TODAYSART 2010 TODAYSART 2010
2010 CAPITAL LOVE OUT OF THE CULTURE REAL CITY
TodaysArt 2010 TodaysArt 2010
CAPITAL OUT OF CULTURE
TodaysArt 2010 TODAYSART 2010 TODAYSART 2010 WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME
TODAYSART 2010 function. A process that doesn’t take existing social-cultural Welcome to TodaysArt 2010, the structures into account. So what 6th edition of the festival that is the real city? Experiences, has, since its inception, been participation, engagement, daily focused on amplifying new and routines, a festival like Todays- mapping out barely existent forms Art? of – and transdisciplinary rela- tions between – art, music and At the logistic heart of Todays- technology. Art 2010 is the Spuiplein. Here, at the centre of The Hague, the Following the successes and programme is focused on art in dramas (expected and otherwise) public space and the city experi- of 2009’s festival, CONFLICT, ence with the Amplified Architec- TodaysArt has spent the year ture programme, surrounded by the reflecting and agitating for new ambitions and established questions. Our engagement with façades of existing structures ideas of conflict in The Hague in the square. had unexpected repercussions, including clashes with the coun- This year, together with many cil, which served to highlight other cultural organisations, to us the necessity of ongoing TodaysArt highlighted the waste considerations about the role of and misuse of cultural spaces the arts in society today. through one of the last legal squat actions in the Netherlands We are proud to present this at the Asta theatre. By infil- year’s programme as a stimulus trating a city space in this way, for discussion, a catalyst for and through this year’s festi- more engaged, committed expe- val, we hope to have an impact on riences of The Hague as a ‘real the cultural understanding of the city’. We are honoured to welcome city at all levels. visitors, artists, contributors, partners and guests into the For this edition we bring to- TodaysArt 2010 sphere. gether widely varied perspec- tives from over 150 artists and LOVE THE REAL CITY artist groups; a clamour of dif- ferent voices that address issues ‘Love the Real City’ implies that connected with what we want our there is a city that is not real. city to be. The ‘unreal’ city could be the ab- stract, administrative view of TodaysArt, September 2010 the city or The Hague’s bid to become Cultural Capital 2018. City developments that have more aspiration than facilitative TODAYSART 2010 TODAYSART 2010
LOVE THE REAL CITY TODAYSART 2010 TODAYSART 2010
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JORIS STRIJBOS - BED ‘ELZE’ - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
GYÖRGY LIGETI - LUTHERSE KERK - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
CINDY VAN ACKER - THEATER A/H SPUI - MAIN HALL - FRIDAY + SATURDAY IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES
ROBOVOX - SPUIPLEIN - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
PLANESCAPE - FILMHUIS ZAAL5 - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
SEBASTIEN WIERINCK - SPUIPLEIN GREENHOUSE BAR - FRIDAY + SATURDAY IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES
[THE USER] - THEATER A/H SPUI - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
X-102 - ATRIUM CITY HALL SECTION B - XCLUSIVE - FRIDAY
ÓLAFUR ARNALDS - ATRIUM CITY HALL SECTION B - XCLUSIVE - SATURDAY IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES
ANTHONY ‘SHAKE’ SHAKIR - PAARD VAN TROJE - FRIDAY
STRUCTET - ATRIUM CITY HALL SECTION B XCLUSIVE - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
CHRIS SALTER - LUTHERSE BURGWAL 5 - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
CONTAINER - PAARD VAN TROJE - FRIDAY IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES
IN FLAGRANTI - PAARD VAN TROJE SMALL HALL SATURDAY
SANTA CRUZ - CLUB SEVEN - SATURDAY
ANKE ECKHARDT - ATRIUM CITY HALL SECTION A - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
FLORIS KAAYK - FILMHUIS ZAAL 6/7 - FRIDAY + SATURDAY IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES
1024 ARCHITECTURE - THEATER A/H SPUI SMALL HALL - FRIDAY + SATURDAY
ADRIEN MONDOT - THEATER A/H SPUI MAIN HALL - SATURDAY
NORTEC COLLECTIVE PRESENTS BOSTICH + FUSSIBLE PAARD VAN TROJE MAIN HALL - SATURDAY 10 ------
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READING GUIDE
In front of you is the programme transportation and route book for TodaysArt 2010. Short description is mentioned on biographies and project descrip- pages 58-59. tions of each artist are grouped per location. If you are looking Features are mentioned through- for a specific artist, please out the programme book, offering check the index on page 60. a selection of insights and ap- proaches in the context of this As you will notice, the pro- year’s festival. gramme book only mentions the date(s) and location(s) of the In the context of transparency, programme. Times are left out infographics are integrated the and will only be mentioned in programme book, visualizing the separate timetable, which statistical and behind-the- you can find at the Ticketshop scenes data of this year’s during the festival and on our festival, these data visualisa- website: www.todaysart.nl. tions can be found on pages 49 - 57. The first 10 locations cover the main festival locations, fol- MOBILE lowed by the periphery, covering additional festival locations. Carry all TodaysArt 2010 related information in your pocket. The locations are mentioned in Explore and navigate the the form of numbers for the main festival on your mobile phone! festival locations and letters for the periphery locations. Visit: m.todaysart.nl These codes correspond to the or download the free iPhone app codes on the festival map. (search for ‘todaysart’ in the iPhone App Store). Practical information on ticketing, accommodation and 12 ------
- AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL OUT OF CULTURE THE EXQUISITE CORPSE...
