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PERIPHERY The TodaysArt Periphery program includes a diverse range of events by local partner organizations which take place before, during and after the festival dates. If you are around The Hague for a longer period outside of the festival dates, check out the Periphery events on our website: www.todaysart.nl. CONTAINER VILLAGE The spacious parking area and former Norfolk terrain in front of the Zuiderstrandtheater will be transformed into the outdoor area of the TodaysArt festival. To create this festival village, sea containers will be set up to create a street (which is freely accessible). The containers are filled with a bar, a music stage, audiovisual installations and places to eat. A perfect place to meet friends and strangers, relax, eat, drink or to just enjoy the vibe.
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A FULL CIRCLE CREATES A NEW BEGINNING, A ZERO-POINT. THE ZUIDERSTRANDTHEATER, THE MAIN VENUE FOR TODAYSART FESTIVAL 2014, IS A NEWLY BUILT AND UNTIL TODAY UNUSED THEATER WITH A VIEW ON THE SHORE OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE THEATER SERVES AS THE MAIN HUB FOR THE FESTIVAL WHILE THE AREA AROUND THE THEATER, THE DUNES, THE BEACH, THE HARBOR, ALL FUNCTION AS FESTIVAL SITES. 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. TODAYSART OFFERS STAGES FOR RISING TALENT AND DARING PIONEERS WHO BOLDLY EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEW AND OFTEN CONTROVERSIAL FORMS OF EXPRESSION. THIS YEARS’ MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMANCES AND CLUB NIGHTS. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ‘BRIGHT COLLISIONS’ TAKES PLACE, A STAGE FOR LEADING CREATIVE THINKERS AND FOR PROMOTING FORWARD-THINKING IDEAS. NEXT TO THE FESTIVAL AND THE SUMMIT, TODAYSART PRESENTS ‘THE FLUIDITY ASPECT’, AN EXHIBITION THAT REFLECTS ON TRANSPARENCY, FLUIDITY AND THE RUSTLING SEA. FOUR DAYS OF FESTIVAL WITH A SEA BREEZE, 2014 PROMISES TO BE REFRESHING BOTH TO YOU AND US. READ FURTHER AND CATCH A GLIMPSE OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE, HEAR AND EXPERIENCE DURING THE TENTH EDITION OF TODAYSART FESTIVAL.
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TODAYSART HAS BEEN INVADING THE CITY CENTER OF THE HAGUE EACH YEAR. SINCE 2005 IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE KEY EVENTS FOR CONTEMPORARY VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND E-CULTURE WORLDWIDE. THIS YEAR MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION AND THE FESTIVAL MOVES TO THE SEASIDE OF SCHEVENINGEN, TAKING ON A COMPLETELY NEW SITE TO EXPLORE AND ACTIVATE; ACTING AS A MEETING POINT FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, THINKERS AND AUDIENCES.
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EACH YEAR, TODAYSART INVITES A SELECTION OF RENOWNED, PIONEERING AND CUTTING-EDGE ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS IN CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND AUDIOVISUAL ART TO PRESENT THEIR LATEST CREATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS. TRADITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MANY DUTCH PREMIERES. IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TENTH EDITION, A PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPOSED CONSISTING OF FOUR EVENING PROGRAMS IN THE BRAND NEW MAIN HALL OF THE ZUIDERSTRANDTHEATER.
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THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER BEN FROST TIM HECKER NONOTAK
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Ben Frost is widely recognized for fusing intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shapeshifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing dark metal. A performance by Frost is often felt as much as heard: deep basses, live guitars and haunting electronic sounds meld together into memorable performances; Frost does not leave any part of the tonal spectrum behind. Frost’s performance at TodaysArt 2014 will be all about ‘A U R O R A’, his latest album which managed to cause quite a stir after its release this year. TIM HECKER (CA) Tim Hecker is one of the most acclaimed sound artists in the contemporary music scene. Born in Vancouver and currently living in Montréal, Hecker has been exploring the intersection of noise, dissonance and melody for more than a decade. Taking heavily processed sounds from pianos, synthesisers, woodwind instruments and church organs, Hecker creates dense soundscapes. NONOTAK (FR/JP) LATE SPECULATION Visceral and abstract, NONOTAK play with the viewer’s relationship to perspective, light and sensed environment while demonstrating their unique and direct aesthetic sensibilities, inviting the audience to be submerged into an art form which is at once geometric and minimalist. NONOTAK is the collaboration between the illustrator Noemi Schipfer and the architect and musician Takami Nakamoto. At TodaysArt, they will present their performance ‘Late Speculation’; a synchronistic exploration of electronic music and dynamic, linear visuals of widths in flux.
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FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE + MIKA VAINIO + ERIC THIELEMANS SOHN HARLEMAGNE PALESTINE + MIKA C VAINIO + ERIC THIELEMANS (US/FI/ BE)
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By far the most powerful musical collaboration with musicians that are renowned for their visionary navigations on some of electronic music’s uncharted waters will be the performance by Charlemagne Palestine, Mika Vainio and Eric Thielemans. Palestine is a highly influential experimental American musician, composer, performer and visual artist who creates intense, ritualistic music, which he refers to as “resonant music”, in contrast to the “minimal music” of his peers such as Phillip Glass. Palestine will accompany his ringing chants with grand piano and electric organ when he performs together with Mika Vainio, himself a tireless researcher of resonances in electronic music through both his solo work and as one half of Pan Sonic. Palestine and Vainio are joined by Belgian genre-crossing percussionist Eric Thielemans, who works from a classically trained ear via jazz drumming, free improv and contemporary music. This marks the special Dutch premiere and a unique appearance of the trio featuring a pioneer of musical experimentation in dialogue with a younger generation of artists. SOHN (UK/AT) Leaving the lonely night time streets of London for the mountainous landscapes of Austria, multi-instrumentalist and producer SOHN (pronounced sonn) draws his inspiration from the dichotomy that exists between the two. Reacting to Vienna’s legendary immersive electronic scene, SOHN has created a sound that blends his haunting vocal stylings with a backdrop of analogue drum machines and synths, mixing the worlds of old and new together to create a foundation for his productions.
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SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER NILS FRAHM RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI
NILS FRAHM (DE) Nils Frahm has built up a steady reputation for his intimate piano recordings, yet a Nils Frahm concert is something quite different. Inspired by the space and the audience, Frahm improvises new compositions loosely based around his familiar melodies. Frahm’s live performances showcase a unique combination of piano motifs on the upright, grand piano and Rhodes with heavy synthesiser sounds. Frahm has a refreshing approach to an age-old instrument. Don’t miss this special, intimate performance at TodaysArt. RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI (US) Seattle-based Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka The Sight Below and Orcas with Benoît Pioulard) is a multi-instrumentalist, electronic music producer, interdisciplinary artist and curator (Substrata Festival). In his deeply emotive drone and ambient music, all elements are carefully composed in an almost classical vein. Floating tones, deep pulsing bass and textural electronics never feel forced, creating a spontaneous atmosphere, at once poetic and melancholic. In his live performances, Irisarri favors improvisation and uses piano, electric guitar and his laptop to achieve the textural density of his recorded work.
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SUNDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER ROBERT HENKE
OBERT HENKE (DE) R LUMIÈRE NO. 15 German electronic composer and audio-visual artist Robert Henke, who performed at TodaysArt in 2007 and 2011, will return to The Hague for the Dutch premiere of ‘Lumière’ on Sunday 28 September. Henke, also known as techno-artist Monolake, is one of the most influential pioneers in contemporary electronic music and club culture and the co-developer of Ableton, the most widely used software for producing and staging live electronic music. ‘Lumière’ walks the line between a concert and a visual art piece, driven by a constantly refined piece of software which was written by Henke himself for this project. Powerful lasers draw rapid successions of morphing shapes and connected points in space while musical events provide a syncopated rhythmic counterpoint. ‘Lumière’ is an immersive multi-sensory experience, exploring the limits and possibilities of a commonly underrated medium.
