaaf uitgeverij (the netherlands) / nikolai (belgium) / polvo (u.s.a.) / david rees (u.s.a.) / sven!! (belgium) / warlock house (u.s.a.) / … /

> performance > 3werf (belgium) / anna banana (canada) / guy bleus (belgium) / ryosuke cohen (japan) / didi de paris (belgium) / gasy recipe (belgium) / wannes goetschalckx (belgium) / karl-friedrich hacker (germany) / manhatman (canada) / metallic avau (belgium) / emilio morandi (italy) / peter netmail (germany) / dawn redwood (united kingdom) / colette & günther ruch (switzerland) / baudhuin simon (belgium) / enno stahl (germany) / state of being (u.s.a.) / giovanni and renata strada (italy) / josé van den broucke (belgium) / … /

> video > karel baetens (belgium) / christian balmier (france) / vittore baroni (italy) / piermario ciani (italy) / luca curci (italy) / silvio de gracia (argentina) / zoran dragelj (canada) / de hondenkoekjesfabriek (the netherlands) / filmfreak distribution (the netherlands) / king adz (united kingdom) / lane last (u.s.a.) / jan leenders (belgium) / machfeld (austria) / mash cinema (united kingdom) / steen møller rasmussen (denmark) / lars movin (denmark) / clemente padin (uruguay) / pharmakon (united kingdom) / pure evil (united kingdom) / jonathan russel (u.s.a.) / sisygambis (u.s.a.) / su-en (sweden) / taxonomy (italy) / uchronians (belgium) / uro teatr koku (u.s.a.) / studio van laar (the netherlands) / … /

> home tape > ah cama-sotz (belgium) / atlastablast (united kingdom) / brainquake (belgium) / cheapmachines (united kingdom) / dead husbands (the netherlands) / delta-sleep-inducting peptide (germany) / duchône logic (belgium) / feine trinkers bei pinkels daheim (germany) / frames a second (belgium) / from nursery to misery (united kingdom) / hautnah (belgium) / anna homler (u.s.a.) / human flesh (belgium) / hybryds (belgium) / hypnoskull (belgium) / inade (germany) / the kitchen (germany) / mesmer eyes (belgium) / mimetic (switzerland) / mlehst (united kingdom) / dieter müh (united kingdom) / na und (germany) / no (germany) o.m.s. - n.m.a. (belgium) / onomatopeia (united kingdom) / psych-christ kastrator (belgium) / harald "sack" ziegler (germany) / selfs without shells (the netherlands) / gunter schroth (germany) / smell & quim (united kingdom) / this window (united kingdom) / troum (germany) / vance orchestra (the netherlands) / vidnaobmana (belgium) / yasnaïa (belgium) / … /

 > ... and many others /