- EVERY BUILDING WAS ONCE A TEXT NOTHING MORE A FOOTNOTE XCLUSIVE PROGRAMME XCLUSIVE PROGRAMME XCLUSIVE PROGRAMME XCLUSIVE PROGRAMME 13
01 XCLUSIVE PROGRAMME
FRIDAY + SATURDAY ATRIUM CITY HALL - SECTION B X-102 (Jeff Mills & Mike Banks) – Rediscovers the Rings of We’re very proud to present a Saturn cluster of concerts exclusive to TodaysArt 2010 in addition to Detroit legends Jeff Mills and Mike our regular festival programme: Banks together live on stage as X-102 four specially commissioned per- for a special, one-off performance, an formances over two days. epic audio-visual journey exploring *These performances require an the Rings of Saturn. All Access Weekend Pass or an Friday: Atrium City Hall-Section B additional Xclusive Ticket per performance in combination with a regular festival (Day or week- Ólafur Arnalds [IS] end) Pass. Experience the beautiful, melancholic creations of Iceland’s young neo- Structet (Royal Academy of classical composer. Arnalds, who Art / ArtScience) [EU] – recently toured with Sigur Rós, brings Structet 2: Building Music a dark edge to his pop-infused strings and piano loops. ‘Structet 2’ is a spectacular and Saturday: Atrium City Hall-Section B unique audiovisual performance. An army of hidden musicians and media artists on laptops and custom built instruments form an electronic orchestra performing on seven floors of Richard Meier’s City Hall. Friday + Saturday: Atrium City Hall-Section B 14 ATRIUM - CITY HALL ATRIUM - CITY HALL ATRIUM - CITY HALL ATRIUM - CITY HALL
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INSTALLATION SCREENING
Anke Eckardt [DE] - ! Mika Taanila [FI] - Optinen ääni (Optical Sound) Sound artist and researcher Anke Eckardt expands on her fascinating A film based on the live performance theory of ‘Vertical hearing’. ‘!’ is an of ‘Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Print- installation in which the exploration ers’ in Helsinki in 2001. Live images of the phenomenology of the senses are contrasted with time-lapse foot- culminates in an investigation of age of large modern office blocks in illusions ,which raises the issue of the Helsinki. *Don’t miss the performance fallibility of the senses. of ‘Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers’ Friday + Saturday: p. 18 Atrium City Hall-Section A Friday + Saturday: Atrium City Hall - Media Room- Section A SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN 15
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AMPLIFIED ARCHITECTURE Carlo Bernardini [IT] - Space Interrelations FRIDAY + SATURDAY SPUIPLEIN Through large-scale optic fibre installations in public space, Carlo The Amplified Architecture Bernardini explores the dialectic rela- programme can be seen as a tion between lines and monochrome, gesamtkunstwerk that temporar- representing different moments of ily transforms the existing the figurative conception of space architecture on the Spuiplein and light. through monumental, site-spe- Friday + Saturday: cific performances and instal- Spuiplein - Theater a/h Spui - lations. The transformations Square critically relate to the devel- opment of urban design in The Hague and, specifically, the Daan Brinkmann [NL] & Nenad plans for the Culture Forum and Popov [RS] – Cellwise the city’s ambitions towards European Cultural Capital 2018. ‘Cellwise’ is a generative projection Amplified Architecture is made specifically designed for The Hague’s possible by the Netherlands City Hall. From the facade’s neatly ar- Architecture Fund. ranged grid of white tiles, new struc- tures of a more entropic nature start to emerge. ‘Cellwise’ explores the city hall’s sterile architecture, challenging it with visual counterpoints. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein 16 SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN
Martin Bricelj Baraga [SI] – Sebastien Wierinck [BE] - RoboVox Entuber La Haye 2.0
‘RoboVox’ is an 8 metre tall robot Belgian designer Sebastien Wierinck that broadcasts messages sent by creates sculptural furniture made the public via SMS, giving a ‘voice’ to of flexible polyethylene tubes. His anonymous individuals in the crowd. pieces challenge the way people Plaid, Vector Lovers and others con- view and interact with environmental tributed to the ‘RoboVox’ soundtrack. space. After his creation at TodaysArt Send your text message to ‘RoboVox’ 2008, he revisits his designs with ‘En- on +31 (0) 6 522 300 53. tuber La Haye 2.0’ at the Spuiplein. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein - Greenhouse
Mike Rijnierse & Jan Trütz- schler von Falkenstein [NL] Staalplaat Soundsystem [EU] – Sound Snooper - Yokomono-Pro Den Haag
‘Sound Snooper’ explores telescopic A choreographed sound perfor- sound registration and sound-spot mance with 30 cars (Nissan Cubes) projection in space. Microscopic by Staalplaat Soundsystem featuring sonic events inflate to giant sound compositions by Mika Vainio & Ilpo fields or transform to points on vari- Väisänen (Pan Sonic). ‘Yokomono-Pro ous surfaces. As the performace un- Den Haag’ (an initiative of Geert-jan folds, the relationship between static Hobijn) engages with the connec- space and the vibrant life around it is tions between sound, transportation articulated. and the urban environment. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein
Prompters [NL]
‘Prompters’ is an occasional col- laboration, in this case between Onno Dirker, Karin Mientjes and Peter Zuiderwijk. At TodaysArt, ‘Prompters’ stages public interventions, including ‘Power to the people’, a search light offering illusory power and ‘Beam- fever’, a teleprompter projection of textual fragments about the sense of place. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN SPUIPLEIN 17
OTHER SOUNDCLOUD MEETUP
FRIDAY + SATURDAY SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows musicians to collaborate, promote PIP [NL] - PLACE IN PROGRESS and distribute their music. Meet and greet with other SoundClouders. PIP (pipdenhaag.nl) is a cultural and Friday: Spuiplein - Greenhouse social energy company, club, event initiator and production studio (art, dance, music and graphic design) with a focus on low-brow culture in all of it’s forms, located in Binck36, The Hague. At TodaysArt 2010, PIP hosts a bar in the greenhouse, expect drinks, music, dance, art, food, skat- ing and craziness. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein - Greenhouse
Shoot Me Film Festival [NL] – Shoot Me Box
Under the motto ‘Anywhere Cinema’, Shoot Me Film Festival (SMFF) shows independent films and music at surprising locations throughout the city. A selection of films from the Box[ur]shorts Film Festival and SMFF 2010 will be screened in the interactive ‘Shoot Me Box’, which will start its journey at TodaysArt 2010 followed by SMFF 2010 (8-17 October) and conclude its travels with a tour around schools and neighbourhoods in The Hague. *See also the SMFF screenings in Koor- enhuis on p. 40. Friday + Saturday: Spuiplein 18 THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI
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PERFORMANCE [The User] [CA/QC] - Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers FRIDAY + SATURDAY THEATER A/H SPUI ‘Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers’ transforms obsolete office technol- ‘Performance’ at TodaysArt ogy into an instrument for musical 2010 includes sound, movement, performance, focusing the listener’s technology-augmented dance, attention on a nearly forgotten tech- scaled video projection and nology: the dot-matrix printer. urban space interventions. *Don’t miss [The User]’s ‘Coincidence Engine II’ installation, p. 26 Friday + Saturday: Theater a/h Spui – Small Hall
1024 Architecture [FR] – Euphorie
The project ‘Euphorie’ was born from the desire to develop a project based on the interaction between video, sound, movement and accidents of life as a 40-minute theatrical per- formance powered by lo-tech tools. The result is an amazing audiovisual experience that questions the senses. Friday + Saturday: Theater a/h Spui – Small Hall THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI 19