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THE THURSDAY NIGHT PROGRAM INCLUDES LIVE SETS BY PEDER MANNERFELT AND DASHA RUSH. THE NIGHT IS A MIXTURE OF RARE TECHNO-ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENTATIONS AND HIGHLY DANCEABLE MUSIC AND WILL BE CLOSED BY THE PROLIFIC JTC. THE MAIN CLUB PROGRAM ON FRIDAY WILL BE HIGHLY ENERGETIC AND ECLECTIC. ELECTRONIC SINGER-SONGWRITER AND VIDEO ARTIST PLANNINGTOROCK OPENS THE NIGHT WITH AN OPERATIC POST-PUNK PERFORMANCE. TORUS PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HIS NEW LIVE AUDIOVISUAL SHOW. THE BRILLIANTLY INQUISITIVE AND CONCEPTUALLY INCLINED FATIMA AL QADIRI WILL TAKE THE STAGE, AS WELL AS THE BASS-ORIENTED SARAH FARINA. THE GASLAMP KILLER, WHOSE SETS RANGE FROM PSYCHEDELIA AND WORLD MUSIC TO DUBSTEP AND LEFT-FIELD HIPHOP, IS ON BOARD TO CONFRONT YOU WITH HIS ECSTATIC APPEARANCE. FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROGRAM IN THE SMALL ROOM, TODAYSART TEAMS UP WITH SMOKE MACHINE AND FIELD RECORDS TO PRESENT AN EXQUISITE LINE-UP OF LIKE-MINDED ELECTRONIC ARTISTS IN THE REALM OF TECHNO, AMBIENT, EXPERIMENTAL, AND RELATED SOUNDS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING SEVERAL DUTCH PREMIERES.
FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF TODAYSART, WE STRENGTHEN OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE AND USE THIS OCCASION TO LINK UP WITH THE INAUGURATION OF TODAYSART.JP. UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF TODAYSART WITH A VARIETY OF UNIQUE PERFORMANCES, RETURN THIS YEAR TO BRING THE HIGH-TECH JAZZ OUTFIT TIMELINE TO THE HAGUE. ONE OF THE MORE RECENT UR ALLIES, WAAJEED, ALSO TAKES THE STAGE FOR A VERY RARE SHOW. FROM JAPAN RONDENION JOINS FOR HIS FIRST-EVER EUROPEAN APPEARANCE AND BRINGS HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF SMOOTH HOUSE, JOINED BY AKIKO KIYAMA. WE’RE THRILLED TO HOST THIS SPECIAL DETROIT AND JAPAN NIGHT AS THE MAIN CLUB PROGRAM ON SATURDAY. HEADLINING THE SATURDAY NIGHT PROGRAM IN THE SMALL ROOM IS KIASMOS (ÓLAFUR ARNALDS + JANUS RASMUSSEN) OPERATING ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ACOUSTIC AND PIANO-BASED WORK, MINIMAL TECHNO, SYNTH-HEAVY ELECTRO POP AND DEEP, SUBDUED BASS. THE REST OF THE PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF BERLIN CURRENT ARTISTS MOON WHEEL, OAKE AND PHOEBE KIDDO. WITH BERLIN CURRENT, CTM FESTIVAL PUTS AN EAR TO THE BERLIN SCENE AND PRESENTS NEW, ADVENTUROUS, FUTURE-ORIENTED MUSICAL IDEAS FROM THE CITY.
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THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER PEDER MANNERFELT DASHA RUSH JTC Mainly known as a member of duo Roll The Dice (who performed at TodaysArt 2012), collaborator with Fever Ray and the techno-oriented alias The Subliminal Kid, which he launched almost a decade ago (though his work stretches back another ten years before that), Peder Mannerfelt has managed to make a name for himself in the electronic music circuit. Over the last few years, the Swedish producer hasreleased a series of superb works and already notorious live sets and remixes (Massive Attack, Bat for Lashes and others). The debut full-length under his given name, however, is much more abstract - a press release for the record claims Mannerfelt’s intent is to “crush the listener into a perfect, metal cube,” going on to use phrases like “sub-bass nihilism,” “aural mayhem” and “sonic acid rain” to describe the LP’s sound. DASHA RUSH (RU/DE) Dasha Rush is Russian born, but has spent most of her time between Paris, London, Tokyo and Berlin, exploring emotional and technological aspects of electronic music. Combining her activities as a techno producer and as a dj, she brings up a mixture of rather rare techno-electronic experimentations and synthesized sounds and pushes the boundaries of contemporary dance music to the limit. JTC (JAMES T COTTON) (US) Since the mid-90s, Michigan native Tadd Mullinix, aka JTC (James T. Cotton), has been DJ-ing professionally and producing, with renowned releases under a variety of aliases. He has collaborated with some of the world’s most respected producers. Around the time that the alias Dabrye emerged from Tadd Mullinix’s mind, so did the JTC alias. In September 2014, Mullinix created the Bopside Records imprint with the aim of releasing the rich flood of music that flows forth from his Ann Arbor studio. James T. Cotton represents Mullinix’s deep love of techno, which you can hear in his powerful DJ set.
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Planningtorock is the alter ego of Jam Rostron, a producer, multi-instrumentalist, programmer, videographer and founder of the record label HUMAN LEVEL. Planningtorock creates a dazzling audio-visual presentation that borrows from classical music, glam rock, spacy imagery, and hip-hop. A classically trained violinist who began playing at age 8, Roston moved from Lancashire to Berlin in the early ’90s. The Planningtorock persona first surfaced in 2002, performing at the city’s clubs. Planningtorock’s live shows blur the boundaries between a concert and performance art, with Rostron wearing outlandish helmets and costumes. THE GASLAMP KILLER (US) LA’s William Benjamin Bensussen, aka The Gaslamp Killer, has emerged as a producer who developed his charismatic notoriety by pushing his bass music into something resembling a close cousin of acid rock. With an unparalleled energy, the DJ, producer, promoter and curator brings a different level of performance and showmanship to electronic music. His experimental solo material pushes the borders of genres as much as his performances. His DJ sets contain both rare world music and obscure gems, as well as popular music.
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Born in Senegal, raised in Kuwait by resistance fighters during the invasion, and currently based in New York, Fatima Al Qadiri is a brilliantly inquisitive and conceptually inclined visual artist, curator and electronic composer. She makes art and music inspired by cultures from around the world, all while retaining a sharp, sensitive touch. Her releases range from juke to ‘90s-era Gregorian trance, from hip hop and dubstep to electro-tropicalia. Her EP ‘Genre-Specific Xperience’ was accompanied by music videos, made in collaboration with other artists, about religion, technology, and the isolation of the Internet. SARAH FARINA (DE) Sarah Farina is a Berlin-based DJ who quickly forged a reputation throughout Europe’s bass scene by filling her sets and mixes with an unpredictable blend of jungle and hip hop with futuristic breakbeats and intense bass lines. She continually challenges genre boundaries and preconceptions when she plays and has been supported so far by some of the most respected artists from bass music, such as Kode9 and Lazer Sword. Expect a groovy set for her performance at TodaysArt 2014.
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FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER PLANNINGTOROCK THE GASLAMP KILLER FATIMA AL QADIRI SARAH FARINA TORUS
The young and talented Torus, Joeri Woudstra from The Hague, is known for his slow, bass heavy, warm and atmospheric productions. The producer initially received a lot of attention from the London-based Sonic Router, which started a label especially to release his debut EP, followed by collaborations with big names (Slugabed, Alphabets Heaven, Dynoo, Montgomery Clunk, etc.), the first prize at ‘De Grote Prijs van Zuid-Holland’, acclaim in international media and gigs in the Netherlands and abroad. Torus is also a gifted graphic artist, which becomes apparent in his self-made video for ‘Feeel’. He first performed at TodaysArt 2012 and will now present the world premiere of his new live audiovisual show amidst an international line-up.
