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CONTAINER VILLAGE
The spacious parking area and former
Norfolk terrain in front of the Zuider-
strandtheater will be transformed into Creative partners
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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.
Facilitating partners
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ZUIDERSTRANDTHEATER, THE ING IDEAS. NEXT TO THE FESTI-
MAIN VENUE FOR TODAYS- VAL AND THE SUMMIT, TODAYS-
ART FESTIVAL 2014, IS A NEWLY ART PRESENTS THE FLUIDITY
BUILT AND UNTIL TODAY UN- ASPECT, AN EXHIBITION THAT
USED THEATER WITH A VIEW REFLECTS ON TRANSPARENCY,
ON THE SHORE OPENING UP FLUIDITY AND THE RUSTLING
TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST SEA.
TIME. THE THEATER SERVES AS
THE MAIN HUB FOR THE FESTI- FOUR DAYS OF FESTIVAL WITH
VAL WHILE THE AREA AROUND A SEA BREEZE, 2014 PROMISES
THE THEATER, THE DUNES, TO BE REFRESHING BOTH TO
THE BEACH, THE HARBOR, ALL YOU AND US. READ FURTHER
FUNCTION AS FESTIVAL SITES. AND CATCH A GLIMPSE OF
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FES- SEE, HEAR AND EXPERIENCE
TIVAL HAS AMPLIFIED AND CEL- DURING THE TENTH EDITION OF
EBRATED THE CURRENT CREA- TODAYSART FESTIVAL.
TIVE CLIMATE. TODAYSART
FOCUSES INTENSELY ON THE
PRESENT WITHOUT IGNOR-
ING THE PAST OR THE FUTURE
PERFORMANCE
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 ZUIDER-
STRANDTHEATER.
THURSDAY
25TH SEPTEMBER
BEN FROST
TIM HECKER
NONOTAK
shared
of the tonal spectrum behind. Frosts
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.
NONOTAK (FR/JP) -
LATE SPECULATION
FRIDAY
26TH SEPTEMBER
CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE +
MIKA VAINIO +
ERIC THIELEMANS
SOHN
truth
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 con-
temporary music. This marks the special
Dutch premiere and a unique appear-
ance of the trio featuring a pioneer of
musical experimentation in dialogue
with a younger generation of artists.
SOHN (UK/AT)
SATURDAY
27TH SEPTEMBER
NILS FRAHM
RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI
virtual
NILS FRAHM (DE)
SUNDAY
28TH SEPTEMBER
ROBERT HENKE
disorder
OBERT HENKE (DE) -
R
LUMIRE NO. 15
CLUB
POST-PUNK PERFORMANCE. TORUS ASMOS (LAFUR ARNALDS + JANUS
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF RASMUSSEN) OPERATING ON THE
HIS NEW LIVE AUDIOVISUAL SHOW. THE BORDER BETWEEN ACOUSTIC AND
BRILLIANTLY INQUISITIVE AND CON- PIANO-BASED WORK, MINIMAL TECH-
CEPTUALLY INCLINED FATIMA AL QADIRI NO, SYNTH-HEAVY ELECTRO POP AND
WILL TAKE THE STAGE, AS WELL AS THE DEEP, SUBDUED BASS. THE REST OF THE
BASS-ORIENTED SARAH FARINA. THE PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF BERLIN
GASLAMP KILLER, WHOSE SETS RANGE CURRENT ARTISTS MOON WHEEL, OAKE
FROM PSYCHEDELIA AND WORLD MU- AND PHOEBE KIDDO. WITH BERLIN
SIC TO DUBSTEP AND LEFT-FIELD HIP- CURRENT, CTM FESTIVAL PUTS AN EAR
HOP, IS ON BOARD TO CONFRONT YOU TO THE BERLIN SCENE AND PRESENTS
WITH HIS ECSTATIC APPEARANCE. NEW, ADVENTUROUS, FUTURE-ORIENT-
ED MUSICAL IDEAS FROM THE CITY.
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 RELAT-
ED SOUNDS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING SEVERAL
DUTCH PREMIERES.