Adrien Mondot [FR] – Cinéma- SECRET RHYTHMS tique FRIDAY + SATURDAY: Poetic juggler and illusionist Adrien THEATER A/H SPUI Mondot and his dance company with Satchie Nora take us on a journey Laid back and hypnotic with a to the shifting boundaries between touch of darkness. The perfor- the real and virtual with the uniquely mances in secret rhythms speak augmented performance ‘Cinéma- of depth, texture and original- tique’. ity too often left unexplored. Friday + Saturday: Theater a/h Spui – Main Hall
Atom™ [DE/CL] Cindy van Acker [CH] & Mika Vainio [FI] – Lanx Atom™ is one of the primary monikers used by the prolific Chilean–based, ‘Lanx’ is a collaboration between German born Uwe Schmidt, one of choreographer Cindy van Acker and the most ceaselessly inventive elec- electronic music producer Mika tronic musicians of the last twenty Vainio; an exploration of geometry years. through sound and movement. Friday: Theater a/h Spui – Small Hall *Don’t miss Mika Vainio’s live solo per- formance in Secret Rhythms p. 20. Friday + Saturday: Burnt Friedman & Jaki Lie Theater a/h Spui – Main Hall bezeit [DE] (live video by Jeffers Egan [US])
Gob Squad [UK/DE] - Super Ex- CAN drummer Jaki Liebezeit and Night Shot Nonplace founder Burnt Friedman share a preference for so-called Gob Squad is an artist collective. ‘Secret Rhythms’. In their concert they Their performance ‘Super Night Shot’ will reveal rhythms that are not hid- involves a real-time movie filmed den but less common, often foreign just one hour before its premiere in to western culture. the theatre. Four performers are sent Friday: Theater a/h Spui – Main Hall out with synchronised cameras to declare “War on Anonymity” on the streets of The Hague. Friday + Saturday: Theater a/h Spui - Main Hall 20 THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI THEATER A/H SPUI
Conrad Schnitzler [DE] - INSTALLATION Kassetten Konzert (performed by Wolfgang Seidel) Alexis O’Hara [CA/QC] – Schnitzler is widely credited with Squeeeque being the godfather of German industrial music. As a member of O’Hara draws us into a cosy world of Tangerine Dream and Kluster (Clus- communal sound-making. An im- ter) he convinced the bands to delve mersive sound environment, a dome into the then-unexplored realm of of speakers, each wired to sensitive synthesized sound. As predecessors microphones hanging from the ceil- of today’s computational generative ing within. The sounds created play systems, his techniques introduced on feedback between the mics and a new take on electronic music the speakers. performance. Friday + Saturday: *Don’t miss the Conrad Schnitzler film Theater a/h Spui – Foyer screenings p.23. Saturday: Theater a/h Spui – Foyer
PRESENTATION Klimek & Slug Duo [PL/DE] – Worlds Of War Richard Eigner [AT] – Klimek’s dreamy, evocative slow Denoising motion compositions have a striking sense of beauty and sweet melan- Composer and sound artist Richard cholia while blooming with dark, Eigner explores the negative space haunting and ghostly undertones. in soundscapes by ‘denoising’ them, Saturday: leaving billowing and crimpling Theater a/h Spui – Main Hall atmospherics. *In addition to a ‘Denoising’ presenta- tion, Eigner will present an installation Mika Vainio [FI] at Lutherse Burgwal 5, p. 26* Friday + Saturday: Mika Vainio is a Finnish producer Theater a/h Spui - Foyer renowned for distinctive, warm, ana- logue electronic music. One half of duo Pan Sonic, Vainio also produces solo under his own name and moni- kers such as Ø and Philus. *Don’t miss Vainio’s performance with Cindy van Acker p. 19. Saturday: Theater a/h Spui – Main Hall ------21
- CONCRETE THINKING DESCRIBE THE TANGIBLE OBJECTS DESCRIBE THE DAY
- APPROACH THE BOUNDLESS CITY THE BUILDINGS, THE STREETS THE NEIGHBORHOODS EXCHANGEABLE EMPTY OBJECTS 22 FILMHUIS FILMHUIS FILMHUIS FILMHUIS
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INSTALLATION
Plane Scape [EU]
‘Plane Scape’, an installation by Wolf- gang Bittner, Lyndsey Housden, Yoko Seyama and Jeroen Uyttendaele, in- vestigates relationships between im- age, sound and space. Thousands of white elastic rubber bands are hung floor to ceiling in ZAAL5. Following a well-elaborated structure, this grid of vertical lines redefines the space. Friday + Saturday: Filmhuis – ZAAL5
SCREENING
Ali Demirel [TR/DE] - Mak ing Contakt (+ Q&A with Ali Demirel & Richie Hawtin)
Demirel directed the 80-minute ‘Making Contakt’, a documentary that gives intriguing insights into the inner workings of the massive CONTAKT tour, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of Richie Hawtin’s genre-defining Minus label. FILMHUIS FILMHUIS FILMHUIS FILMHUIS 23
*Don’t miss the CONTAINER perfor- his films will be shown; ‘The Magic mance featuring Richie Hawtin, p. 31 Sun’ (featuring Sun Ra and His Solar Friday: Filmhuis - Zaal 6 (live Q&A) / Arkestra), ‘Topolo PN’, ‘Topolo 2’, Zaal 7 (live streaming) and ‘Four Wheel Drive’ and ‘Paint- ing the Painting’ (video by Katherine Liberovskaya). Conrad Schnitzler [DE] - Saturday: Filmhuis - Zaal 6 / Zaal 7 8 films from and about Conrad (parallel viewing) Schnitzler Schnitzler, a member of Tangerine Dream and Kluster (Cluster) was a pioneer of the unexplored realm of PECHA KUCHA synthesized sound. A selection of 8 films (made between 1969 and 1980) from and about Schnitzler are pre- PECHA KUCHA DEN HAAG #5 sented by Wolfgang Seidel. *Don’t miss the live performance of PechaKucha, the Japanese term for Schnitzler’s Kassetten Konzert p. 20 the sound of ‘chit chat’, rests on a Friday: Filmhuis - Zaal 6 (live) / Zaal presentation format of 20 images x 7 (parallel viewing) 20 seconds. For the 5th edition of PechaKucha Den Haag, the line-up of artists, designers and thinkers is Floris Kaayk [NL] - Order mainly composed of speakers par- Electrus / Metalosis Maligna ticipating in TodaysArt 2010. Prepare / Origin of Creatures to be surprised and inspired! *In case of full capacity, there will be a Enter the strangely beautiful world of live stream of the event in Zaal 6. filmmaker Floris Kaayk’s ‘documenta- Saturday: Filmhuis - Zaal 7 ries’ of biomechanics. Kaayk hijacks the styles and tropes of BBC docu- mentaries to convincingly tell tales of the near future in which technology and nature are merging. Friday + Saturday: Filmhuis - Zaal 6 / Zaal 7 (parallel viewing)
Phill Niblock [US]
Phill Niblock is a New York-based minimalist composer and musician who has been a maverick presence on the fringes of the avant-garde since the late 60s. A selection of 24 BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK
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EUROPEAN CITIES OF ADVANCED DUTCH E-CULTURE FESTIVAL SOUND AND RELATED ARTS MEETING
TodaysArt is a co-founding In collaboration with Vir- member of European Cities of tueel Platform, TodaysArt will Advanced Sound and related arts host a meeting of like-minded (ECAS). ECAS is a network of E-culture festivals, dis- independent non-profit organi- cussing the current state of zations dedicated to advanc- festivals within the E-culture ing sound cultures, music sector in the Netherlands and and related arts. ECAS aims the possibilities of expanding to spark dialogue, knowledge collaborations between these exchange and mutual support festivals. amongst these organizations and to support them in building up sustainable infrastructures to promote, sponsor and mobilize INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MARKET (often experimental and criti- cal) advanced sound and related Representatives of the festi- arts within their specific vals from the global network localities and contexts. The of TodaysArt will present their ECAS network currently consists upcoming activities to the pub- of 18 member festivals from 15 lic, which is a great opportu- European countries. nity for public and artists to network and exchange new ideas. During TodaysArt 2010, there *More information on times and will be an ECAS meeting and an the exact location will be an- official launch of the next nounced during the festival. five years of collaborations. BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK BIBLIOTHEEK 25