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FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER OBJEKT DJ NOBU NEEL VARG ARTEFAKT DISKONNECTED
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TodaysArt is very proud to stage the Dutch premiere of DJ NOBU, a familiar name amongst the underground, hardcore and appreciative dance music fans in Japan and worldwide. He is particularly respected for the Future Terror parties, which he has been running regularly with other local artists in his hometown Chiba since 2001. DJ NOBU has devoted his life to the art of DJing and the magic of dancing from a wide musical spectrum. He’s a purist in the truest sense when it comes to his profession and he puts much energy into his performance to ensure that the crowd has an unforgettable experience.
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When TJ Hertz released his first white label as Objekt, progressing and experimenting with techno-infused dubstep, the whole electronic music community started wondering who this producer was. Born in Japan, bred in Oxford, former software developer for Native Instruments and now based in Berlin, TJ Hertz has become one of the most admired artists in the electronic music scene. Objekt is on board for one of his celebrated DJ-sets designed to bring you adventures in machine music that was built to make subs rattle and feet wiggle; a convoluted mess of numerous genres, no more, no less.
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Italian Giuseppe Tillieci has always paid great attention to the technical aspects of his sound, whether crafting in the studio, DJing or playing live around the world. He has the rare ability to make music that is as deep and obscure as it is fluid and rhythmic. As such, his output on labels like Prologue fuses rhythm and texture with techno ambience in hugely captivating ways. Neel’s main production output to date has been alongside his long term partner and friend Donato Dozzy as Voices from the Lake, but soon he is to release his first solo EPs and a debut LP called ‘Phobos’ on the Spectrum Spools label. For TodaysArt, Neel will play a smooth, cohesive and hypnotic two-hour set that will transport you to another realm.
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Artefakt is a collaboration of young Dutch producers Robin Koek and Nick Lapien, who share a love for melancholic and hypnotic voodoo music. The duo treats techno as an artform rather than a musical genre, exploring a scope that surpasses functional dancefloor-tools and bangers. Combining high art and underground culture stemming from the uncompromising squatting scene while practicing musique concrete tape improvisations in galleries and museums. This merging of worlds manifests in a versatile nature that is audible in the narrative sets by the duo, especially in their live performances.
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The mysterious Swedish producer Varg was responsible for the first release on Abdulla Rashim’s Northern Electronics outfit. Isolated in the coldest parts of northern Sweden, Varg slowly surfaced before grounding himself with the ambient techno and acid-bliss of the ‘Misantropen’ LP. Varg’s music is the outcome of a loners mind, trying to interpret ancient life by machine experiments live recorded and off-kilter analogue jams in single takes. Expect a deep and experimental live performance for his first-ever appearance in the Netherlands.
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After joining Smoke Machine in 2010, diskonnected started being involved in several projects for Smoke Machine parties, which lead to the birth of the Smoke Machine podcast series. Undoubtedly, diskonnected has contributed greatly to sculpting the current style and aura of Smoke Machine. TodaysArt welcomes diskonnected for his first appearance in the Netherlands and second ever appearance in Europe.
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The Underground Resistance collective, started by Jeff Mills and Mike Banks in the late 1980s, has become a living representation of the original spirit of techno: a music that looks to the future and is underground, experimental and radical in its aesthetic and technological vision. This is the sound that was born in a city dominated by the robots of the automotive industry. This is the sound of a reality and not of any science fiction fantasy. A sound born in a city with a rich and unique musical history: grooved by jazz, awakened by Motown rhythms, sophisticated by soul and brought together by techno and hip hop - and still vibrant and essential to the present day world musical map. In the current live set-up of their Timeline configuration, the band is led by Jon Dixon, and includes an ensemble of Mike Banks on keyboards, DeSean Jones (saxophone) and DJ Mark Flash. Four individuals with completely different ideas in terms of what can be done rhythmically, harmonically, theoretically and with different approaches to music production, which makes every show unique. Underground Resistance presents Timeline - an adventure through the musical mazes of Detroit, between jazz and techno, between the past and the future.
WAAJEED (US) DJ, producer, composer, and arranger Robert “Waajeed” O’Bryant got his start as an original member of Slum Village. Starting on an MPC 2000 from James Yancey, better known to the world as J Dilla, the Detroit-based artist began producing his own music and has since gone on to found his own record label, The Bling 47 Group. In 2013, Waajeed launched Dirt Tech Reck, a new label dedicated to pushing new music from himself and collaborators. Dirt Tech Reck was set up following Waajeed’s return to Detroit after a stint living and working in New York City. Based out of the legendary Submerge building on Detroit’s E Grand Boulevard, Waajeed brought a strong DIY ethic to the label from the start. RONDENION (JP) Rondenion is a DJ and producer born in Japan. He began producing music in the late 90s under the name Hirofumi Goto, and released his global debut, ‘America EP’, which drew global attention for its dark beats, a style that is quite unusual for Japanese artists. Later, after changing his name to Rondenion, he released a handful of highly acclaimed singles and EPs, working up to the full-length release ‘Luster Grand Hotel’ that was
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released on Underground Gallery last year. In 2012, he formed ‘Ragrange Symphony’ with NO MILK and KEZ YM, and he is currently working on a number of projects for his own record label, Ragrange Records. Rondenion joins the TodaysArt 2014 program for his firstever performance in Europe. AKIKO KIYAMA (JP/DE) The Japanese producer Akiko Kiyama was born in Tokyo and is based in Berlin since 2007. She grew up with an education dominated by music and was a classically trained pianist and guitarist by the age of twelve. She went on to explore and teach herself how to fuse her classic skills with sounds created by electronic equipment. Over the years that followed, Akiko fell deeper into dance music and she began producing in 2002. In 2004, her debut ep ‘Dimension’ received overwhelming support from the electronic music scene. Akiko’s sound is a complex pattern of sounds. Raw and industrial, dark and moody, her signature sits firmly within the minimal style, but with harmonic narratives giving shape and structure.
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SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER UR PRESENTS TIMELINE ( US) WAAJEED (US) RONDENION (JP) AKIKO KIYAMA (JP)
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Hiding behind this acronym is the Icelandic BAFTA-winning contemporary classical composer Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen. Arnalds, known for his unique blend of minimal piano and string compositions with electronic sounds and Rasmussen, from the Faroe Islands and the mastermind of the electro-pop outfit Bloodgroup, discovered their common love for minimal and experimental music a couple of years ago and decided to join forces to create pure and timeless melodies to explore the area in-between acoustic and piano-based work, minimal techno and synth-heavy electro pop combined with a deep, subdued bass. MOON WHEEL (SE/DE) Moon Wheel is the independent project of Swedish artist and self-taught musician, Olle Holmberg. Following seven years in Melbourne as a member of experimental electronic group
Pissypaw, Holmberg moved to Berlin, where his first production under the Moon Wheel moniker was released on Noisekölln Tapes in 2012. Holmberg’s cerebral, shape-shifting compositions are inspired by “nature, history and wandering”, and synthesize electronic and organic sounds. As each piece is largely improvisational, his live performances do not recreate his repertoire, but rather experiment with creation as a process of discovery. OAKE (DE) Oake is a Berlin duo oscillating between industrial, post-punk and electronic music signed to Downwards Records (run by Karl O’Connor aka Regis). We don’t know that much about them except that they have a clear affection for the humbler timberwolf. Previous gigs were at world premier Berlin’s infamous Berghain Club last year and some broadcasting at Boiler Room and Dommune. Their live show promises an intense dark journey for this Dutch premiere.
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SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER KIASMOS (ÓLAFUR ARNALDS + JANUS RASMUSSEN) MOON WHEEL OAKE PHOEBE KIDDO
PHOEBE KIDDO (AU/DE) Australian-born Phoebe Kiddo grew up in a family that surrounded itself with music, which led her to develop a keen ear for melody, leading to her current multifaceted, expressive electronic music. Filled with syncopated rhythms, dark atmospherics, and copious subbass, her music fuses dancefloor rhythms with cerebral experimentation. Following completion of a degree in Sound from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, this globetrotting artist moved to California for a San Francisco based artist residency and soon after participated in the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid. She’s now living in Berlin. Her debut LP, ‘Artefacts of Broken Dreams’ was recorded in all these different cities.