THURSDAY
25TH SEPTEMBER
PEDER MANNERFELT
DASHA RUSH
JTC
PEDER MANNERFELT (SE)
FRIDAY
26TH SEPTEMBER
PLANNINGTOROCK
THE GASLAMP KILLER
FATIMA AL QADIRI
SARAH FARINA
TORUS
chaos
Planningtorock is the alter ego of Jam Born in Senegal, raised in Kuwait by The young and talented Torus, Joeri
Rostron, a producer, multi-instrumen- resistance fighters during the invasion, Woudstra from The Hague, is known
talist, programmer, videographer and and currently based in New York, Fatima for his slow, bass heavy, warm and
founder of the record label HUMAN Al Qadiri is a brilliantly inquisitive and atmospheric productions. The producer
LEVEL. Planningtorock creates a daz- conceptually inclined visual artist, cura- initially received a lot of attention from
zling audio-visual presentation that tor and electronic composer. She makes the London-based Sonic Router, which
borrows from classical music, glam rock, art and music inspired by cultures from started a label especially to release his
spacy imagery, and hip-hop. A classi- around the world, all while retaining debut EP, followed by collaborations
cally trained violinist who began playing a sharp, sensitive touch. Her releases with big names (Slugabed, Alphabets
at age 8, Roston moved from Lancashire range from juke to 90s-era Gregorian Heaven, Dynoo, Montgomery Clunk,
to Berlin in the early 90s. The Planning- trance, from hip hop and dubstep to etc.), the first prize at De Grote Prijs van
torock persona first surfaced in 2002, electro-tropicalia. Her EP Genre-Specif- Zuid-Holland, acclaim in international
performing at the citys clubs. Planning- ic Xperience was accompanied by mu- media and gigs in the Netherlands and
torocks live shows blur the boundaries sic videos, made in collaboration with abroad. Torus is also a gifted graphic
between a concert and performance other artists, about religion, technology, artist, which becomes apparent in his
art, with Rostron wearing outlandish and the isolation of the Internet. self-made video for Feeel. He first per-
helmets and costumes. formed at TodaysArt 2012 and will now
SARAH FARINA (DE) present the world premiere of his new
THE GASLAMP KILLER (US) live audiovisual show amidst an interna-
Sarah Farina is a Berlin-based DJ who tional line-up.
LAs William Benjamin Bensussen, aka quickly forged a reputation throughout
The Gaslamp Killer, has emerged as a Europes bass scene by filling her sets
producer who developed his charismat- and mixes with an unpredictable blend
ic notoriety by pushing his bass music of jungle and hip hop with futuristic
into something resembling a close breakbeats and intense bass lines. She
cousin of acid rock. With an unparal- continually challenges genre bounda-
leled energy, the DJ, producer, promoter ries and preconceptions when she plays
and curator brings a different level of and has been supported so far by some
performance and showmanship to of the most respected artists from bass
electronic music. His experimental solo music, such as Kode9 and Lazer Sword.
material pushes the borders of genres Expect a groovy set for her performance
as much as his performances. His DJ at TodaysArt 2014.
sets contain both rare world music and
obscure gems, as well as popular music.
FRIDAY
26TH SEPTEMBER
OBJEKT
DJ NOBU
NEEL
VARG
ARTEFAKT
DISKONNECTED
trending
OBJEKT (DE) DJ NOBU (JP) NEEL (IT)
When TJ Hertz released his first white TodaysArt is very proud to stage the Italian Giuseppe Tillieci has always paid
label as Objekt, progressing and experi- Dutch premiere of DJ NOBU, a famil- great attention to the technical aspects
menting with techno-infused dubstep, iar name amongst the underground, of his sound, whether crafting in the
the whole electronic music community hardcore and appreciative dance music studio, DJing or playing live around the
started wondering who this producer fans in Japan and worldwide. He is world. He has the rare ability to make
was. Born in Japan, bred in Oxford, particularly respected for the Future music that is as deep and obscure as it
former software developer for Native Terror parties, which he has been run- is fluid and rhythmic. As such, his output
Instruments and now based in Berlin, ning regularly with other local artists on labels like Prologue fuses rhythm and
TJ Hertz has become one of the most in his hometown Chiba since 2001. DJ texture with techno ambience in hugely
admired artists in the electronic music NOBU has devoted his life to the art of captivating ways. Neels main produc-
scene. Objekt is on board for one of his DJing and the magic of dancing from tion output to date has been alongside
celebrated DJ-sets designed to bring a wide musical spectrum. Hes a purist his long term partner and friend Donato
you adventures in machine music that in the truest sense when it comes to his Dozzy as Voices from the Lake, but
was built to make subs rattle and feet profession and he puts much energy soon he is to release his first solo EPs
wiggle; a convoluted mess of numerous into his performance to ensure that the and a debut LP called Phobos on the
genres, no more, no less. crowd has an unforgettable experience. Spectrum Spools label. For TodaysArt,
Neel will play a smooth, cohesive and
hypnotic two-hour set that will transport
you to another realm.
