Between 5th and 8th September 2025, Francisco Tomsich and Henrike von Dewitz will be participating of the 27. edition of IMAF (International Multimedia Arte Festival) in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, showing video works produced in the framework of the project Give My Regards to Those You Connect (aka The “Yugoeslavia” Folder).

27. IMAF-INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MULTIMEDIA ART

This year’s 27th IMAF takes place under special circumstances caused by the socio-political crisis in Serbia. Bound to the context of the time and place in which it is realized, the Festival suffers the consequences of misunderstanding and the ignorant attitude of the authorities towards disliked art, especially contemporary art. For the first time after 27 years, the Festival was left without financial support, and it’s tradition and it’s reputation among international artists and related festivals could not influence the political decisions of those in charge of funding culture. In specific circumstances, the Festival will still be realized thanks to the support of the artists and the enthusiasm of the organizers.
The focus of the Festival is, first of all, on a medium that deals with performative forms. Performance, as the most communicative art discipline, achieves the most immediate and direct way of contact with the audience, often requiring them not only to observe but also to participate. In this way, the audience becomes an active participant and accomplice of the event, and perhaps this is precisely why the performance has a special appeal and an exciting aura. Within the framework of the festival, performances will be presented in several ways: live performances by artists, projection of video works, documentary through digital photos. The festival lasts from August 30 to September 12 in Odžaci and Novi Sad, and will offer the audience and professional public:

• Day of the Rabbit – children’s art workshop led by UK artist Spike Mclarrity (August 30, Odzaci, Plateau of the Sports Center),
• Performing a live performances (September 6 and 7, Novi Sad, SULUV  Gallery – Union of Associations of Fine Artists of Vojvodina),
• the exhibition In the meantime – In the interspace composed of video material and digital photographs of works selected in the competition for online presentation (September 6-12, Novi Sad, SULUV Gallery – Union of Associations of Fine Artists of Vojvodina)

In the focus of the Festival is, above all, live performances by 16 artists from different countries of the world:

Silvia Marcantoni Taddei – AnimaeNoctis (Italy), Massimo Sannelli – AnimaeNoctis (Italy), Carlos Tejo (Spain), Choi Soo Ran (Korea), Henrike von Dewitz (Germany/Slovenia), Francisco Tomsich (Uruguay/Slovenia), Jolanda Jansen (Nederland), Fausto Grossi (Italy-Spain), Lenka Klodova (Czech Republic), Moon Jae Seon (Korea), Nenad Bogdanović (Serbia), Saša Denić-Špena (Serbia), Spike Mclarrity (UK), Susanna Pruna (Spain), Two students from the Czech Republic (Matyáš Dynka and Michal Durda).

27 artists with 23 video works will be presented in the video presentation segment.

The director of the 27th IMAF is the artist Nenad Bogdanovic
Expert associate is Svetlana Mladenov, art historian, art critic and curator

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IMAF 2025 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS:

Alexandra Holownia (Poland-Germany)
Alina Tofan (Romania) & Oleska Kvitka (Ukraine)
Anand Jaiswal (India)
Anand Kumar Moriya (India)
AnimaeNoctis -Silvia Marcantoni Taddei & Massimo Sannelli (Italy)
Bill Aitchison (UK)
Bowen Wu & Taiyi Zhao (UK)
Craphone Liu (Taiwan)
Dejan Bogojević (Serbia)
Dimple B Shah (India)
Gaby Bila-Günther (Germany)
Janusz Plota (Poland)
Jordina Ros & Pere Estadella (Spain)
Levent Cetin (Turkey)
Maja Skjøth Hegelund (Danmark)
Masafumi Oda (Japan)
Nada Milosevic Ash (Serbia)
Noel Molloy (Ireland)
Satadru Sovan Banduri (India)
Shirley Huang(China) and Yizzy(China)
Snehlata Jangra (India)
Werther Germondari (Italy)