The three members of the jury, Nanna Verhoeff (Professor of Screen Cultures & Society, Utrecht University), Beri Shalmashi (Director of Avanti, film and programme maker) and Geert Mul (Visual Artist) has selected the first group of research fellows for the NFF Fellowship Programme.
The fellows have been selected on the basis of research proposals at the intersection of technology, storytelling and interdisciplinarity. A central quality is the connection between social relevance and artistic development. For their assessment, the jury used the criteria that the research should be innovative for both the artist and the sector; should examine the medium itself; and should offer a strong promise of further development after the fellowship period.
The jury believes that art which uses technology can offer ways to gain critical insights and specific knowledge regarding this technology’s role and impact on our culture and society. The proposals that were submitted testify to this quest for insight and knowledge that goes beyond the applied and often manipulative characteristics of commercial digital media.
