International Festival Beyond Art
CV Mail address: P.O. BOX 18661 2502 ER The Hague The Netherlands Web: info@todaysart.nl www.todaysart.nl
Domicile: Weimarstraat 1E 2562 GM The Hague The Netherlands T 070 345 58 21 F 084 714 46 81
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Profile TodaysArt is a festival concept that revolves around the presentation and development of adventurous contemporary visual and performing arts in a variety of urban settings. Since 2005, TodaysArt has brought international artists, thinkers and audiences to The Hague. In 2011, the festival’s outreach was extended through the initiation of TodaysArt Brussels. TodaysArt’s transdisciplinary and city-wide programme consists of the following modules: - TodaysArt Indoor: Day and evening programme (concerts, performances and exhibitions) - TodaysArt Outdoor: Installations and interventions in public spaces (Amplified Architecture) - TodaysArt Club: Night programme (electronic music and related audiovisual arts) - TodaysArt Exchange: Symposium, talks, workshops and education projects - TodaysArt Periphery: Partner programmes presented by local cultural initiatives Since its inception, the festival has amplified and celebrated the current creative climate. TodaysArt focuses intensely on the present without ignoring the past or the future and provides context on many levels throughout its programmes. Year in, year out, the festival maintains an equal ratio of local, national and international artists and offers stages for rising talent and daring pioneers who boldly explore the possibilities of the new and often controversial forms of expression. This approach results in a platform that gives artists valuable exposure to – and interaction with – international audiences and in return provides audiences with a chance to tap into the global zeitgeist. TodaysArt uses and transforms the city’s infrastructure and creates temporary spaces to produce events in inspiring settings, such as main squares, public buildings, museums, concert halls, clubs and theatres. Among these are the city’s most well-known venues and cultural institutes, but also the often overlooked and undervalued public spaces, buildings and initiatives; places that become actively involved in shaping the character of the city. By offering a high quality programme and cheap tickets, TodaysArt retains its position as one of the world’s most accessible city festivals in contemporary art, music and technology. TodaysArt is organized by The Generator Foundation.
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Activities (1997 – 2010) // 2011 • TodaysArt Session #5 – Nordic Sounds, The Hague (NL) • TodaysArt presentation at PRO&CONTRA symposium and the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow (RU) • TodaysArt presentation at Festival Némo, Paris (FR) • TodaysArt.BE Festival 2011 – Leap Into The Void, Brussels (BE) • TodaysArt.NL Festival 2011 – Leap Into The Void, The Hague (NL) • TodaysArt Session #3 – ICAS Suite at Berlin Music Week, Berlin (DE) • Aftermars, The Hague (NL) • TodaysArt at De Parade, Rotterdam, The Hague and Amsterdam (NL) • TodaysArt Session #2, The Hague (NL) • TodaysArt Session #1, The Hague (NL) // 2010 • TodaysArt Festival 2010 – Capital Out of Culture, The Hague (NL) • TA @ Asta Theatre, The Hague (NL) • Berlin Ruft An! #4, The Hague (NL) • TA @ Communikey 2010, Boulder (Colorado, US) • TA @ CTM.10, Berlin (DE) • TA @ Unsound New York, New York (US) • TA @ CODE Live, Cultural Olympiad, Winter Olympics 2010, Vancouver (CA) • TA @ Rokolectiv 2010, Bucharest (RO) // 2009 • TA @ Unsound, Krakow (PL) • TodaysArt Festival 2009 Conflict, The Hague (NL) • TA @ Mutek10, Montreal (CA) • TA @ Elektra Festival, Montreal (CA) • Berlin Ruft An! #3, The Hague (NL) • TA @ Rokolectiv 2009, Bucharest (RO) • TA @ CTM.09, Berlin (DE)
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// 2008 • TodaysArt Festival 2008 - Blue Light District, The Hague (NL) • TA @ Dis-patch Festival, Belgrade (SER) • Berlin Ruft An! #2, The Hague (NL) • TA @ CTM.08, Berlin (DE) // 2007 • TodaysArt 2007 – THX: The Hague International Airport, The Hague (NL) • TA @ NuMusic 07, Stavanger (NO) • TA @ Dutch Electronic Arts Festival 2007, Rotterdam (NL) • TA @ Elektra Festival, Montreal (CA) • Wasted 5, The Hague (NL) • Berlin Ruft An! #1, The Hague (NL) • TA @ CTM.07, Berlin (DE) // 2006 • TodaysArt Festival 2006 - International Festival for Adventurous Creativity, The Hague (NL) • TA @ CTM.06, Berlin (DE) // 2005 • TodaysArt Festival 2005 – International Festival for Art, Music & Technology, The Hague (NL) • TodaysMusic @ Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Movement), Detroit (US) • Royal Club @ The Royal Theatre, The Hague (NL) // 2004 • CultuurNacht 2004, The Hague (NL) • Generator +313/31 @ Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Movement), Detroit (US) • Dagmarkt op Hol, The Hague (NL) // 2003 • CultuurNacht 2003, The Hague (NL) // 2002 • Sound/Vision, The Hague (NL) // 1997 - 2001 • The Generator initiated the development of an abandoned squatted building in the centre of The Hague and developed it as a cultural centre for sound & vision. Besides the legendary ‘Drum’n’Feest’ parties, the Dagmarkt accommodated several office spaces and was used by projects of various disciplines such as exhibits, workshops, presentations from several art academies, studios, and a podium for musicians, choreographers, new media, debates, visual arts, design, theatre, and more. In 2001 the location had to be abandoned.