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS RIGHT TO THE CITY *More information on times and the exact location will be an- Right to the City is a diverse social nounced during the festival. movement confronting the destruc- tive neoliberal policies that took over contemporary cities. As an Chris Salter [US] international alliance of concerned citizens, professionals, academ- “In short, everything has become ics and civil organizations, RTTC performative”, writes TodaysArt 2010 addresses urgent issues as social guest artist Chris Salter in his new segregation and marginalization, book, Entangled - Technology and gentrification, privatization of social the Transformation of Performance. housing, services and public space, “Performance as a practice, method securitization and anti-squat law, city and worldview is becoming one of branding and pseudo citizen par- the major paradigms of the twenty- ticipation. RTTC aims at formulating first century ... suddenly everyone grass-roots demands and proposals from new media artists to architects, that challenge the current develop- physicists, ethnographers, archaeolo- ment of Dutch cities. RTTC members gists, and interaction designers are will be involved in interventions and speaking of embodiment, situated- will be active in several discussions ness, presence, and materiality.” during TodaysArt 2010. Salter will give a public presentation Bibliotheek about his work and on the topic of performative arts in the library. Saturday: Bibliotheek
[The User]
[The User] is Montréal-based duo architect Thomas McIntosh and composer Emmanuel Madan. The TodaysArt 2010 [The User]-Special features some of their best known, award winning works alongside the classic Ligeti piece that inspired ‘Coincidence Engines’ and a film by Mika Taanila, inspired by [The User]’s ‘Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Print- ers’. McIntosh and Madan will give a public presentation about their work and inspiration in the library. Saturday: Bibliotheek 26 LUTHERAN TRAIL LUTHERAN TRAIL LUTHERAN TRAIL LUTHERAN TRAIL
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Chris Salter [US CA/QC] – JND György Ligeti [RO/HU] (1923– (Just Noticeable Difference) 2006) - Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes Chris Salter will give a short and powerful presentation in which he A unique opportunity to see the rarely addresses the topics of the city as performed ‘Poème Symphonique for performing platform and the difficul- 100 Metronomes’. Ligeti composed ties that occur in the collaboration this Fluxus-inspired piece in 1962. process between municipalities, Friday + Saturday: Lutherse Kerk architects and artists. Hourly performances, check the Friday + Saturday: timetable for exact times. Lutherse Burgwal 5
VRIJE ACADEMIE Richard Eigner [AT] – Denoising [The User] [CA/QC] - Coincidence Engine II Composer and sound artist Richard Eigner explores the negative space Inspired by György Ligeti’s ‘Poème in soundscapes in his ‘denoising’ Symphonique’, ‘Coincidence Engine installation, leaving billowing and II’ develops a sophisticated synchro- crimpling atmospherics. nisation control and amplification Friday + Saturday: system with a group of specially- Lutherse Burgwal 5 modified clocks. Friday + Saturday: Vrije Academie
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- SEARCHING, DAILY, THROUGH THE STREETS LOOK FOR THE PROPPER PLACE, THE ACTUAL PURPOSE
- HASTILY WAITING FOR AN OUTBREAK DEVELOPER’S PANDEMIC WHAT IS OF A CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNLESS IT IS A CITY? 28 ROOTZ ROOTZ ROOTZ ROOTZ
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DEKMANTEL Makam [NL]
FRIDAY Makam has a unique approach to ROOTZ house music: infectiously pumping and raw, carefully mixed with a sweet Dekmantel is a musical plat- touch of old school, truly soulful, slow form, event organization, moving and sexy. With his produc- artist management agency and tions released on Soweso and Sush- record label known for its itech he is building the perfect meld discernment and integrity in of dance music and deep and classic promoting quality dance music atmospheres. of the alternative kind. Friday: Rootz
Casper Tielrooij [NL] Space Dimension Controller Drawing inspiration from the dance [IE] music that has become synonymous with Chicago and Detroit, Casper is Space Dimension Controller (19-year- known to be a passionate DJ. As one old Jack Hamill from Belfast) inhabits of the founders and resident DJ of a wistful, pop-psychedelic but Dekmantel, he has the opportunity low-end-savvy world between house, to share his selections with an ever electro and techno-funk. Hamill’s all- growing-crowd. analogue production and attention Friday: Rootz to harmonics evolves into a timeless sound far away from contemporary electro and house. Friday: Rootz ROOTZ ROOTZ ROOTZ ROOTZ 29
Thomas Martojo [NL] Newworldaquarium [NL]
In the course of only a few years, Newworldaquarium is the alter ego Martojo has made quite a name of Amsterdam based Jochem Peteri, for himself as a DJ. He co-founded named after a New York aquarium Dekmantel with Casper Tielrooij and supply store. With tracks licensed to has been installed as a resident for Carl Craig and classic releases on the Dekmantel nights. He is skilled at Delsin and Peacefrog, Peteri has re- blending different moods and genres mained mysteriously under the radar. in his set while driving the crowd. Saturday: Rootz Friday: Rootz
Peel Seamus [NL] DELSIN RECORDS LABEL NIGHT Peel Seamus is the owner and SATURDAY founder of Delsin Records. Since ROOTZ starting the label back in 1996 he has been responsible for the introduction Delsin is an influential of artists as Redshape, Quince, New- Amsterdam-based label which has worldaquarium and Delta Funktionen. carved out a European niche for Saturday: Rootz the soulful, emotional sounds of Detroit as well as having a broad palette of other styles on the roster from deep house to abstract beats and electro.
Conforce [NL]
Dutch producer Conforce straddles early Detroit and Berlin dub techno; grainy, spacey beats with swathes of dark, atmospheric electronics. Saturday: Rootz
Morphosis [LB/IT]
Rabih El Beaini is head of the charm- ingly erratic label Morphine. Under his synonym Morphosis he delivers devastating interstellar house. Saturday: Rootz 30 PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE
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CONTAINER - MAIN HALL CONTAINER BIONIC BOOGIE - SMALL HALL FRIDAY: FRIDAY Paard van Troje – Main Hall PAARD VAN TROJE The paralleled approaches of Minus and Raster-Noton, two of electronic music’s most LATINOTRONICS - MAIN HALL respected labels, temporarily DISCO NOIR - SMALL HALL mesh in a new collaboration: CONTAINER. Solo sets from each SATURDAY artist as well as a not-to-be- PAARD VAN TROJE missed group performance. Nine projectors fill three walls with immersive visuals, high- lighting the integral role of graphics in the output of both labels.
Alva Noto [DE]
Alva Noto is the electronic music moniker of sound and installation artist Carsten Nicolai. He employs rhythmic minimalism and electronic dissonance in music and sound explorations in contexts from club to concert to published works and has collaborated with artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pan Sonic, Björk PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE 31
and Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende tracks from iconic artists such as Sun Neubauten). Electric, Irresistible Force and Pete Friday: Paard van Troje – Main Hall Namlook. Friday: Paard van Troje – Main Hall