exchange
VARG (SE) ARTEFAKT (NL) DISKONNECTED (TW)
The mysterious Swedish producer Varg Artefakt is a collaboration of young After joining Smoke Machine in 2010,
was responsible for the first release on Dutch producers Robin Koek and Nick diskonnected started being involved
Abdulla Rashims Northern Electronics Lapien, who share a love for melanchol- in several projects for Smoke Machine
outfit. Isolated in the coldest parts of ic and hypnotic voodoo music. The duo parties, which lead to the birth of the
northern Sweden, Varg slowly sur- treats techno as an artform rather than Smoke Machine podcast series. Un-
faced before grounding himself with a musical genre, exploring a scope that doubtedly, diskonnected has contribut-
the ambient techno and acid-bliss of surpasses functional dancefloor-tools ed greatly to sculpting the current style
the Misantropen LP. Vargs music is and bangers. Combining high art and and aura of Smoke Machine. TodaysArt
the outcome of a loners mind, trying underground culture stemming from welcomes diskonnected for his first
to interpret ancient life by machine the uncompromising squatting scene appearance in the Netherlands and sec-
experiments live recorded and off-kilter while practicing musique concrete tape ond ever appearance in Europe.
analogue jams in single takes. Expect improvisations in galleries and muse-
a deep and experimental live perfor- ums. This merging of worlds manifests
mance for his first-ever appearance in in a versatile nature that is audible in the
the Netherlands. narrative sets by the duo, especially in
their live performances.
SATURDAY
27TH SEPTEMBER
UR PRESENTS TIMELINE ( US)
WAAJEED (US)
RONDENION (JP)
AKIKO KIYAMA (JP)
moral
NDERGROUND RESISTANCE
U WAAJEED (US) released on Underground Gallery last
PRESENTS TIMELINE (US) year. In 2012, he formed Ragrange
DJ, producer, composer, and arranger Symphony with NO MILK and KEZ YM,
The Underground Resistance collective, Robert Waajeed OBryant got his start and he is currently working on a num-
started by Jeff Mills and Mike Banks as an original member of Slum Village. ber of projects for his own record label,
in the late 1980s, has become a living Starting on an MPC 2000 from James Ragrange Records. Rondenion joins the
representation of the original spirit of Yancey, better known to the world as TodaysArt 2014 program for his first-
techno: a music that looks to the future J Dilla, the Detroit-based artist began ever performance in Europe.
and is underground, experimental and producing his own music and has since
radical in its aesthetic and technological gone on to found his own record label, AKIKO KIYAMA (JP/DE)
vision. This is the sound that was born The Bling 47 Group. In 2013, Waajeed
in a city dominated by the robots of the launched Dirt Tech Reck, a new label The Japanese producer Akiko Kiyama
automotive industry. This is the sound dedicated to pushing new music from was born in Tokyo and is based in Berlin
of a reality and not of any science fiction himself and collaborators. Dirt Tech since 2007. She grew up with an edu-
fantasy. A sound born in a city with a rich Reck was set up following Waajeeds cation dominated by music and was a
and unique musical history: grooved return to Detroit after a stint living and classically trained pianist and guitarist
by jazz, awakened by Motown rhythms, working in New York City. Based out of by the age of twelve. She went on to
sophisticated by soul and brought the legendary Submerge building on explore and teach herself how to fuse
together by techno and hip hop - and Detroits E Grand Boulevard, Waajeed her classic skills with sounds created by
still vibrant and essential to the present brought a strong DIY ethic to the label electronic equipment. Over the years
day world musical map. In the current from the start. that followed, Akiko fell deeper into
live set-up of their Timeline configura- dance music and she began producing
tion, the band is led by Jon Dixon, and RONDENION (JP) in 2002. In 2004, her debut ep Dimen-
includes an ensemble of Mike Banks on sion received overwhelming support
keyboards, DeSean Jones (saxophone) Rondenion is a DJ and producer born in from the electronic music scene. Akikos
and DJ Mark Flash. Four individuals with Japan. He began producing music in the sound is a complex pattern of sounds.
completely different ideas in terms of late 90s under the name Hirofumi Goto, Raw and industrial, dark and moody, her
what can be done rhythmically, harmon- and released his global debut, America signature sits firmly within the minimal
ically, theoretically and with different EP, which drew global attention for its style, but with harmonic narratives giv-
approaches to music production, which dark beats, a style that is quite unusual ing shape and structure.
makes every show unique. Underground for Japanese artists. Later, after chang-
Resistance presents Timeline - an ing his name to Rondenion, he released
adventure through the musical mazes a handful of highly acclaimed singles
of Detroit, between jazz and techno, and EPs, working up to the full-length
between the past and the future. release Luster Grand Hotel that was
SATURDAY
27TH SEPTEMBER
KIASMOS (LAFUR ARNALDS +
JANUS RASMUSSEN)
MOON WHEEL
OAKE
PHOEBE KIDDO
delusion
WORKS
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 DRIFT-
ING 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 MODU-
LAR SYNTHESIZERS CAN EXPERIENCE THE DUTCH
PREMIERE OF I DREAM OF WIRES, A DOCUMEN-
TARY BY ROBERT FANTINATTO AND JASON AMM.