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THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘ILINX’, THE PERFORMATIVE ENVIRONMENT CREATED BY CHRIS SALTER, TEZ AND VALERIE LAMONTAGNE TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS COLLABORATORS, WILL PROVOKE AN INTENSE BODILY EXPERIENCE. MARNIX DE NIJS PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘RECTILINEAR DISPLACEMENT’, AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION THAT OFFERS A NEW SPATIAL AND SENSORY EXPERIENCE. MARCO BROEDERS, JEROEN MOLENAAR AND JORIS STRIJBOS CREATED ‘DRIFTING PATTERNS’, A KINETIC SOUND INSTALLATION IN THE DUNES. GABEY TJON A THAM PREMIERES HER LATEST INSTALLATION ‘RED HORIZON’, A KINETIC LIGHT AND SOUND INSTALLATION. FANS OF MODULAR SYNTHESIZERS CAN EXPERIENCE THE DUTCH PREMIERE OF ‘I DREAM OF WIRES’, A DOCUMENTARY BY ROBERT FANTINATTO AND JASON AMM.
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TODAYSART IS WELL-KNOWN FOR PRESENTING AUDIOVISUAL ART INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER FORMATS OF EMERGING CULTURE OUTSIDE OF THE DEDICATED EXHIBITION THEMES AND SPACES. A VARIETY OF WORKS BY ESTABLISHED AND UPCOMING ARTISTS AND MAKERS CAN BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MAIN FESTIVAL VENUE AND THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC SPACES. HERE YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE A HYBRID SELECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND DIGITAL CULTURE IN THE FORM OF INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMATIVE ENVIRONMENTS, EXPERIMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS.
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ABEY TJON A THAM (NL) G RED HORIZON ‘Red Horizon’ is a kinetic light and sound installation by Gabey Tjon a Tham consisting of double pendulums that form a plane of white particles in a three dimensional space. The installation lingers between the natural and mechanical, creating entities that give a feeling of an eerie, unknown, living and breathing presence. Certain movements evoke a sense of autonomy, as if they have their own nervous systems with thoughts, even a sense of humor. They evolve like a stream of images that swell progressively in time, in which old and new constructional elements create unexpected events. Light, sound and movement guide their presence as music with physical dimensions, becoming an abstract automatic ballet. ARCO BROEDERS + JEROEN M MOLENAAR + JORIS STRIJBOS (NL) - DRIFTING PATTERNS ‘Drifting Patterns’ is a new project by Marco Broeders, Jeroen Molenaar and Joris Strijbos, co-produced by TodaysArt and Oerol. The project is the physical outcome of their research into alternative energy sources and how these can be used in a kinetic sound installa-
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TodaysArt 2014 will see the world premiere of the ‘Ilinx’ project by Chris Salter, TeZ and Valerie Lamontagne, developed together with numerous collaborators. ‘Ilinx’ is a performative environment that provokes an intense bodily experience. In the environment, a group of four visitors at a time wear specially designed garments. These wearables are outfitted with various sensing and actuating devices that enable visitors to interface with the performance space. During the event - a ritualistic progression that lasts approximately 20 minutes - the natural continuum between sound and vibration, vision and feeling becomes increasingly blurred, extending and stretching the body’s boundaries beyond the realm of everyday experience. The project is inspired by work in the area of what is called sensory substitution – the replacement of one sensory input (vision, hearing, touch, taste or smell) by another, while preserving some of the key functions of the original sense. The term “ilinx” (Greek for whirlpool) comes from the French sociologist Roger Caillois and describes play that creates a temporary but profound disruption of perception as is common in experiences of vertigo, dizziness, or disorienting changes of speed, direction or the body’s sense in space. “…An attempt to momentarily
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tion. Following the lead of Heron’s water and wind machines, ‘Drifting Patterns’ is a wind organ in which kinetic energy is converted into pneumatic pressure. This pressure is used to play a number of organ pipes divided over five objects which are placed in the landscape. The result is an ongoing and constantly varying sound composition in which complexity emerges between the shifting patterns of the sound sculptures. ARNIX DE NIJS (NL) M RECTILINEAR DISPLACEMENT After presenting ‘Spatial Sounds’, an installation developed in collaboration with Edwin van der Heide, at TodaysArt 2005, Marnix de Nijs returns for the world premiere of his new work ‘Rectilinear Displacement’. ‘Rectilinear Displacement’ is an audiovisual installation in which the festival visitor is positioned on an object that makes a long linear movement through the space that it is presented in. At the same time, the user is immersed in visual images composed of ‘”laser scanned point clouds” projected on a spherical screen. The purpose of the installation is to create a new sensory experience whereby movement, acceleration and deceleration and the manipulation of the time-experience is of highest importance. Ultimately, the user will completely lose their control or perception of time, physical command and cinematographic space.
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ONOTAK (FR/JP) N DAYDREAM V.03 ‘Daydream’ is an audiovisual installation that generates space distortions. The relationship between space and time, accelerations, contractions, shifts and metamorphosis has been the focus of the project. The installation is aimed at establishing a physical connection between the virtual space and the real space, blurring the limits and submerging the audience into a short detachment from reality. Lights generate abstract spaces while sounds define the echoes of virtual spaces. ‘Daydream’ is an invitation to contemplation. JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL We are very honoured that our partner the Japan Media Arts Festival presents an installation by Norimichi Hirakawa and ‘Beyond The Technology’, a film program of works which received awards at the 17th edition of the festival. The presentations at TodaysArt are supported by bunkachō (The Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan). Beyond The Technology New modes of expression made possible by the continuing evolution of digital technology have produced today’s sense of great diversity. This program features the sensibilities of the creators and imaginative powers they share with regard to our contemporary world through the introduction of thirteen works.