Byetone [DE] BIONIC BOOGIE Byetone is Olaf Bender, co-founder of Raster-Noton, a musician who FRIDAY: explores symmetries, proportions and PAARD VAN TROJE – SMALL HALL modular structures in sound and de- sign. Acclaimed for his 2008 album, Hosted by The Hague’s own 2562, ‘Death of a Typographer’, Byetone live ‘Bionic Boogie’ represents a performances achieve a synthesis dynamic club night joining the of agency and organic form through dots from disco via house and dark electronics. techno to future music. Friday: Paard van Troje – Main Hall
2562 (A Made Up Sound) [NL] Richie Hawtin [CA/DE] Low end scientist 2562 premieres Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman, a brand new live performance at founder of Minus and Plus 8) is an TodaysArt 2010, in which he decon- influential Canadian musician and structs late 70s disco and reshapes DJ who was part of Detroit’s ‘second it into something entirely new. Every wave’ of techno artists known for sound is created through sampling abstract, minimal techno. His work and manipulating disco records, has been at the vanguard of minimal nothing else is added. techno since the early 90s and a Friday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall huge force in shaping club music over the last two decades. * See also the Minus documentary, ‘Making Actress [UK] Contakt’ p. 22. Friday: Paard van Troje – Main Hall Actress is a shadowy figure in the UK’s post-dubstep scene who makes music full of beguiling contradic- Matthew Hawtin [CA] tions: dense yet weightless, subtle yet raw, full of rigour yet playful and Matthew Hawtin delivers a DJ set dreamlike. separate from the Container sessions Friday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall to the tune of mid-90s ambient music. In 2010, Hawtin released his debut mix album, ‘Once Again, Again’ (Plus 8), a paean to the chill out room comprised of mainly 90s era 32 PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE
ing strains of raw Fela Kuti style funk Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir [US] with playful interventions. Saturday: From the beginnings of techno in Paard van Troje – Main Hall Detroit, Shake has had a hand in shaping the Motor City sound. While never mainstream, he produced Nortec Collective presents some of the most seminal tracks in Bostich + Fussible [MX] - Detroit history, including ‘Sequence Tijuana Sound Machine 10’. With limited releases and an unpredictable style, Shake has been Tijuana cowboys and Nortec Collec- under-recognised for too long. tive members Bostich + Fussible as- Friday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall sembled a five-piece band that per- forms a style of music called Nortec – a fusion of norteño (“from the Instra:mental [UK] North”) and techno. Expect Tenori- Ons, drum machines, accordions and Tagged as reformers of the Drum & tuba’s in this energetic performance Bass genre, Instra:mental is an amal- by Tijuana’s highest profile electronic gam of minimal techno and jungle producers. that’s making inroads into dubstep Saturday: and beyond. Paard van Troje – Main Hall Friday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall
Señor Coconut And His Orches LATINOTRONICS tra ft. Argenis Brito [DE/CL/VE] SATURDAY: PAARD VAN TROJE – MAIN HALL Indelible Latin rhythms of Señor Coconut And His Orchestra featuring Sounds of the southern hemi- Argenis Brito, a special performance sphere dominate as we bring in as part of their ‘10 Años Around The artists from Latin America and World Tour 2010’. some locals influenced by the Saturday: beats of continental Africa. Paard van Troje – Main Hall
Nacho Patrol [NL]
Nacho Patrol is a band consisting of Danny Wolfers (Legowelt), Jimi Helinga (Elektrovolt), and Marc Alberto. Their live performance is an exploration into Afrobeat infected deep house and electronics, combin- PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE PAARD VAN TROJE 33
DISCO NOIR In Flagranti [CH]
SATURDAY: A celebration of Italian cosmic disco PAARD VAN TROJE – SMALL HALL from the 70s and 80s: “an irrever- ent balance of sex, dirt, distortion, Prepare for cosmic, spaced-out, dance, beauty and tongue-in-cheek synthetic, outer-limits and humour”, all wrapped up in a gritty, Eurodisco sounds. TodaysArt is DIY cut-and-paste aesthetic. getting worked up over infusions Saturday: of glassy arpeggios and pristine Paard van Troje – Small Hall beats facing off with off- beat hip-hop, obscure folk and psychedelic rock. It’s sleazy, Onra & Buddy Sativa [FR] dirty, synthetic and heavy – break out the shades and bring Onra, a notorious French hip-hop on the martinis! beat maker with an eclectic style teams up with soul jazz artist Buddy Sativa. For an energetic live perfor- Andy Blake [UK] mance Saturday: Andy Blake is a seasoned DJ who Paard van Troje – Small Hall bolstered the late 00 disco revival in London with his now legendary label, Dissident. Blake’s back–to-basics approach synchs perfectly with the attitude of re-analysis at TodaysArt 2010. *Andy Blake will do a DJ set on Friday in the Foyer of Theater a/h Spui see timetable for more information. Saturday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall
Andy Votel [UK]
Andy Votel - Label founder of indie imprint Twisted Nerve Records (with Badly Drawn Boy) and the reissue label Finders Keepers Records - is famed for his eccentric and themed compilations of obscure and rare folk, prog and psych. Saturday: Paard van Troje – Small Hall 34 ------
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while studying at The Hague’s Royal LEADER LEMMING Conservatory in Holland. Friday: Club Seven FRIDAY: CLUB SEVEN
Atombox [NL] OHNO! RECORD LABEL LAUNCH
Atombox draws influence from bands FRIDAY: CLUB SEVEN such as Queens Of The Stone Age and Radiohead. Their live shows feature a raw sound, ranging from Crystal Archives [NL] modest to explosive expressions in alternating ambiances. In 2009 Jan Borchers started his solo Friday: Club Seven project “Crystal Archives” producing noise scapes and field recordings. Friday: Club Seven John Dear Mowing Club [NL] Krink vs. Compression [DE/NL] John Dear Mowing Club is Melle de Boer, a Dutch alternative folk-pop Philip Krink, born and raised in Ham- singer-songwriter who plays with a burg teams up with Compression for group of musicians called the Mow- an experimental live performance. ing Club. Friday: Club Seven Friday: Club Seven
Machinegewehr [NL] NiCad [INTL/NL] Machinegewehr is from Rotterdam’s NiCad is a multi-national experi- underground electrorock scene. His mental rock band that began in 2004 music is melodic with heavy synth when five young foreigners met bass lines, in which he uses samples 36 CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN
from old movies, TV series and docu- mentaries. MBGlitch [IT/NL] Friday: Club Seven Michele Bagaglio studied composi- tion at the conservatory of his home- Listoman [NL] town Varese and sonology at IRMus Listoman, until early 2010 known as in Milano. He studied composition Le Source, is notorious for his mood and sonology at the Royal Conser- enhancing DJ sets fuelled by high vatory in The Hague, graduating in energy disco, house and electro. 2006. He is active as a multi-instru- Friday: Club Seven mentalist, producer, live performer and DJ and is one of the driving forces behind Stripewaves. Friday: Club Seven STRIPEWAVES