WORKS
25 - 28TH SEPTEMBER
CHRIS SALTER + TEZ +
VALERIE LAMONTAGNE
GABEY TJON A THAM
MARCO BROEDERS + JEROEN
MOLENAAR + JORIS STRIJBOS
MARNIX DE NIJS
NONOTAK
JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
PRESENTS: BEYOND THE TECHNO-
LOGY + NORIMICHI HIRAKAWA
SATELLIETGROEP
direct
HRIS SALTER + TEZ +
C destroy the stability of perception and tion. Following the lead of Herons water
VALERIE LAMONTAGNE (INT) - inflict a kind of voluptuous panic upon and wind machines, Drifting Patterns
ILINX an otherwise lucid mind. is a wind organ in which kinetic energy
is converted into pneumatic pressure.
TodaysArt 2014 will see the world ABEY TJON A THAM (NL) -
G This pressure is used to play a number
premiere of the Ilinx project by Chris RED HORIZON of organ pipes divided over five objects
Salter, TeZ and Valerie Lamontagne, which are placed in the landscape. The
developed together with numerous col- Red Horizon is a kinetic light and result is an ongoing and constantly vary-
laborators. Ilinx is a performative envi- sound installation by Gabey Tjon a ing sound composition in which com-
ronment that provokes an intense bodily Tham consisting of double pendulums plexity emerges between the shifting
experience. In the environment, a group that form a plane of white particles in patterns of the sound sculptures.
of four visitors at a time wear specially a three dimensional space. The instal-
designed garments. These wearables lation lingers between the natural and ARNIX DE NIJS (NL) -
M
are outfitted with various sensing and mechanical, creating entities that give a RECTILINEAR DISPLACEMENT
actuating devices that enable visi- feeling of an eerie, unknown, living and
tors to interface with the performance breathing presence. Certain move- After presenting Spatial Sounds, an
space. During the event - a ritualistic ments evoke a sense of autonomy, as installation developed in collaboration
progression that lasts approximately 20 if they have their own nervous systems with Edwin van der Heide, at Todays-
minutes - the natural continuum be- with thoughts, even a sense of humor. Art 2005, Marnix de Nijs returns for the
tween sound and vibration, vision and They evolve like a stream of images that world premiere of his new work Recti-
feeling becomes increasingly blurred, swell progressively in time, in which old linear Displacement. Rectilinear Dis-
extending and stretching the bodys and new constructional elements create placement is an audiovisual installation
boundaries beyond the realm of every- unexpected events. Light, sound and in which the festival visitor is positioned
day experience. The project is inspired movement guide their presence as mu- on an object that makes a long linear
by work in the area of what is called sic with physical dimensions, becoming movement through the space that it is
sensory substitution the replacement an abstract automatic ballet. presented in. At the same time, the user
of one sensory input (vision, hearing, is immersed in visual images composed
touch, taste or smell) by another, while ARCO BROEDERS + JEROEN
M of laser scanned point clouds project-
preserving some of the key functions MOLENAAR + JORIS STRIJBOS (NL) ed on a spherical screen. The purpose
of the original sense. The term ilinx - DRIFTING PATTERNS of the installation is to create a new sen-
(Greek for whirlpool) comes from the sory experience whereby movement,
French sociologist Roger Caillois and Drifting Patterns is a new project by acceleration and deceleration and the
describes play that creates a temporary Marco Broeders, Jeroen Molenaar and manipulation of the time-experience is
but profound disruption of perception Joris Strijbos, co-produced by Todays- of highest importance. Ultimately, the
as is common in experiences of vertigo, Art and Oerol. The project is the physi- user will completely lose their control or
dizziness, or disorienting changes of cal outcome of their research into alter- perception of time, physical command
speed, direction or the bodys sense in native energy sources and how these and cinematographic space.
