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17th World Wide Video Festival
Screenings/Performances: 15 untill 20.09.99 - Exhibitions: untill 11.10.99 |
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The World Wide Video Festival opens on Wednesday September 15 at 20.30 hours in the Stedelijk Museum.
There are also official openings at the other locations.
Melkweg: Thursday September 16, 16.30
De Veemvloer: Thursday September 16, 16.30
Gate Foundation: Thursday September 16, 17.00
MonteVideo/TBA: Friday September 17, 17.00
W139: Friday September 17, 17.00
According to 'the meeting' the festival organised the: World Wide Video Festival Party.
This party forms a festive stopping place for the festival artists, co-operators, participants en the public, and takes place in the night of Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th of September, at 24.00 – 05.00 hours.
Entrance ƒ 15,- (free with the Festival passe-partout).
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All presentations of the 17th World Wide Video Festival are covered at length in an illustrated, 480 page catalogue which also includes interviews and background information. The catalogue is available in the Stedelijk Museum and the Melkweg for ƒ 69,50 and at bookshops.
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During the festival the Melkweg (festival) café is open from 14.00 - 02.00 (Saturday untill 05.00). The restaurant is open from 17.30 - 22.00.
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With the World Wide Video Festival Pass you can visit all the exhibitions, installations and performances -during the festival days- at all locations. The pass costs only f 50,- and is on sale in the Stedelijk Museum and the Melkweg from now on. (Please bring a passport photo!).
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (www.stedelijk.nl)
Paulus Potterstraat 13
Tel. +31 (0)20 - 573 27 37
Presentations: 2 pm
Exhibitions: 11 am - 5 pm
Entrance: f 9,- / passe-partout / Museumjaarkaart
Seminar: September 16, 17 and 18. starts at 10.30 am
Entrance: f 20,- a day / passe-partout
Melkweg (www.melkweg.nl)
Lijnbaansgracht 234 A
Tel. +31 (0)20 - 624 17 77
Exhibitions 16 thru 19 September: 2 pm - 2 am
Presentations: 8 pm - 2 pm
Entrance: f 9,- / passe-partout / Museumjaarkaart
De Veemvloer (www.xs4all.nl/~veemvlr)
Van Diemenstraat 410
Tel. +31 (0)20 - 638 68 94
Exhibitions 16 thru 19 September, 11 am 7 pm,
20 September thru 10 October, wed thru sat, 1 pm - 6 pm
Entrance free.
MonteVideo/TBA (www.montevideo.nl)
Keizersgracht 264
Tel. +31 (0)20 - 623 71 01
Exhibitions 16 thru 19 September, 11 am - 7 pm
20 September thru 10 October, tue thru sat, 1 pm - 6 pm
Entrance free.
W139 (www.xs4all.nl/~w139)
Warmoesstraat 139
Tel. +31 (0)20 – 622 94 34
Exhibitions 16 thru 19 September, 11 am - 7 pm
20 September thru 10 October, wed thru sun, 1 pm - 6 pm
Entrance free.
Gate Foundation (www.gatefoundation.nl)
Keizersgracht 613
Tel. +31 (0)20 - 620 80 57
On(e)line 15 thru 19 September
Check day by day schedule
Entrance free.
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The festival locations are easy to reach by public transport:
Schiphol Airport > Amsterdam Central Station:
~ train from NS station Schiphol to Amsterdam CS -travelling time about 20 min.
- between 06.00 - 24.00 h, every 10 minutes
- between 24.00 - 06.00 h, every hour
~ taxi ranks at the arrivals exit -travelling time about 30 minutes (with no traffic-jams)
NS Amsterdam Central Station > Stedelijk Museum
(Paulus Potterstraat 13):
~ tram * 20, 2 and 5, stop Van Baerlestraat -travelling time about 20 min.
~ taxi ranks at the station -travelling time about 15 min.
NS Amsterdam Central Station > Melkweg
(Lijnbaansgracht 234-a):
~ tram * 1, 2 and 5, stop Leidseplein -travelling time about 20 min.
~ taxi ranks at the station -travelling time about 15 min.
NS Amsterdam Central Station > Gate Foundation
(Keizersgracht 613):
~ tram * 16, 24 and 25, stop Keizersgracht -travelling time about 15 min.
~ taxi ranks at the station -travelling time about 10 min.
NS Amsterdam Central Station > MonteVideo/TBA
(Keizersgracht 264):
~ tram * 13, 17 and 20, stop Westerstraat -travelling time about 15 min.
~ taxi ranks at the station -travelling time about 10 min.
NS Amsterdam Central Station > De Veemvloer
(Van Diemenstraat 410):
~ bus 35, stop Barentszplein -travelling time about 15 min.
- between 06.20 - 00.20 every 12 min.
~ taxi ranks at the station -travelling time about 10 min.
NS Amsterdam Central Station > W139
(Warmoesstraat 139):
~ tram * 9, 16, 20, 24 and 25 stop Dam Square -travelling time about 10 min.
~ on foot from Central Station -about 10 min
* Trams run daily between 06.00 - 00.15 h, and depart from Central Station about every 15 minutes.
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