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Works: Kaoru Sugano + Sotaro Yasumochi + Yu Orai + Nadya Kirillova + Kyoko Yonezawa + Kosai Sekine + Taeji Sawai + Daito Manabe (JP/RU) - Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 Kensaku Kakimoto (JP) - Minicar Music Player Saigo No Shudan (JP) - Yakenohara “Relaxin” Koichiro Tsujikawa (JP) - salyu × salyu “hanashitaianatato” Masahiko Sato + Euphrates (JP) - ballet rotoscope Quayola (IT) - Strata #4 Tsubasa Oyagi + Kampei Baba + Takcom + Koshi Miura + Takayuki Watanabe + Sadanori Maeda + Toshiyuki Hashimoto + Hironori Terai + Takahiko Kajima (JP) TOKYO CITY SYMPHONY Tom Wrigglesworth + Matt Robinson (UK) - Travis “Moving” Z-MACHINES (JP) Kogoro Kurata + Wataru Yoshizaki (JP) Suidobashi Heavy Industry “KURATAS” Victor Haegelin (FR) - Professor Kliq: Wire & Flashing Lights World Order (JP) - WORLD ORDER in BUDOKAN Roy Tamaki + Kurando Furuya (JP) Roy Tamaki: Wonderful
SATELLIETGROEP BEST OF BADGAST Satellietgroep artistically explores the social and ecological impact of the sea and coastal transitions on cities, people, communities and environments in the Netherlands and abroad through international artist in residencies ‘Badgast’ at F.A.S.T. and ‘Now Wakes The Sea’. Satellietgroep invites artists, philosophers, urbanists, architects and scientists and enables them to do fieldwork and to work with local partners, communities and experts in order to research the current status of coastal transitions and to generate new narratives and perspectives. This year Satellietgroep in collaboration with Villa Ockenburgh and Nida Art Colony initiates the first artistic coastal researches into the phenomenon of the ‘Zandmotor’ (Sand Engine), the latest innovation of coastal protection south of The Hague. A new controlled wilderness designed to dissolve in the sea around 2021. It is a time machine that transports us from the holocene (affected by nature) into the anthropocene era (affected by mankind). During TodaysArt Satellietgroep presents ‘The Best of Badgast’, a program including Cinema at Sea and talks. Satellietgroep also hosts Failed Architecture in the Badgast residency. Parallel program: ‘Zoro Feigl residence at the Zandmotor’. Permanent: 24/7 open air exhibition ‘Zeespiegel at the boulevard of Scheveningen’. Program: www.satellietgroep.nl + www.todaysart.nl
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FROM ONE CONDITION OR STATE TO ANOTHER, OBJECTS CONTINUOUSLY CHANGE IN THEIR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS OR FORMS. THE WORKS OF METAHAVEN, DAVID JABLONOWSKI AND CONSTANT DULSTAGGERING DEVELOPMENTS LAART CONCENTRATE ON THE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, INTERNET, POLITICS AND AESTHETICS HARDWARE, AND BIG DATA OF TRANSPARENCY. MOUNIRA LEAD UP TO A RAPIDLY GROWAL SOLH, JON RAFMAN AND ING SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY, HEATHER PHILLIPSON BRING HYBRIDITY, AND FLUIDITY. TOGETHER VARIOUS KINDS OF COMMUNICATION VIA TEXT INFORMATION, AND MAKE COLAND IMAGE IS INCREASINGLY LAPSING CONTEXTS VISIBLE. DETACHED FROM ITS ORIGINAL HC GILJE AND STEFAN TIEFENCONTEXT BY COPY PASTING, GRABER RELATE TO SURVEILMESSAGING, HYPERLINKS AND LANCE AND TRANSPARENCY OTHER PHENOMENA. INFORMA- IN DIFFERENT WAYS, RANGING TION IS INFINITELY INTERPRETFROM AN EXPLORATORY LIGHT ABLE AND THEREBY BECOMES DEVICE TO A SERVER KILLER. DIFFUSE IN ITS MEANING. WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF MERGDATES ING TRANSPARENT WORLDS, 25 SEPTEMBER - 5 OCTOBER OF HYBRID STATES IN FORM, MEANING, AND VALUE. LITTLE OPENING HOURS IS FIXED; EVERYTHING SEEMS 25 + 26 + 27 SEPT 12:00 - 23:00 FLUID. 28 SEPT 12:00 - 20:00 29 SEPT - 4 OCT 12:00 - 19:00 IN THE WORK OF OLIVER 5 OCT 12:00 - 22:00 LARIC, FREDERIK DE WILDE AND MATTHIJS MUNNIK, FLUIDITY ADMISSION IS NOT ONLY TO BE FOUND IN THE EXHIBITION IS ACCESSIBLE THE STREAMING COLORS THEY WITH ALL FESTIVAL TICKETS USE, BUT ALSO IN THE RELOCA- (FESTIVAL, WEEKEND, DAY AND TION OF (SOMETIMES INVISSUPPORT). IF YOU WOULD LIKE IBLE) DATA TO A DIFFERENT TO VISIT ONLY THE EXHIBITION, PHYSICAL LOCATION. KATJA TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT NOVITSKOVA, CHARBELTHE ENTRANCE OF THE EXHIBIJOSEPH H. BOUTROS, ZORO TION VENUE DURING OPENING FEIGL, KIANOOSH MOTALLEBI, HOURS. AND ZIMOUN WORK WITH VARIOUS HYBRID PHASES OF TRANSITION AND AGGREGATION.
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IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAYSART 2014, PETRA HECK CURATED THE EXHIBITION ‘THE FLUIDITY ASPECT’ WHICH REFLECTS ON TRANSPARENCY, FLUIDITY AND THE RUSTLING SEA.
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THE FLUIDITY ASPECT 25TH SEPT - 05TH OCT CHARBEL-JOSEPH H. BOUTROS CONSTANT DULLAART DAVID JABLONOWSKI FREDERIK DE WILDE HC GILJE HEATHER PHILLIPSON
CONSTANT DULLAART (NL/DE) JENNIFER-IN-PARADISE / SILICON SILICATE - 2013 / 2014 Constant Dullaart’s work explores contemporary modes of access, visibility and (mis)representation associated with the global spread of information and communication technologies. The wallpaper ‘Jennifer-in-Paradise Liquify Creative Suite 6 /Scheveningen’ reworks a now infamous picture of a woman on a beach. Originally taken in 1988 by John Knoll, the co-creator of Photoshop, this photograph was the first image to be used to demonstrate the capabilities of Photoshop and distributed to the program’s initial trial users to explore and test the software. The image became ubiquitous for a brief period in which digital images were rare, repeatedly manipulated, and became the first Pho-
AVID JABLONOWSKI (DE/NL) D PREDICTION TOWER, HYPE CYCLE - 2014 David Jablonowski artistically examines the surface and the evolution of contemporary communication technologies in sculptures, videos, and installations. Jablonowski creates exciting contrasts by locating high tech elements in a natural environment. His artistic interest is in the sculptural quality of communication techniques, as well as the specific aesthetics of different historical media formats, which make a long-term impact on perception and cultural self conception. In the Plexiglas sculpture ‘Prediction Tower, Hype Cycle’ the artist incorporated different digital information sources and their hyperlink associations, showing their stratification, their interconnectedness, yet at
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Charbel-joseph H. Boutros lives and works between Beirut, Paris and Maastricht. His work mingles Romanticism, a heritage of conceptual art and “Obscurtism”. The idea that something is here, yet inaccessible, missing, is central in his production. His works attempts to melancholically give a form of presence to a permanent absence. As a Lebanese artist, being born in the war, his art is not engaged in an explicit political and historical reflection, but is more accurately haunted by the said political and historical reflection. In ‘My answer to ecology #2’, a working refrigerator is facing a working electric heater, cold mingles with heat. An ice cube is placed between these two invisible opposite forces.
toshop meme. Never widely distributed through the web, the image was not to be found online until Dullaart’s restoration of it, after which the artist wrote a public letter to Jennifer Knoll, the protagonist in the image. ‘Jennifer in Paradise’ explores the Internet’s opacity, while highlighting the extent to which onscreen data are manipulated and controlled, enhanced or deformed. In ‘Silicon Silicate’ Dullaart uses glass as a transparent viewing metaphor (file windows, the screen’s glass, the Internet as a window to the world) by posing questions about the filtering of information via web services like Google or Facebook, and its potential to obscure rather than to reveal meaning. The downloaded YouTube video shows the making of Intel computer chips on a monitor covered by a glass plate with manually brilliant cut engraving of the silicon molecule.
the same time criticizing by showing the complexity of a possible transparency. The work forms a literal transparent display of information, a physical marketplace of information, in which the ephemeral and quick information-flows assumes a concrete form and question the monumental status of markets. REDERIK DE WILDE (BE) F LEAD ANGELS 1.0 - 2014 Frederik De Wilde is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher operating on the interface between science, technology and art. The conceptual crux of his artistic praxis are the notions of the intangible, inaudible and invisible. Data and processes derived from quantum physics, complex systems, psychophysics, nanotechnological and biological systems provide base materials for the works and allow De Wilde to ask how we connect the blind spots between art and science. Moreover, the indistinct, diffuse, ‘fuzzy’ arena where the biological and the technological overlap and commingle is a productive and favored ground for his projects. Eschewing the purely aesthetic, Frederik’s works raise questions regarding the dissemination of art works in the scientific continuum. They explore the artistic and scientific contract and its related social and political implications. ‘Lead Angels 1.0’ is De Wilde’s latest work coproduced by Cimatics, TodaysArt and Scopitone, a kinetic sound and light installation exploring the concepts of radiation, nuclear energy, randomness and quantum mechanics.