space. An attempt to momentarily can be used in a kinetic sound installa-
ONOTAK (FR/JP) -
N Works: SATELLIETGROEP -
DAYDREAM V.03 Kaoru Sugano + Sotaro Yasumochi + Yu BEST OF BADGAST
Orai + Nadya Kirillova + Kyoko Yonezawa
Daydream is an audiovisual installation + Kosai Sekine + Taeji Sawai + Daito Ma- Satellietgroep artistically explores the
that generates space distortions. The nabe (JP/RU) - Sound of Honda / Ayrton social and ecological impact of the sea
relationship between space and time, Senna 1989 and coastal transitions on cities, people,
accelerations, contractions, shifts and communities and environments in the
mood
metamorphosis has been the focus of Kensaku Kakimoto (JP) - Minicar Music Netherlands and abroad through inter-
the project. The installation is aimed Player national artist in residencies Badgast at
at establishing a physical connection F.A.S.T. and Now Wakes The Sea. Satel-
between the virtual space and the real Saigo No Shudan (JP) - Yakenohara lietgroep invites artists, philosophers,
space, blurring the limits and submerg- Relaxin urbanists, architects and scientists and
ing the audience into a short detach- enables them to do fieldwork and to
ment from reality. Lights generate Koichiro Tsujikawa (JP) - salyu salyu work with local partners, communi-
abstract spaces while sounds define the hanashitaianatato ties and experts in order to research
echoes of virtual spaces. Daydream is the current status of coastal transitions
an invitation to contemplation. Masahiko Sato + Euphrates (JP) - ballet and to generate new narratives and
rotoscope perspectives. This year Satellietgroep
JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL in collaboration with Villa Ockenburgh
Quayola (IT) - Strata #4 and Nida Art Colony initiates the first
We are very honoured that our partner artistic coastal researches into the
the Japan Media Arts Festival presents Tsubasa Oyagi + Kampei Baba + Takcom phenomenon of the Zandmotor (Sand
an installation by Norimichi Hirakawa + Koshi Miura + Takayuki Watanabe + Engine), the latest innovation of coastal
and Beyond The Technology, a film Sadanori Maeda + Toshiyuki Hashimoto protection south of The Hague. A new
program of works which received + Hironori Terai + Takahiko Kajima (JP) - controlled wilderness designed to dis-
awards at the 17th edition of the festival. TOKYO CITY SYMPHONY solve in the sea around 2021. It is a time
The presentations at TodaysArt are sup- machine that transports us from the
ported by bunkach (The Agency for Tom Wrigglesworth + Matt Robinson holocene (affected by nature) into the
Cultural Affairs Japan). (UK) - Travis Moving anthropocene era (affected by man-
kind). During TodaysArt Satellietgroep
Beyond The Technology Z-MACHINES (JP) presents The Best of Badgast, a pro-
New modes of expression made pos- gram including Cinema at Sea and talks.
sible by the continuing evolution of digi- Kogoro Kurata + Wataru Yoshizaki (JP) - Satellietgroep also hosts Failed Archi-
tal technology have produced todays Suidobashi Heavy Industry KURATAS tecture in the Badgast residency. Parallel
sense of great diversity. This program program: Zoro Feigl residence at the
features the sensibilities of the crea- Victor Haegelin (FR) - Professor Kliq: Zandmotor. Permanent: 24/7 open air
tors and imaginative powers they share Wire & Flashing Lights exhibition Zeespiegel at the boulevard
with regard to our contemporary world of Scheveningen.
through the introduction of thirteen World Order (JP) - WORLD ORDER in
works. BUDOKAN Program: www.satellietgroep.nl +
www.todaysart.nl
Roy Tamaki + Kurando Furuya (JP) -
Roy Tamaki: Wonderful
CHARBEL-JOSEPH H. BOUTROS toshop meme. Never widely distributed the same time criticizing by showing
(LB) - MY ANSWER TO ECOLOGY through the web, the image was not to the complexity of a possible transpar-
#2 - 2011 be found online until Dullaarts ency. The work forms a literal transpar-
restoration of it, after which the artist ent display of information, a physical
Charbel-joseph H. Boutros lives and wrote a public letter to Jennifer Knoll, marketplace of information, in which the
works between Beirut, Paris and Maas- the protagonist in the image. Jennifer in ephemeral and quick information-flows
tricht. His work mingles Romanticism, Paradise explores the Internets opacity, assumes a concrete form and question
a heritage of conceptual art and Ob- while highlighting the extent to which the monumental status of markets.