FRIDAY: CLUB SEVEN PANZERKREUZ Stripewaves.com is a viral (MOTORWOLF + BUNKER) LABEL NIGHT blog promoting electronic bass music, aimed at inspiring SATURDAY: CLUB SEVEN people to seek quality and ex- perimentation. Its core team of The Hague was the Dutch centre selectors finds and offers free of creative underground forces unreleased material by promis- in the 1980s and 90s start- ing artists. Stripewaves also ing with the chaotic squat- hosts events throughout Europe, ter scene. Mainly inspired by presenting and promoting local the sounds of Detroit techno, talent.*See full line-up on the initiatives were turned into website. labels: Bunker Records (1992) and Motorwolf (1996). In recent years, a new metamorphosis ap- Tom Laan [NL] peared in the form of Panzer- kreuz, merging the two notori- Tom Laan aka Gratis Koffie is a young ous labels. DJ / Producer studying Interactive Media Design. As founder of Strip- ewaves, Laan is constantly searching Lucid [NL] for new developments in music over a wide variety of styles, ranging from The Hague’s hottest motorpunk industrial/breakcore to dubstep to trio. Spacerock drones merged into wonky/broken beat concepts. superspeed motorpunk, brought to Friday: Club Seven you by The Hague’s MOTORWOLF SADHU. Saturday: Club Seven CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN 37
Panzerkreuz Sound System [NL] André Gonçalves [PT] - For Super 8 Projector and Panzerkreuz represents music Analogue Synthesizer for mutants - pain , punishment, paranoia, penetration, all resistance André Gonçalves (1979) is a Lisbon is futile, but exciting. A selection of based sound and media artist. This infamous DJ’s affiliated with Panzer- new performance involves a super kreuz, Motorwolf, Bunker and more in 8 projector and a Doepfer analogue a black drug enforcement from The modular synthesizer. Hague. Saturday: Club Seven Saturday: Club Seven
Derek Holzer [DE/US] Santa Cruz [NL] Derek Holzer is an American sound Boner rock band from The Hague artist living in Berlin, whose cur- consisting of Guy Tavares (Unit rent interests include DIY analogue Moebius), Selwyn Slop (Incense) and electronics, sound art, field recording Arthur van Berkel (Orange Sunshine). and the meeting points of electro Signed to the infamous Motorwolf. acoustic, noise, improv and extreme Saturday: Club Seven music. Saturday: Club Seven
Unit Moebius [NL] John Fanning - Massaccesi [US] With their iconic Bunker Records from The Hague, Unit Moebius led John Fanning focuses on integrating the acid-techno explosion in the 90s. and blending aspects of installation Saturday: Club Seven and performance to create alternative environments that either take over a specific space or occupy an interven- TINY NOISE FESTIVAL: LOUDNESS tional ‘space within a space’. Saturday: Club Seven SATURDAY
Tiny Noise is a nomadic, open Koray Tahiroglu [TU/FI] – concept, audio art platform. On Live Audio Cues the occasion of the twentieth project, Tiny Noise teams up Koray Tahiroglu is a live elec- with TodaysArt 2010 to explore tronic music performer, improviser, the notion of LOUDNESS. researcher and lecturer currently based in Helsinki. Live Audio Cues is an audiovisual real-time improvisa- tion for live electronics and gesture 38 CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN CLUB SEVEN
controlled musical instruments inter- faced with torch and duck. Saturday: Club Seven
Kyd Campbell [CA/DE] – Tape Project
Campbell is a digital artist, curator and founder of the Tiny Noise project and is involved in numerous works focused on texture and macro detail in video. The tape project is a new performance including HD video footage of the Vienna collective Nu- men/For Use. Saturday: Club Seven
DJ Toni Dimitrov / Every Kid On Speed [MK] – sound_00
Toni Dimitrov – sound artist, radio activist, DJ, designer, cultural producer – appears under both his sound_00 and Every Kid On Speed monikers. He is a founding member of the organisation ‘line – initiative and movement’ in Macedonia, tiny noise and the De:sonanz festival of electronic music in Skopje. Saturday: Club Seven ------39
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Mash-up of young talent from Haags Montessori Lyceum [NL] The Hague. Expect music, film – Student Works screenings, installations, fashion, performances and more. As the official opening of the youth programme in the Koorenhuis, the Haags Montessori Lyceum (a local high school) will host a fashion show with hand-made clothing and masks. In addition, the students will present animated films and music. Friday + Saturday: Koorenhuis
Rät N FrikK [NL]
Rät N FrikK make electronic, hip-hop oriented music with wide influences from rock, electronic music, drum & bass, jazz, folk and pop, forming a solid, recognisable, new sound. In addition, they will invite some befriended musicians. Friday : Koorenhuis
Shoot Me Film Festival [NL]
Shoot me Film festival presents film screenings in the Koorenhuis. * Also check the “Shoot me box” p.17 Friday + Saturday : Koorenhuis KOORENHUIS KOORENHUIS KOORENHUIS KOORENHUIS 41
experience that what some classify Siward de Vries [NL] – as trash, others can classify as a true Tranquilizer treasure. *Drop by to sign up! Saturday: Koorenhuis ‘Tranquilizer’ takes place in a dark space, in which the crowd lies on the ground watching the ceiling. On the ceiling there will be a reflection of light, formed through movements in a water basin. Friday + Saturday: Koorenhuis
Sweatshop [NL]
Sweatshop The Hague showcases a selection of local young musical talent and DJs. Friday + Saturday: Koorenhuis
Thomas voor ’t Hekke & Bas van Oerle [NL] - panoptICONS
‘panoptICONS’ engages with surveil- lance cameras in city centres. The cameras seem to form a true plague, feeding on our privacy. Birds with cameras instead of heads are placed throughout the city centre of The Hague, feeding on our presence. In addition, a camera bird in captivity is displayed in a cage. Friday + Saturday: Koorenhuis
Trashlab [NL] – Youth Work- shop
Young (10 – 14 year old) workshop participants will work on their own unique ‘Trashure’. A ‘Trashure’ is a ro- bot made from tech-trash (discarded CD’s, mobile phones, computer parts and more). In a playful way kids can 42 PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY
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SILENCE Richard Eigner [AT] – Denoising FRIDAY + SATURDAY: Various Locations Composer and sound artist Richard Eigner explores the negative space The intensity of the Today- in soundscapes by ‘denoising’ them, sArt weekend is punctuated by leaving billowing and crimpling moments of quiet reflection. atmospherics. More can sometimes be said with Friday + Saturday: Lutherse Burgwal absence than presence, by omis- 5 (installation) p.26, 42, Theater a/h sion rather than inclusion. Spui - Foyer (presentation) p.20,42.
John Cage [US] (1912-1992) - AA 4’33’’ VILLANUTS – DIGITAL CLASS OF Cage’s seminal work of silence and 2010 ambient noise is performed by a number of guest artists in the festival. FRIDAY + SATURDAY: Bed ‘elZE’ The premiere of the three-movement ‘4’33’’ was given by David Tudor on In nowadays digital mass, Vil- August 29, 1952, in New York as part lanuts hosts a small exhibition of a recital of contemporary piano presenting the ‘Digital Class’. music. At TodaysArt 2010, the piece The exhibition features four is reinterpreted by contemporary works that stood out at gradua- electronic musicians. tion shows and student showcas- * Location and times will be announced es in The Netherlands. The four during the festival at the ticket office. young artists offer different Friday + Saturday insights in a new wave in the field of digital art. PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY 43
discussed mapping movement by Daan Johan [NL] – Line using the projector as a symbol of both the sender and receiver of me- Daan Johan is a Tilburg based artist dia. Snijders and Teunisse use three who uses mostly old technology to mirrors to make the projector project create new instruments. ‘Line’ inter- onto itself. rupts the normal hearing process Friday + Saturday: Bed ‘elZE” by breaking up sound at waveform level. Johan received the ArtScience course prize for ‘Line’. GG Friday + Saturday: Bed ‘elZE” STRIPEWAVES Joris Strijbos [NL] – Phase=Order SATURDAY: DE KOMBINATIE