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EATHER PHILLIPSON (UK) H A IS TO D WHAT E IS TO H - 2011 Heather Phillipson works across video, sculpture, music, text and live events. Conflating sex, language and consumption, ’A Is to D What E Is to H’ journeys through literal and metaphorical spillages - the overflow between information, body and world. The mouth becomes the literal interface, a portal for language and sensual experience. ON RAFMAN (CA/QC) – J MAINSQUEEZE - 2014 Jon Rafman is an artist and filmmaker who examines the effects of contemporary technology, particularly on interpersonal relationships. Rafman considers the shifting boundaries between the virtual and real while acknowledging the fading difference between the two. His work explores the impact of digital technology on the individual and society at large, with a recent emphasis on the effect of digital media on memory
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and history. Rafman gravitates towards communities like 4chan because he sees in them a compelling mix of attraction and repulsion. This ambivalence is according to him reflected in the current cultural moment. Surfing the deep web, the artist collects, orders, observes, and makes his source material visible. ‘Mainsqueeze’ is entirely composed of footage found online by Rafman. The voice over text is a combination of modified quotes from literature, Tumblr, and comments on various message boards. “The video expresses a moral condition or atmosphere without making a moral judgment.” ATJA NOVITSKOVA (EE/NL) K APPROXIMATION (OCTOPUS) 2014 Katja Novitskova filters, assembles and combines formal aspects from technology with those coming from nature and commerce, exploring the idea that making art is essentially as natural as nature itself. For example, the artist takes images of animals found online to produce huge digital prints on aluminium. This way, the photographs originating from National Geographic magazine appear extremely flat. By placing these forms in an exhibition space they become extremely alienating. The animals’ natural habitat has been replaced by that of the exhibition space. Novitskova’s works demonstrate the fact that digitally circulating images receive their own life. No longer representations of nature, the objects represent the images becoming alive. The artist will also present three ‘shapeshifters’, a sort of speculative weapons that can be positioned somewhere between prehistoric times and Mad Max.
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HC Gilje has moved between installation, video, live performance and set design. Since 2006 Gilje started exploring the perception of change and transformation where the ephemeral media of light, projection, sound and motion and physical structures meet. This has resulted in a series of installations labeled ‘Projected Light Spaces’ and ‘Projected Light Objects’, as well as outdoor sound installations and more recently light-motion installations such as ‘in transit’, ‘revolver’ and ‘trace’. In ‘trace’, Gilje works with motion and light passing through objects and spaces.
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IANOOSH MOTALLEBI (UK/NL) K THE MATRIX - 2010 In his work, Kianoosh Motallebi focuses on technology’s grip on the living environment, particularly on instances in which this grip loosens, alienating rather than comforting, destroying instead of utilising. By modifying objects and information such as found objects and animated GIFs, his works investigate the transient and immaterial nature of knowledge and seek to renegotiate the relationships between man, objects, nature and technology. In ‘The Matrix’, Motallebi brings together two incompatible light sources; an incandescent bulb and a fluorescent tube. It is a performative work in which the two sources are sharing the same atmosphere, operating in the same space. Motallebi creates a dynamic system that ultimately causes the dysfunction of both lamps. ATTHIJS MUNNIK (NL) M HELIOSPHERE - 2014 Matthijs Munnik researches colour combinations, patterns, and rhythms to create spectacular visual effects in the form of performances and installations that play with the perception of spectators. ‘Heliosphere’ is a light installation that transforms solar wind activity into an artificial Aurora. Real time data on solar wind activity and the strength of the interplanetary magnetic field generate a dynamic light composition on water vapour screens. The installation connects the visitor to the cosmic weather in a sensorial way, by creating a man-made “natural” phenomena.
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THE FLUIDITY ASPECT 25TH SEPT - 05TH OCT JON RAFMAN KIANOOSH MOTALLEBI MATTHIJS MUNNIK METAHAVEN MOUNIRA AL SOLH OLIVER LARIC STEFAN TIEFENGRABER ZIMOUN ZORO FEIGL
OUNIRA AL SOLH (LB/NL) - NOW M EAT MY SCRIPT - 2014 Mounira Al Solh works across video, painting, collages and performance and created the a magazine that does not get distributed. Al Solh touches upon the personal, the family, the sociopolitical and the religious in a not strictly realistic, but often humorist, fictional or even fantastical manner. The video ‘Now Eat My Script’ follows the transportation of a sacrificed lamb in the trunk of the car as a starting point for a reflection on the exchange of goods between Syria and Lebanon. Raw meat, sacrificed animals and personal (fictive) information are producing the knowledge to
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LIVER LARIC (AT/DE) O LINCOLN 3D SCANS - 2013 Oliver Laric examines the productive possibilities of the copy, the bootleg and the remix and considers their role within history and contemporary image culture. Laric’s predominantly webbased practice is characterised by the manipulation and reinterpretation of existing cultural images. He operates in a simulacral space where concepts of authorship, truth, presence, original and copy are shown to be obsolete, or at least irrelevant. Herein the artist often uses technologically advanced production methods to be able to create works that deal with the spaces in between original and copy, present and past, the authentic and nonauthentic. ‘Lincoln 3D Scans’ is comprised of scanning and publishing 3D models to make the works in the archive of The Collection and Usher Gallery available to an audience outside of its geographic proximity and to treat the objects as starting points for new works.
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Metahaven is a research and design studio led by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden. Their work - both commissioned and self-directed - reflects political and social issues in graphic design objects and media. Metahaven’s ‘City Rising’ is a homage to Constant Nieuwenhuys’s ‘New Babylon’; a utopian architectural project based on the idea of an alternative, fully automated society in which human labour has become unnecessary. The video is an exploration of the conditions of life, work, and intimacy under neoliberalism. ‘City Rising’ uses the architectural models of ‘New Babylon’ as its backdrop while proposing that through constant networked communication and the integration of work into every part of life, love is the most binding contract founded on mutual debt.
respond to elements like trauma, the current situation in the Middle East and other fragmentary story lines from the (pregnant) and supposedly feminist scriptwriter. The text roams between cities and memories that cannot find a proper place and does not become proper fiction. The fluid, condensed story is one of contradicting, dissolving and collapsing contexts.
TEFAN TIEFENGRABER (AT) S USER GENERATED SERVER DESTRUCTION - 2013 / 2014 Stefan Tiefengrabers’ works range from performances to interactive installations to experimental video and documentaries. In ‘User Generated Server Destruction’, visitors of the website www.ugsd. net can trigger six hammers and drop them onto a server that is located in the exhibition. This server hosts the website, which also shows a video stream to follow what’s happening. The website, which seems to appear from out of nowhere, consists out of data, zeros and ones compiling an image, a text or a video. It is tempting to think that there is no physical connection to any hardware. The installation visualizes very directly that behind the virtuality that we attribute to the data on the Internet, there is a tangible reality. The installation ends when the server is destroyed and thus cannot host the website anymore. The Internet is a continually growing network of servers spread all over the world supplied by users and providers. Usually, it is just possible for computer viruses and very qualified users to attack and destroy highly protected servers that are locked in well-secured places. With ‘User Generated Server Destruction’, every user has the possibility to erase one of these servers and thereby shrink the worldwide network for a brief moment.
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Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturallyminded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his works incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun’s minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates. ORO FEIGL (NL) - STRUCTURAL Z INTENSITY - 2014 Zoro Feigl creates large scale installations that seem to be alive. His works continuously change shape, slowly or rapidly, nervous or gracious. The materials dance and twist without beginning or end. The installations bring to mind single-cell creatures, primitive organisms. Feigl follows the laws of physics, but he tries to balance between what mechanics itself brings and what he can do with a minimal gesture to display the aesthetics of technical mechanisms. As a viewer you become entangled in their movements: they embrace and amaze, and sometimes become frightening. His new installation ‘Structural Intensity’ is a shape that is hissing and puffing to maintain its shape, thereby encapsulating itself. Struggling between power and elegance, the machine is trying to escape it’s own embrace.
