Future of the Viper media art festival is uncertain
The Viper International Festival of Film, Video, and New Media is short 120,000 francs.
The international festival Viper for
Film, video and new media are 120,000 francs short. As the SDA
reported, the Basel event will therefore be postponed from November to March.
2006 will be postponed. This decision can be seen as an indirect reaction
be interpreted as the decision of the Chirstoph Merian Foundation, which
announced a year ago that the festival would only run until 2005.
support. The Basel-based foundation gave the following reasons for its withdrawal
according to SDA, the festival, which was brought to Basel from Lucerne, does not reach
Broad impact. Based on the decision, the festival management had
already cut the budget by around 100,000 to 900,000. The
However, financing has not yet been secured and potential
Investors are holding back until they have more information about the future of the
festivals know. Meanwhile, the canton of Basel-Stadt is planning a
fusion model, according to which Viper, together with the Basler Forum für
new media plug.in should be carried further.
Film, video and new media are 120,000 francs short. As the SDA
reported, the Basel event will therefore be postponed from November to March.
2006 will be postponed. This decision can be seen as an indirect reaction
be interpreted as the decision of the Chirstoph Merian Foundation, which
announced a year ago that the festival would only run until 2005.
support. The Basel-based foundation gave the following reasons for its withdrawal
according to SDA, the festival, which was brought to Basel from Lucerne, does not reach
Broad impact. Based on the decision, the festival management had
already cut the budget by around 100,000 to 900,000. The
However, financing has not yet been secured and potential
Investors are holding back until they have more information about the future of the
festivals know. Meanwhile, the canton of Basel-Stadt is planning a
fusion model, according to which Viper, together with the Basler Forum für
new media plug.in should be carried further.