A kinetic light installation consisting Stripewaves hosts a night at of 96 screens exploring movement De Kombinatie, a foundation and reflections, creating an abstract aimed at improving the mutual field of shadow and light. Joris collaboration between artists, Strijbos’ ‘Phase=Order’ won both the cultural producers and cultural KABK graduation prize as the Art- organizations. De Kombinatie Science course prize, and has been provides accommodation in The nominated for the Rene Coelhoprijs Hague for artists and musicians 2010. from abroad. In addition, De Friday + Saturday: Bed ‘elZE” Kombinatie facilitates a stage for jazz music, film, theatre, dance and exhibition and work Merlijn van Eijk [NL] - spaces for designers, visual Sub/Objective Shadows artists and production compa- nies in the cultural sector. ‘Sub/Objective Shadows’ finds itself in the twilight zone of the virtual and real space. Using projection-map- FF ping, Merlijn van Eijk manipulates ev- eryday phenomena such as shadows. 1646 The installation is nominated for the Rene Coelhoprijs 2010. SATURDAY: PROJECT SPACE 1646 Friday + Saturday: Bed ‘elZE” 1646 is an artists initiative and project-space for experi- Bram Snijders & mental art and ideas, a plat- Carolien Teunisse [NL] – Re: form for new productions and presentations with a special ‘Re:’ is a 360 degree projection- emphasis on encouraging artists mapping. It reflects on the much to realise projects on location. 44 PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY
Coolhaven [NL] Martyn F. Overweel & Gijs Kast [NL] Coolhaven performances are a mixture of a mixture of electron- Visit the Martyn F. Overweel and Gijs ics, sampling, loops and delays, live Kast exhibition to see graphic social video, home-made films and free surrealism on paper. improvised compositions. Friday + Saturday: LhGWR Saturday: 1646
Dick El Demasiado [NL/AR] EE Dick El Demasiado is an underground GALERIE WEST icon in Latin America (and Japan) for his invention of Cumbias Lunaticas Y David Horvitz [US] - Carry-on experimentales. Galerie West presents the exhibi- Saturday: 1646 tion ‘Carry-on’ by David Horvitz. With work by: Michael Bell-Smith, Paul Branca, Colleen Brown, Dylan Electrotoylets [ES] Chatain, Joanne Cheung and Beau Sievers, Dexter Sinister, Marley Free- Catalan folk music and 8-bit fun. man, Marc Handelman, Tim Ridlen, Saturday: 1646 Maxwell Simmer, Ed Steck and Penelope Umbrico. Friday + Saturday: Galerie West
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Liefhertje & De Grote Witte Fine China Superbone [NL] Reus (LhGWR) is an exhibition space, shop and meeting place Fine China Superbone make noisy, under one roof in an amenable instrumental rock that’s fired at atmosphere, uniting art and listeners relentlessly. public. *In cooperation with UMAMI. Friday: CREMERS+ PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY 45
dam bayou through performance. Yes..PinkpinK [NL] Friday: Het Zieke
Yes..PinkpinK started in 2009 as research into ‘the danceability of Camilo Barreto [NL] his own soul & the colour PinK’. *In cooperation with UMAMI. Art and food. A different kitchen Friday: CREMERS+ every time with different tools and food from different parts of the world. Different people, different situations. Moldover [US] – Ableton Live Collecting images, sounds and for- Workshop + Live Sessions mulas to be presented as a multilay- ered experience and recipe book. Moldover, aka Mr. Controllerism, Friday + Saturday: Het Zieke hosts a two-hour Ableton Live work- shop at CREMERS+. The workshop combines demonstration, multimedia Koala Club [NL] presentation, musical performance and a Q & A. *The workshop and live Koala Club is known for its crazy sessions take place on Sunday and theatre performances, made by two require a separate ticket. artists who happen to be sister. Sunday: CREMERS+ Friday + Saturday: Het Zieke
Los Bastardos [NL] CC Los Bastardos is Pedro Pollo, Thomas HET ZIEKE - UIT DE DOEKEN K, Donzige Deef and Freddie Ramos, a bull fighter from Argentina with a FRIDAY + SATURDAY: Het Zieke tragic childhood. Their artwork (wall painting and silk-screens) is always Het Zieke is a fresh new proj- made live on location. ect space in the centre of The Friday + Saturday: Het Zieke Hague. Located on what was once the road for leprosy sufferers sent away from the city, it is SBSC DJ’S [NL] now a collectively run squat space which combines art, music, SBSC is a DJ collective from The food and free luscious entertainment. Hague doing radio and eclectic par- ties under the motto; “Everybody can do it, except you”. They are ampli- The Bucket Boyz [NL] fied through Tjo Tjo, a home-made soundsystem in search of time. The Bucket Boyz connect the west Friday + Saturday: Het Zieke Tennessee swamps with the Amster- 46 PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY PERIPHERY
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LANGWEILIGKEIT BIER&BROOD
As a preview for the 11th edition of Bier&Brood is a multidisciplinary the Langweiligkeit Festival (October artist collective from Rotterdam. With 12 & 13, 2010), they will host a small their roots in illustration, street art preview night at Cafe De Vinger pre- and graffiti, they combine different senting a selection of local artists. art forms through collaborations. Saturday: Cafe de Vinger At TodaysArt 2010, they take over a part of the Grote Markstraat, the area between Grote Markt and Spuiplein, and transform it into a living creative playground. HH Friday + Saturday: PARADIO LIVE Grote Marktstraat
SATURDAY: PAARD CAFE SCHOOL VOOR JONG TALENT – DE ONZICHTBARE STAD Moonpilot [NL] De School voor Jong Talent (School Moonpilot is an indie-influenced for Young Talent) is a special prepa- band. ratory course for the Royal Academy Saturday Paard Cafe of Art and the Royal Conservatory. For TodaysArt 2010, young students (aged 16-18) will create works and The Ties [NL] interventions in public space based on the theme ‘The Invisible City’. The The Ties are a three-piece garage Grote Marktstraat will be their stage; rock band. stores, facades, sidewalks, the air or Saturday Paard Cafe even the sound of public transporta- tion could be their source of inspira- tion. The works might be difficult to You’re the Crowd [NL] spot, be on the lookout! *There will be a map of all the student works, avail- You’re the Crowd is a post-indie able at the Koorenhuis and the festival band. Sharp turns, flexible circuits ticketshop. and recognisable melodies charac- Friday + Saturday: terise the songs. Grote Marktstraat Saturday Paard Cafe ------47
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- A SUBLIME IDEA PROJECTED ON EVERY CORNER
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OVERVIEW OF TOTAL CULTURAL BUDGET
16,2% MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GROSS NATIONAL BUDGET CULTURE AND SCIENCE THE NETHERLANDS 2010 THE NETHERLANDS 2010
TOTAL BUDGET €225.324.100.000
7,1% CITY OF THE HAGUE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, THE NETHERLANDS 2010 CULTURE AND SCIENCE THE NETHERLANDS 2010
TOTAL BUDGET €36.542.246.000
0,3% TODAYSART CITY OF THE HAGUE THE NETHERLANDS 2010
TOTAL BUDGET FOR ART & CULTURE €68.000.000 50 INVESTMENT GRANT APPLICATION INVESTMENT GRANT APPLICATION
OVERVIEW OF TOTAL GRANT APPLICATIONS
4.600 HOURS 23 APPLICATIONS TOTAL APPLICATIONS €783.620,-
3.000 HOURS 15 APPLICATIONS TOTAL GRANTED €545.953,-
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MEDIA PARTNERS 10%
PREFERRED AND TECH SUPPLIERS 12%
FACILITATING PARTNERS 12% 54 LOCATION VISITORS LOCATION VISITORS