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BRIGHT 24TH SEPTEMBER COLLISIONS SENSORY 24 -27TH SEPTEMBER EXPERIENCE
Bright Collisions refers to a specific moment in time in which people from usually disconnected backgrounds come together out of either necessity or curiosity. The main idea of the Summit lies in its paradoxical title. These collisions, either directed especially for this Summit or displayed, can contribute to developing a greater understanding of, or initiating alternate perspectives on, a range of contemporary and urgent topics in society. Some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners meet, discuss current developments and urgent issues, present challenging ideas and foster holistic approaches in several programs. The Summit features several programs staged in collaboration with many partners and networks, including ‘Sensory Experience’, ‘Ubiquitous Art and Sound’, ‘Failed Architecture’, ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’, ‘ESA: Moon-Mars Exploration through Arts, Science and Innovation’, ‘Expulsions’ and ‘TodaysArt Network’. Creative experts, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, companies and researchers from various backgrounds will look at what creative solutions can contribute to society in a time when the forms, values and relations of technology, media and social structures are changing, intertwining and exerting forces on each other. Available knowledge is reconfigured to facilitate our interaction with the world of today and tomorrow. In order to create a cohesive view on these developments, the topics are approached from various scientific, social, historical, futuristic and artistic perspectives on both a practical as well as a theoretical level. Admission Three-day tickets and day tickets for the Summit are available in presale on www.todaysart.nl. Summit Tickets will also be available at the entrance of the venue during opening times. The Summit is not accessible with Festival tickets except for Festival Support tickets.
BEER VAN GEER (NL - UNIVERSAL MEDIAMAN) CHRIS SALTER (CA/QC - HEXAGRAM CONCORDIA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH) J ONATHAN REUS (US - iii) YOTA MORIMOTO (JP)
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In ‘Sensory Experience’, a variety of academics, scientists and artists active in the field of sensory experience will discuss the experience of sensory-based actions that intermingle our sense of smell, taste, sight, sound and touch. The increasing development and deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years are allowing artists, scientists and other practitioners to design new ways of interaction that were practically impossible in the past. We as humans are using, understanding and even extending our senses in ways never done before. We start to understand previously unknown processes in our bodies, we discover that plants are communicating, we can experience new tastes and so on. The participants in this module are exploring new ways to experience and manipulate various internal efforts and sensations. Immersive audiovisual environments are playing with the senses and materializing the immaterial, for example by mapping the heart waves or brain synchronizations, reflecting the activities within our bodies. With this program, we aim to give insight into different approaches in the developments of new sensory experiences.
24TH SEPTEMBER UBIQUITOUS ART AND SOUND ARTHUR I. MILLER (UK) FRANCES CROW - (UK - LIMINAL) REALITIES:UNITED (DE) JORIS HOOGEBOOM + TEUN VERKERK (NL - BUQS) MARK BAIN (US) N OEMI SCHIPFER + TAKAMI NAKAMOTO (FR/JP - NONOTAK) The intangible aspects, qualities and possibilities of art and sound in public and private spaces are getting more powerful and are increasingly present in contemporary urban life. By inviting practitioners to elaborate and demonstrate transdisciplinary projects dedicated to this theme and to address current developments, we aim to articulate the ways in which our living environment can be designed and how it is currently being influenced. The participants will elaborate their practice ranging from light design and sound design, interventions, installations, mappings and visualizations of urban frequencies, site specific performances, while at the same time focusing on the theoretical discourse. Herein we look at the cultural and environmental relevance and the wider societal impact implied by this move to increasing ubiquity.
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The third edition of the Bright Collisions Summit takes place from Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 September, as part of the tenth edition of the TodaysArt Festival. Bright Collisions is TodaysArt’s international Summit dedicated to creativity and society, a meeting point with a cross-sector focus aimed to promote transdisciplinary talent, ideas and opportunities.
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24TH SEPTEMBER FAILED ARCHITECTURE ELENA CABRERA VACAS (ES) THIMO DE NIJS (NL) + OTHERS Failed Architecture is a research platform that aims to open up new perspectives on urban failure – from what it’s perceived to be, what’s actually happening and how it’s represented to the public. Failed Architecture, together with experts and stakeholders, will explore the defamed architecture and tourist infrastructure of Scheveningen and other Western European seaside towns, taking into account international and historical perspectives. The aim is to open up new perspectives on the alleged failure of post-war seaside architecture.
Western European seaside towns that had flourished since the late nineteenth century found themselves losing their economic purpose, with tourists preferring the more reliable weather and cheap prices in Mediterranean, and, more recently, Asiatic surroundings. In the Dutch context, policymakers and developers responded by redeveloping the coastlines into entertainment and holiday residencies for the masses, making them more weather proof. Cheap architecture led to an equally cheap reputation, as might be exemplified by the recent Dutch television series ‘Bijlmer aan zee’. Nowadays, policy-makers are trying to turn the tide again by making grandiose plans, in which post-war architecture is usually used as a scapegoat.
25TH SEPTEMBER ESA: MOON-MARS EXPLORATION THROUGH ARTS, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION ANNA HILL (UK - SPACE SYNAPSE) B ERNARD FOING (FR - EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY) CHRISTIAN WALDVOGEL (CH) HANS VAN’T WOUD (NL - CERBERUSGAME) I RENE LIA SCHLACHT (IT) M ARIT MIHKLEPP (NL - ARTSCIENCE INTERFACULTY THE HAGUE) ROB LA FRENAIS (UK) The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Together with a strong team of scientists and artists, ESA triggers our imagination by revealing the newest discoveries about Moon-Mars Exploration. At TodaysArt, the European Space Agency aims to create a unique moment where artists meet with scientists and young researchers in their quest for space exploration. The fruitful collision between these often distant and conflicted professions is resulting in wonderful alternative insights into reality. The transdisciplinary meetup consists of keynotes and showcases diving into different visions and experiences of science, technical and artistic exploration projects. Presenters will address lunar exploration, space and environmental awareness, human - robot collaboration (MOONWALK), crowdsourcing games for exploration and disaster relief, habitats in extreme conditions (EXOHAB), etc. After the program of keynotes and presentations, two hands-on Moon-Mars exploration workshops will gather artists, scientists, designers, technologists and innovators. The first workshop will be dedicated to “The Habitats on the Moon and Mars” and addresses human and social aspects of space exploration. Participants will brainstorm, try hands-on tools and develop concepts towards habitat design and a terrestrial demo of an international Moon-Mars base. The second workshop will be focused on “Discoveries, Technologies and Tools for Moon-Mars Exploration”, addressing new discoveries, science, robotics and technical aspects of space exploration. Participants will be mining Moon-Mars and space data. They will experience hands-on demonstration of lander instruments and telescopes to be operated remotely or by “terrestrial” astronauts as it will be in a lunar robotic village.
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Already for decades, Dutch seaside resorts are coping with high vacancy rates and reputation issues. The recent bankruptcy of Scheveningen’s pier and redevelopment plans for its harbour are just one example of the ways in which recent and less recent economic developments are affecting seaside towns. With the advent of cheaper foreign travel in the 1970s, the demand for traditional ‘bucket and spade’ holidays decreased.
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25TH SEPTEMBER 27TH SEPTEMBER TOOLS FOR AN EXPULSIONS UNKNOWN FUTURE PEDRO GADANHO (US - MOMA NEW YORK) SASKIA SASSEN (NL) MICHIEL VAN IERSEL (NL - NON-FICTION / FAILED ARCHITECTURE)
DAITO MANABE (JP) DONALD VAN DANSIK (NL) FREDERIK DE WILDE (BE) T OM HIGHAM (UK - FUTUREEVERYTHING) TOM KLINKOWSTEIN (US - MEDIA A)
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The ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’ module features keynotes, talks and a panel by world leading practitioners and thinkers from the fields of art, digital culture, design, urban planning, media, and innovation. Fields such as arts, design, economics, politics, technology, culture and science have never been isolated constructions and are increasingly intertwining, mainly due to current technological acceleration, systems in crises, humanitarian questions and urbanistic developments. However, in order to define our world and make our modern life easier and more understandable, we tend to categorize, separate and exclude. In some ways this is inevitable and logical, but it does not necessarily mean that it is the best way to move forward. By staging the ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’ theme in the context of the Bright Collisions Summit, we aim to reflect on tools as main factors in adapting to developments in order to prepare for future scenarios. Herein participants do not look forward to predict these future scenarios, but look at current practices, developments, labs and other formats which propose tools to analyze, improve and adapt to our world.