personal
scurtism. The idea that something is onscreen data are manipulated and
here, yet inaccessible, missing, is central controlled, enhanced or deformed. In REDERIK DE WILDE (BE) -
F
in his production. His works attempts to Silicon Silicate Dullaart uses glass as LEAD ANGELS 1.0 - 2014
melancholically give a form of presence a transparent viewing metaphor (file
to a permanent absence. As a Lebanese windows, the screens glass, the Internet Frederik De Wilde is a transdisciplinary
artist, being born in the war, his art is as a window to the world) by posing artist and researcher operating on the
not engaged in an explicit political and questions about the filtering of infor- interface between science, technol-
historical reflection, but is more ac- mation via web services like Google or ogy and art. The conceptual crux of
curately haunted by the said political Facebook, and its potential to obscure his artistic praxis are the notions of the
and historical reflection. In My answer rather than to reveal meaning. The intangible, inaudible and invisible. Data
to ecology #2, a working refrigerator is downloaded YouTube video shows the and processes derived from quantum
facing a working electric heater, cold making of Intel computer chips on a physics, complex systems, psychophys-
mingles with heat. An ice cube is placed monitor covered by a glass plate with ics, nanotechnological and biological
between these two invisible opposite manually brilliant cut engraving of the systems provide base materials for the
forces. silicon molecule. works and allow De Wilde to ask how
we connect the blind spots between art
CONSTANT DULLAART (NL/DE) - AVID JABLONOWSKI (DE/NL) -
D and science. Moreover, the indistinct,
JENNIFER-IN-PARADISE / SILICON PREDICTION TOWER, diffuse, fuzzy arena where the biologi-
SILICATE - 2013 / 2014 HYPE CYCLE - 2014 cal and the technological overlap and
commingle is a productive and favored
Constant Dullaarts work explores con- David Jablonowski artistically examines ground for his projects. Eschewing the
temporary modes of access, visibility the surface and the evolution of con- purely aesthetic, Frederiks works raise
and (mis)representation associated with temporary communication technolo- questions regarding the dissemination
the global spread of information and gies in sculptures, videos, and instal- of art works in the scientific continuum.
communication technologies. The wall- lations. Jablonowski creates exciting They explore the artistic and scien-
paper Jennifer-in-Paradise Liquify Crea- contrasts by locating high tech ele- tific contract and its related social and
tive Suite 6 /Scheveningen reworks a ments in a natural environment. His ar- political implications. Lead Angels 1.0
now infamous picture of a woman on a tistic interest is in the sculptural quality is De Wildes latest work coproduced
beach. Originally taken in 1988 by John of communication techniques, as well by Cimatics, TodaysArt and Scopitone,
Knoll, the co-creator of Photoshop, this as the specific aesthetics of different a kinetic sound and light installation
photograph was the first image to be historical media formats, which make exploring the concepts of radiation, nu-
used to demonstrate the capabilities of a long-term impact on perception and clear energy, randomness and quantum
Photoshop and distributed to the pro- cultural self conception. In the Plexiglas mechanics.
grams initial trial users to explore and sculpture Prediction Tower, Hype Cycle
test the software. The image became the artist incorporated different digital
ubiquitous for a brief period in which information sources and their hyperlink
digital images were rare, repeatedly associations, showing their stratifica-
manipulated, and became the first Pho- tion, their interconnectedness, yet at
C GILJE (NO) -
H and history. Rafman gravitates towards IANOOSH MOTALLEBI (UK/NL) -
K
TRACE - 2013 / 2014 communities like 4chan because he THE MATRIX - 2010
sees in them a compelling mix of attrac-
HC Gilje has moved between installa- tion and repulsion. This ambivalence is In his work, Kianoosh Motallebi focuses
tion, video, live performance and set according to him reflected in the cur- on technologys grip on the living en-
design. Since 2006 Gilje started ex- rent cultural moment. Surfing the deep vironment, particularly on instances in
ploring the perception of change and web, the artist collects, orders, observes, which this grip loosens, alienating rather
transformation where the ephemeral and makes his source material visible. than comforting, destroying instead
media of light, projection, sound and Mainsqueeze is entirely composed of of utilising. By modifying objects and
motion and physical structures meet. footage found online by Rafman. The information such as found objects and
hype
This has resulted in a series of installa- voice over text is a combination of mod- animated GIFs, his works investigate
tions labeled Projected Light Spaces ified quotes from literature, Tumblr, and the transient and immaterial nature of
and Projected Light Objects, as well as comments on various message boards. knowledge and seek to renegotiate the
outdoor sound installations and more The video expresses a moral condition relationships between man, objects,
recently light-motion installations such or atmosphere without making a moral nature and technology. In The Matrix,
as in transit, revolver and trace. In judgment. Motallebi brings together two incom-
trace, Gilje works with motion and light patible light sources; an incandescent
passing through objects and spaces. ATJA NOVITSKOVA (EE/NL) -
K bulb and a fluorescent tube. It is a per-
APPROXIMATION (OCTOPUS) - formative work in which the two sources
EATHER PHILLIPSON (UK) -
H 2014 are sharing the same atmosphere, oper-
A IS TO D WHAT E IS TO H - 2011 ating in the same space. Motallebi cre-
Katja Novitskova filters, assembles and ates a dynamic system that ultimately
Heather Phillipson works across video, combines formal aspects from technol- causes the dysfunction of both lamps.