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From Den Haag Centraal Station you FAST SCHEVENINGEN can walk or take tram 2, 3, 4 and 6 (exit (BUDGET TIP) at stop Spui). From Den Haag Holland *25% discount for TodaysArt visitors Spoor you can walk or take tram 1, 8, / Night time transport to and from 9, 15 and 16 (exit at stop Spui). For cur- the centre of The Hague to Scheve- rent timetables, check www.htm.net ningen is available. F.A.S.T. (Free (schedules on Friday or Saturday may Architecture Surf Terrain) is a unique differ). For exact directions, check surfer’s village on Scheveningen www.m.9292ov.nl or call 0900-9292 boulevard. Strandweg 1A, Scheveningen CAR (+31) (0)70 358 67 49 From Utrecht you can take the A12, (+31) (0)6 43 43 20 88 from Amsterdam, take the A4 and www.fastthehague.com then the A44, from Rotterdam take the A13.When you enter The Hague follow STAYOKAY HOSTEL (BUDGET TIP) the signs “CENTRUM”. 600 metre walk to festival area Stayokay Den Haag is located in the MEETING POINT city centre, just a five-minute walk Not sure where to meet your friends? from the station Den Haag Holland Lost your buddies and can’t reach Spoor and the festival. them? Don’t panic. On the Spuiplein Scheepmakersstraat 27, Den Haag is the Ticketshop, which functions as (+31) (0)70 315 78 88 a meeting point. While you wait for www.stayokay.com/denhaag your friends, enjoy everything that’s happening, get your tickets and pro- HOTEL MERCURE gramme book at the Ticket and info DEN HAAG CENTRAL counter and grab a drink at the bar on *Rooms with festival view / direct ac- the square. cess to the festival terrain Mercure is situated right next to ACCOMMODATION the central hub of the festival, the city hall and the dance- and music HOTEL IBIS theatre. DEN HAAG CITY CENTRE Spui 180, Den Haag * Special offer for TodaysArt visitors in (+31) (0)70 363 67 00 the festival weekend: € 79 per room per http://tiny.cc/mercure night for both 1 or 2 person use (prices do not include breakfast or tourist tax). The Ibis Den Haag City Centre is ide- 60 INDEX INDEX INDEX INDEX
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MAIN LOCATION Xclusive p.13 Atrium City Hall p.14 Bibliotheek p.24 Club Seven p.35 Filmhuis p.22 Koorenhuis p.40 Lutheran Trail p.26 Paard van Troje p.30 Rootz p.28 Spuiplein p.15 Theater a/h Spui p.18
PHERIPHERY 1646 p.43 Bed ‘elZE’ p.42 Cafe de Vinger p.46 CREMERS+ p.44 De Kombinatie p.43 Galerie West p.44 Grote Marktstraat p.46 Het Zieke p.45 LhGWR p.44 Paard Cafe p.44
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[The User] Vrije Academie p.26 [The User] Theater a/h Spui p.18 [The User] Bibliotheek p.25 2562 Paard van Troje p.31 1024 Architecture Theater a/h Spui p.18 ------Actress Paard van Troje p.31 Adrien Mondot Theater a/h Spui p.19 INDEX INDEX INDEX INDEX 61
Alexis O’Hara Theater a/h Spui p.20 Ali Demirel Filmhuis p.22 Alva Noto Paard van Troje p.30 André Gonçalves Club Seven p.37 Andy Blake Paard van Troje p.33 Andy Votel Paard van Troje p.33 Anke Eckardt Atrium p.14 Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir Paard van Troje p.32 Atom™ Theater a/h Spui p.19 Atombox Club Seven p.35 ------Bier&Brood Grote Marktstraat p.46 Bram Snijders & Bed ‘elZE’ p.43 Carolien Teunisse Bed ‘elZE’ p.43 Burnt Friedman & Theater a/h Spui p.19 Jaki Liebezeit Theater a/h Spui p.19 Byetone Paard van Troje p.31 ------Camillo Barretto Het Zieke p.45 Carlo Bernardini Spuiplein p.15 Casper Tielrooij Rootz p.28 Chris Salter Lutherse Burgwal 5 p.26 Chris Salter Bibliotheek p.25 Cindy van Acker & Theater a/h Spui p.19 Mika Vainio Theater a/h Spui p.19 Conforce Rootz p.29 Conrad Schnitzler Theater a/h Spui p.20 Conrad Schnitzler Filmhuis p.23 CONTAINER Paard van Troje p.30 Coolhaven 1646 p.44 Crystal Archives Club Seven p.35 ------Daan Brinkmann & Spuiplein p.15 Nenad Popov Spuiplein p.15 Daan Johan Bed ‘elZE’ p.43 David Horvitz Galerie West p.44 Derek Holzer Club Seven p.37 Dick El Demasiado 1646 p.44 ------European Cities of Advanced Sound Bibliotheek p.24 Electrotoylets 1646 p.44 ------Fine China Superbone Cremers+ p.44 Floris Kaayk Filmhuis p.23 ------Gijs Kast LhGWR p.44 Gob Squad Theater a/h Spui p.19 György Ligeti (1923 - 2006) Lutherse Kerk p.26 ------Haags Montessori Lyceum Koorenhuis p.40 62 INDEX INDEX INDEX INDEX
------In Flagranti Paard van Troje p.33 Instra:mental Paard van Troje p.32 ------John Cage (1912 - 1992) Multiple locations p.42 John Dear Mowing Club Club Seven p.35 John Fanning Club Seven p.37 Joris Strijbos Bed ‘elZE’ p.43 ------Klimek & Slug Duo Theater a/h Spui p.20 Koala Club Het Zieke p.45 Koray Tahiroglu Club Seven p.37 Krink vs Compression Club Seven p.35 Kyd Campbell Club Seven p.48 ------Langweiligkeit Cafe de Vinger p.46 Listoman Club Seven p.36 Los Bastardos Het Zieke p.45 Lucid Club Seven p.36 ------Machinegewehr Club Seven p.35 Makam Rootz p.28 Martin Bricelj Baraga Spuiplein p.16 Martyn F. Overweel LhGWR p.44 Matthew Hawtin Paard van Troje p.31 MBGlitch Club Seven p.36 Merlijn van Eijk Bed ‘elZE’ p.43 Mika Taanila Atrium Media Room p.14 Mika Vainio Theater a/h Spui p.20 Mike Rijnierse & Jan Trützschler von Falkenstein Spuiplein p.16 Moldover Cremers+ p.45 Moonpilot Paard Cafe p.46 Morphosis Rootz p.29 ------Nacho Patrol Paard van Troje p.32 Newworldaquarium Rootz p.29 NiCad Club Seven p.35 Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible Paard van Troje p.32 ------Ólafur Arnalds Atrium City Hall p.13 Onra & Buddy Sativa Paard van Troje p.33 ------Panzerkreuz Sound System Club Seven p.37 Pecha Kucha Den Haag Filmhuis p.23 Peel Seamus Rootz p.29 Phill Niblock Filmhuis p.23 PIP Spuiplein p.17 Plane Scape Filmhuis p.22 Prompters Spuiplein p.16 INDEX INDEX INDEX INDEX 63
------Rät N FrikK Koorenhuis p.40 Right to the City Bibliotheek p.25 Richard Eigner Theater a/h Spui p.20,42 Richard Eigner Lutherse Burgwal 5 p.26,42 Richie Hawtin Paard van Troje p.31 ------Santa Cruz Club Seven p.37 SBSC DJ’s Het Zieke p.45 School Voor Jong Talent Grote Marktstraat p.46 Sebastien Wierinck Spuiplein p.16 Señor Coconut And His Orchestra ft. Argenis Brito Paard van Troje p.32 Shoot Me Film Festival Koorenhuis p.40 Shoot me Fil Festival Spuiplein p.17 Siward de Vries Koorenhuis p.41 SoundCloud Meetup Spuiplein p.17 Space Dimension Controller Rootz p.28 Staalplaat Soundsystem (ft. Mika Vainio & Ilpo Väisänen) Spuiplein p.16 Stripewaves Club Seven p.36 Stripewaves De Kombinatie p.43 Structet (ArtScience) Atrium City Hall p.13 Sweatshop Koorenhuis p.41 ------The Bucket Boys Het Zieke p.45 The Ties Paard Cafe p.46 Thomas Martojo Rootz p.29 Thomas voor ‘t Hekke & Bas van Oerle Koorenhuis p.41 Tjo Tjo Soundsystem Het Zieke p.45 Tom Laan Club Seven p.36 Toni Dimitrov Every Kid On Speed / Sound_00 Club Seven p.38 Trash Lab Koorenhuis p.41 ------Unit Moebius Club Seven p.37 ------Villanuts Bed ‘elZE’ p.42 ------Wolfgang Seidel Filmhuis p.23 Wolfgang Seidel Theater a/h Spui p.20 ------X-102 (Jeff Mills & Mike Banks) Atrium City Hall p.13 ------Yes..PinkpinK Cremers+ p.45 You’re the Crowd Paard Cafe p.46 ------64 COLOPHON COLOPHON COLOPHON COLOPHON
COLOPHON GRAPHIC DESIGN Peter Zuiderwijk & Karin Mientjes DIRECTOR / FOUNDER - Olof van Winden EDITOR - Janet Leyton-Grant GENERAL MANAGER Tim Terpstra Natasja van der Horst - - WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING Kyle Dukes Tim Terpstra Satoshi Shiraishi - Roeland P. Landegent FUNDRAISING, EXTERNAL - COMMUNICATIONS & RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LOGISTICS Mikhel Maes Stacie Lyons- van der Star - - PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Eelco Borremans Olof van Winden - - VOLUNTEER COORDINATION PROGRAMME DIRECTOR Irfaan Koerban Remco Schuurbiers - - MEDIA & DESIGN SUPPORT CURATOR Annemieke Blaha Tim Terpstra Tim van Dijk - Beer van Geer CURATOR DANCE Jorick Mulder Anne-Lyke van den Elshout David Veneman - - MARKETING DIRECTOR ADVISORS Vincent Sauter Roeland P. Landegent - Christiaan van Betuw MARKETING EXECUTIVE Onno Dirker Danielle Boelling Joris Snelten - Jan van Bouwel PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Jean Paul Wijers Ramses Nieuwenhuizen Hicham Khalidi - - PRODUCTION CREW AND PARTNERS Hanna van de Ven We would like to express our sincere - gratitude and appreciation to all PROJECTMANAGER EDUCATION & involved. PARTNER PROGRAMMES Annelieke Plugge TODAYSART 2010 TODAYSART 2010 CAPITAL LOVE OUT OF THE CULTURE REAL CITY
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