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The ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’ program has been shaped together with three organisations - the European Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ECAS) network, Cimatics and TodaysArt - with the aim of setting up a transnational symposium. Earlier symposiums dedicated to the theme of ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’ were organized by ICAS partners MUTEK and FutureEverything and formed the basis of what we aim to continue on. After The Hague on Thursday 25 September, the ‘Tools for an Unknown Future’ program continues in Brussels on Saturday 27 September.
In ‘Expulsions’, Saskia Sassen will give a keynote lecture in the framework of her latest publication ‘Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy’. Saskia Sassen is internationally known for analyzing social, economic and political dimensions of globalization and urban sociology, her most famous scientific contribution was the concept of the “Global City”. In her lecture Saskia Sassen will reflect on the context of the festival and its location and focus more closely on the topic of cities as new “frontier spaces”. The keynote will be followed by a panel related to urban policies and contemporary architecture discussion with Saskia Sassen, Pedro Gadanho, Michiel van Iersel and others.
27TH SEPTEMBER TODAYSART NETWORK A LEKSANDRA DANILOVA (RU - THE PUSHKIN STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS) GWYNETH WENTINK (NL - TODAYSART.IN) IVAN ANTONOV (RU - TODAYSART.RU) J ARL SCHULP (NL - FIBER) JOSUE IBAÑEZ (MX - COCOLAB) M ASAAKI ISHIZAKI (JP - TODAYSART.JP / UNDERGROUND GALLERY) + OTHERS In the TodaysArt Network program, we invite the people behind the TodaysArt platforms in Japan, Russia, Mexico and India, as well as close partners from the broader network involved in a variety of collaborative projects, to talk about their vision behind these initiatives. Besides international festival satellites and activities, TodaysArt is a co-founding member of the International Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ICAS) and European Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ECAS) networks. TodaysArt is currently involved in several other new European and international collaboration projects.
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Four days (25 + 26 + 27 + 28 september)
Weekend - €40,-
Three days (26 + 27 + 28 september)
Day - €30,-
One day (25 or 26 or 27 september)
Sunday - €15,-
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Summit - €50,-
Three days (24 + 25 + 27 september)
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24 or 25 or 27 september
Festival Support - €100,-
FOR OTHER TICKET TYPES (SUPPORT / CJP / STUDENT DISCOUNT) SEE TODAYSART.NL ACCOMODATION TodaysArt has its own official festival camping and hostel. F.A.S.T. (Free Architecture Surf Terrain) is a unique surf village on the boulevard of Scheveningen. F.A.S.T. provides a beach hostel, camping and camper spaces, a bar, a restaurant, Badgast (international artist in residence), a surf shop, surf lessons, board storage, unique meeting rooms and a bunker museum. This is the way to get the full festival experience! Passes for the hostel (3 nights, €60) or camping (one tent, three nights, max two persons €45) are on sale in our Ticket Shop on the website: www.todaysart.nl. For special inquiries, please contact us. Besides the option to stay at our official camping and hostel F.A.S.T. we listed some other accommodation options near to the festival area on our website www.todaysart.nl. VI.SIONS.TV vi.sions.tv is a new platform for discovering quality video content from all over the internet. It is their vision to facilitate the sharing of knowledge on important issues. By empowering others, vi.sions.tv aims to contribute to a better understanding of our global society and improve the outlook on our collective future. Instead of randomly searching, you can go to vi.sions.tv and get a cherrypicked selection of videos on a certain subject. Right now vi.sions. tv is in beta, and the videos are picked by curators that are able to find videos that complement each other and build stories. In collaboration with vi.sions.
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Four days (25 + 26 + 27 + 28 september, including an extra contribution to support the festival)
tv we created some special vi.sions deicated to the festival, exhibition and summit programs which can be found www.todaysart.nl. More info: www.vi.sions.tv. TALES & TOURS Tales & Tours is the personal tour guide that fits in your pocket. Offline multimedia tours created by over 40 of the best publishers in the world provide you with hand-picked guides. For TodaysArt 2014 Tales & Tours created some special tours. Download the Tales & Tours app for iPhone/iPad or Android, and learn the world around you. More info: www. talesandtours.com. WHAT IS TODAYSART TodaysArt is a platform organization that revolves around the presentation and development of adventurous and contemporary visual arts and performing arts in the urban environment. Since 2005, TodaysArt has brought local and international artists, thinkers and audiences together all over the world. TodaysArt is a stage for international talent and pioneers who explore the possibilities of new and often controversial forms of expression. The organization’s main activities includes: TodaysArt.nl Festival - The Hague TodaysArt.ru Festival - Moscow TodaysArt.jp Festival - Kobe TodaysArt Agency
HOW TO GET THERE AND BACK The festival is easily reachable by bicycle, public transport and by car. TodaysArt will arrange various modes of transportations from the festival site to The Hague Hollands Spoor train station during the nights on Thursday (from 12 am until 3 am), Friday and Saturday (from 12 am until 6 am). If you’d prefer a taxi, please consider using UBER (www.uber. com) or ask for a phone number at the ticket desk. ADDRESS FESTIVAL SITE Zuiderstrandtheater Kranenburgweg 211 2583 ER Den Haag By car coming from the N44 Follow Landscheidingsweg / N440 / S200 and turn right towards the Houtrustweg. You will find the theater near the end. By car coming from the A12 Turn left at the end of the Utrechtsebaan and follow the route Zuid-Hollandlaan / Koningskade / Laan Copes van Cattenburgh / Stadhouderslaan / President Kennedylaan and turn right towards the Houtrustweg. You will find our theater near the end. Parking: Parking next to the theater is free of charge.
TodaysArt has built up an impressive international profile over the past seven years by presenting and producing works that are developed through direct and intensive relationships with some of today’s leading artists. A hub member of International Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ICAS) – an international network of independent festivals – TodaysArt is consistently involved in international collaborations, by sending Dutch artists to creative centres across the globe and bringing international pioneering and/or talented artists to local audiences. More information about the organization can be found on our website: todaysart.org.
Tram 17 from Central Station Direction Statenkwartier. Tram stop Van Boetzelaerlaan. 10-minute walk from there to the theater. Bus 22 from Central Station Direction Kijkduin. Bus stop Douzastraat or Nieboerweg. 10-minute walk from there to the theater. Tram 11 from Hollands Spoor Direction Scheveningen Haven, Strand. Tram stop Willem de Zwijgerlaan. 10-minute walk from there to the theater. Tram 12 from Hollands Spoor Direction Duindorp. Tram stop Markenseplein. 10-minute walk from there to the theater. ADDRESS EXHIBITION Vuurtorenweg 35 2583 XL Den Haag Tram 11 from Hollands Spoor Direction ‘Scheveningen Haven, Strand. Tram stop Vuurbaakstraat. 5-minute walk from there to the exhibition.
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Cinema at Sea & Talks Artists in Residencies: Failed Architecture @ Badgast Zoro Feigl @ Zandmotor Frauke Materlik & Erhard Paul Meier @ DCR Gueststudios + 24/7 open air exhibition Zeespiegel @ boulevard + Badgast publication 25 euro Photo: Rob te Riet
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Design Column #8 Buiten zinnen t/m 21 september Design Column #8 ‘Buiten zinnen’ reflecteert op een wereld waarin we door technologie onze zintuigen voortdurend kunnen verbeteren. Via dronetechnologie, exoskeletten en 3Dgeprinte menselijke organen kunnen we aan ons lichaam sleutelen. We zien meer, we rennen harder en we vliegen verder. Deze innovaties vragen voor een aanpassing van ons moreel kompas. Kunstenaars en designers als Floris Kaayk, Konstantin Gcric, Borre Akkersdijk, Ruben Pater en InsideOut laten zien hoe deze ontwikkelingen aanzetten om opnieuw na te denken over onze vormgegeven omgeving.
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