sculpture, music, text and live events. ogy with those coming from nature and
Conflating sex, language and consump- commerce, exploring the idea that mak- ATTHIJS MUNNIK (NL) -
M
tion, A Is to D What E Is to H journeys ing art is essentially as natural as nature HELIOSPHERE - 2014
through literal and metaphorical spillag- itself. For example, the artist takes im-
es - the overflow between information, ages of animals found online to produce Matthijs Munnik researches colour
body and world. The mouth becomes huge digital prints on aluminium. This combinations, patterns, and rhythms to
the literal interface, a portal for language way, the photographs originating from create spectacular visual effects in the
and sensual experience. National Geographic magazine appear form of performances and installations
extremely flat. By placing these forms that play with the perception of specta-
ON RAFMAN (CA/QC)
J in an exhibition space they become ex- tors. Heliosphere is a light installation
MAINSQUEEZE - 2014 tremely alienating. The animals natural that transforms solar wind activity into
habitat has been replaced by that of the an artificial Aurora. Real time data on so-
Jon Rafman is an artist and filmmaker exhibition space. Novitskovas works lar wind activity and the strength of the
who examines the effects of contempo- demonstrate the fact that digitally circu- interplanetary magnetic field generate a
rary technology, particularly on interper- lating images receive their own life. No dynamic light composition on water va-
sonal relationships. Rafman considers longer representations of nature, the pour screens. The installation connects
the shifting boundaries between the objects represent the images becom- the visitor to the cosmic weather in a
virtual and real while acknowledging ing alive. The artist will also present sensorial way, by creating a man-made
the fading difference between the two. three shapeshifters, a sort of specula- natural phenomena.
His work explores the impact of digital tive weapons that can be positioned
technology on the individual and soci- somewhere between prehistoric times
ety at large, with a recent emphasis on and Mad Max.
the effect of digital media on memory
studio led by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van scriptwriter. The text roams between Stefan Tiefengrabers works range from
der Velden. Their work - both com- cities and memories that cannot find performances to interactive installations
missioned and self-directed - reflects a proper place and does not become to experimental video and documenta-
political and social issues in graphic proper fiction. The fluid, condensed ries. In User Generated Server Destruc-
design objects and media. Metahavens story is one of contradicting, dissolving tion, visitors of the website www.ugsd.
City Rising is a homage to Constant and collapsing contexts. net can trigger six hammers and drop
Nieuwenhuyss New Babylon; a utopian them onto a server that is located in the
architectural project based on the idea LIVER LARIC (AT/DE) -
O exhibition. This server hosts the web-
of an alternative, fully automated soci- LINCOLN 3D SCANS - 2013 site, which also shows a video stream
ety in which human labour has become to follow whats happening. The web-
unnecessary. The video is an exploration Oliver Laric examines the productive site, which seems to appear from out
of the conditions of life, work, and inti- possibilities of the copy, the bootleg of nowhere, consists out of data, zeros
macy under neoliberalism. City Rising and the remix and considers their role and ones compiling an image, a text or a
uses the architectural models of New within history and contemporary image video. It is tempting to think that there is
Babylon as its backdrop while propos- culture. Larics predominantly web- no physical connection to any hardware.
ing that through constant networked based practice is characterised by the The installation visualizes very directly
communication and the integration manipulation and reinterpretation of that behind the virtuality that we at-
of work into every part of life, love is existing cultural images. He operates tribute to the data on the Internet, there
the most binding contract founded on in a simulacral space where concepts is a tangible reality. The installation
mutual debt. of authorship, truth, presence, original ends when the server is destroyed and
and copy are shown to be obsolete, or thus cannot host the website anymore.
OUNIRA AL SOLH (LB/NL) - NOW
M at least irrelevant. Herein the artist often The Internet is a continually growing
EAT MY SCRIPT - 2014 uses technologically advanced produc- network of servers spread all over the
tion methods to be able to create works world supplied by users and providers.
Mounira Al Solh works across video, that deal with the spaces in between Usually, it is just possible for computer
painting, collages and performance and original and copy, present and past, the viruses and very qualified users to attack
created the a magazine that does not authentic and nonauthentic. Lincoln and destroy highly protected servers
get distributed. Al Solh touches upon 3D Scans is comprised of scanning that are locked in well-secured places.
the personal, the family, the socio- and publishing 3D models to make the With User Generated Server Destruc-
political and the religious in a not strictly works in the archive of The Collection tion, every user has the possibility to
realistic, but often humorist, fictional or and Usher Gallery available to an audi- erase one of these servers and thereby
even fantastical manner. The video Now ence outside of its geographic proxim- shrink the worldwide network for a brief
Eat My Script follows the transportation ity and to treat the objects as starting moment.
of a sacrificed lamb in the trunk of the points for new works.