ECAS - European Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts
ICAS - International Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts
TodaysArt is a co-founding member of European Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ECAS). ECAS is a network of independent nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing sound cultures, music and related arts. ECAS aims to spark dialogue, knowledge exchange and mutual support amongst these organizations and to support them in building up sustainable infrastructures to promote, sponsor and mobilize (often experimental and critical) advanced sound and related arts within their specific localities and contexts. The ECAS network currently consists of 18 member festivals from 15 European countries.
TodaysArt is also a co-founding and coremember of the ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts) network. www.icasnetwork.org
Profile TodaysArt Festival Visitors // Visitors 2005 - 2010 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Visitors (x 1000)
8
12
22
24
15
16,5
Artists
70
150
200
350
120
170
Venues
20
15
24
26
17
20
Demographics TodaysArt Festival 2010 // Age and Gender
Female 42%
0,43% 9,4% 21%
6,9%
2,3% 2,2%
13-17
35- 44
45-54
Male: 53% 0,37%
// Origin The Hague: The Netherlands: Abroad:
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59,2 % 21,4 % 19,4 %
18-24
25-34
8,2% 26% 13%
55+
3,4% 2,7%
Publications • D H 2010 – Magazine about Art in Den Haag – Stroom Den Haag - www.stroom.nl/nl/publicaties/publicatie.php?p_id=4516032&lang=nl • YouWorkForThem - The Interpretation – www.youworkforthem.com/the-interpretation • When Space Meets Art / When Art Meets Space - www.victionary.com/book/whenspacemeetsart.html# • Dutch Design Jaarboek 2009 - www.dutchdesignawards.nl/nl/podium/dutch_design_ jaarboek/ • Royal Conservatoire Season Magazine 2009 • MASTERMUNDO 2008 - www.kampman.nl/ design/2009/04/mastermundo-book/ • Create, It’s 2008 - Boomerang Media • The Hague Mood Book - ACKU Cultuurburo • Casema Cultuur Fonds Jaarboek 2006 • Casema Cultuur Fonds Jaarboek 2005
Commissioned Works // 2011 • Lucas Abela – Vinyl Rally – www.todaysart. org/nl/artists/lucas-abela-vinyl-rally • Gob Squad – Saving The World – www. todaysart.org/nl/artists/gob-squad-savingthe-world • Artvertiser – Android Port (Workshop + City Walks) – www.todaysart.org/nl/artists/artvertiser-workshop • Matthias Oostrik - plplpl.pl pt. 7 (Entrance) – www.todaysart.org/nl/artists/matthiasoostrik • Resolume Avenue 4 Demo - www.todaysart. org/nl/artists/resolume-avenue- 4
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// 2010 • Structet 2: Building Music – www.todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_212 • Staalplaat Soundsystem – Yokomono-Pro Den Haag – www.todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_242 • Daan Brinkmann & Nenad Popov – Cellwise – www.todaysart.nl/2010/#artist_227 • György Ligeti - Poème Symphonique – www. todaysart.nl/2010/#artist_171 • Gob Squad – Super Night Shot – www. todaysart.nl/2010/#artist_134 • Carlo Bernardini – Space Interrelations – www.todaysart.nl/2010/#artist_234 • Sebastien Wierinck – Entuber La Haye 2 www.todaysart.nl/2010/#artist_225 • Alexis O’Hara – Squeeeque – www.todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_188 • Mike Rijnierse & Jan Trützschler von Falkenstein – Sound Snooper - http://todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_235 • Matthias Oostrik - plplpl.pl - http://todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_306 • Prompters – www.todaysart. nl/2010/#artist_228 // 2009 • Peter Zuiderwijk & Karin Mientjes - Conflict – www.flickr.com/photos/todaysart/ sets/72157622250360524/ • Pierre Derks – Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest – www.minibluehelmets.com • Jonathan Schipper – Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle - www.flickr.com/photos/de_buurman/3959369511/ • AntiVJ - Urban Interface – www.vimeo. com/3065917
// 2008 • Pablo Valbuena – Augmented Space – www. pablovalbuena.com/videos/the_hague_video.html • Staalplaat & Mike Rijnierse - Station to Station - www.staalplaat.org/site/2008/09/10/ station-to-station-26-en-27-septemberden-haag/ • LUST – Blue Light District – www.lust.nl/ lustArchive/bluelight/ • Sebastien Wierinck – OS.14.01 – www.os00. info/html/project.php?id=080812155242# • Daan Brinkmann – Lines - www.daanbrinkmann.com/#work/11 • Maxalot – Processing Light - www.maxalot. com/xhbtn/ta08.shtml // 2007 • LUST & Mike Rijnierse – THX – www.lust.nl/ lustArchive/thx/index.html • Tarek Atoui – Empty Cans - www.rhiz.eu/ artefact-8243-en.html • Daan Roosegaarde - Flow 5.0 - www.studioroosegaarde.net • Daan Roosegaarde - Dune 4.1 - www.studioroosegaarde.net • Maxalot – City Hall 2007 - www.maxalot. com/xhbtn/ta07.shtml // 2006 • KABK ArtScience - Structet/Building Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mw7RiQKthQ • LUST – Volharding – www.lust.nl/lustArchive/ volharding/ • Edwin van der Heijde & Remco de Jong – Midi Street Instruments – www.clubtransmediale.de/archive/all-diskctm-events/ diskctm-event/article/1754/midi-street-instruments-at-kontraste-festival.html • United Visual Artists - www.uva.co.uk/archives/55 • Maxalot – 2Dvs3D - www.maxalot.com/xhbtn/ta06.shtml // 2005 • LUST – Mercury – www.lust.nl/lustArchive/ mercury/
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