car as a starting point for a reflection on
the exchange of goods between Syria
and Lebanon. Raw meat, sacrificed
animals and personal (fictive) informa-
tion are producing the knowledge to
EXHIBITIONS
Architecture, Tools for an Unknown Future, ESA: Moon-Mars plants are communicating, we can experience new tastes and
Exploration through Arts, Science and Innovation, Expulsions so on. The participants in this module are exploring new ways
and TodaysArt Network. to experience and manipulate various internal efforts and sen-
sations. Immersive audiovisual environments are playing with
Creative experts, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, the senses and materializing the immaterial, for example by
artists, companies and researchers from various backgrounds mapping the heart waves or brain synchronizations, reflecting
will look at what creative solutions can contribute to society the activities within our bodies. With this program, we aim to
in a time when the forms, values and relations of technology, give insight into different approaches in the developments of
media and social structures are changing, intertwining and new sensory experiences.
exerting forces on each other. Available knowledge is recon-
figured to facilitate our interaction with the world of today and
24TH SEPTEMBER
tomorrow. In order to create a cohesive view on these devel-
opments, the topics are approached from various scientific,
social, historical, futuristic and artistic perspectives on both a
practical as well as a theoretical level.
UBIQUITOUS ART
Admission
Three-day tickets and day tickets for the Summit are available AND SOUND
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 ARTHUR I. MILLER (UK)
Festival Support tickets. 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 late nineteenth century found themselves losing their sions is resulting in wonderful alternative insights into reality.
economic purpose, with tourists preferring the more reli- The transdisciplinary meetup consists of keynotes and show-
able weather and cheap prices in Mediterranean, and, more cases diving into different visions and experiences of science,
recently, Asiatic surroundings. In the Dutch context, policy- technical and artistic exploration projects. Presenters will ad-
makers and developers responded by redeveloping the dress lunar exploration, space and environmental awareness,
coastlines into entertainment and holiday residencies for the human - robot collaboration (MOONWALK), crowdsourcing
masses, making them more weather proof. Cheap architecture games for exploration and disaster relief, habitats in extreme
led to an equally cheap reputation, as might be exemplified conditions (EXOHAB), etc. After the program of keynotes and
by the recent Dutch television series Bijlmer aan zee. Nowa- presentations, two hands-on Moon-Mars exploration work-
days, policy-makers are trying to turn the tide again by making shops will gather artists, scientists, designers, technologists
grandiose plans, in which post-war architecture is usually used and innovators.
as a scapegoat.
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 ter-
restrial demo of an international Moon-Mars base.
TICKETS tv we created some special vi.sions HOW TO GET THERE AND BACK
AVAILABLE AT TODAYSART.NL deicated to the festival, exhibition and The festival is easily reachable by
summit programs which can be found bicycle, public transport and by car.
Festival - 50,- www.todaysart.nl. TodaysArt will arrange various modes of
Four days (25 + 26 + 27 + 28 september) More info: www.vi.sions.tv. transportations from the festival site to
The Hague Hollands Spoor train station
Weekend - 40,- TALES & TOURS during the nights on Thursday (from 12
Three days (26 + 27 + 28 september)
Tales & Tours is the personal tour guide am until 3 am), Friday and Saturday (from
that fits in your pocket. Offline multi- 12 am until 6 am). If youd prefer a taxi,
media tours created by over 40 of the please consider using UBER (www.uber.
Day - 30,- best publishers in the world provide you com) or ask for a phone number at the
One day (25 or 26 or 27 september)
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One day (28 september) for iPhone/iPad or Android, and learn Zuiderstrandtheater
the world around you. More info: www. Kranenburgweg 211
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Three days (24 + 25 + 27 september)
WHAT IS
Summit Day TODAYSART By car coming from the N44
30,- / 20,- / 10,- TodaysArt is a platform organization Follow Landscheidingsweg / N440
24 or 25 or 27 september that revolves around the presentation / S200 and turn right towards the
and development of adventurous and Houtrustweg. You will find the theater
Festival Support - 100,- contemporary visual arts and perform- near the end.
Four days (25 + 26 + 27 + 28 september,
ing arts in the urban environment. Since
including an extra contribution to support
2005, TodaysArt has brought local By car coming from the A12
the festival)
and international artists, thinkers and Turn left at the end of the Utrechtse-
audiences together all over the world. baan and follow the route Zuid-Hol-
TodaysArt is a stage for international landlaan / Koningskade / Laan Copes
TICKETS / INFO
EXHIBITION
Tram 11
F.A.S.T.
FESTIVAL
Tram 17
Bus 22
Tram 11
Bus 22
Tram 12
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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 3D-
geprinte 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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