Press release | May 30, 2016 ­ The Hague, NL International Festival for digital and trans­disciplinary art and creativity 12th Edition September 22nd ­ 25th, 2016 TodaysArt 2016 announces the first wave of artists for it’s 12th edition. Pantha du Prince, Nosaj Thing & Daito Manabe, Hiroaki Umeda and NONOTAK will headline this year’s festival with Dutch premières. TodaysArt is pleased to collaborate with a.o. SHAPE, We are Europe, Lisson Gallery and The Creators Project. TodaysArt, the roving festival for digital and trans­disciplinary art and creativity, returns to the city center of The Hague. The previous two editions of TodaysArt were based in Scheveningen, the coastal capital of The Netherlands, which emphasized visual art on and around The Pier. This year’s festival will take place from September 22nd to the 25th of September. Once again it will turn it’s focus on the performing art. The opening statement of this year’s festival is a new Drone Shadow of the English artist, James Bridle. An essential question of this year festival is ‘Who owns the city’. With Drone Shadow, TodaysArt asks this question as it relates to the public sphere of the city’s town square. 'Drone Shadow is not just a picture of a drone. It is a diagram of a political system. Drones are also avatars of all of the invisible networked systems that surround us on a daily basis. They stand in for every remote connection we make. Like the internet, they allow us to see and act at a distance ­ but they may also be used against us and others. In order to understand the world around us, we sometimes need to draw it out. If you can’t really describe the world around you, you can’t fully act in it, and are made powerless. When you can describe it, you can debate and critique it. Drawing its shadow is just the first step.’ ­ Bridle James Bridle ­ Drone Shadow ­ 30 mei, 2016 Featured headliners / Dutch Premières Nosaj Thing + Daito Manabe ­ No Reality No Reality is the new performance of Nosaj Thing and Daito Manabe. A 360º live set is created by using virtual reality technology in combination with three large screens and a spot­light­set­up. In addition to the used virtual reality technology, digital visuals from the produced sounds and body movements play their part during this performance. Pantha du Prince ­ The Triad Pantha du Prince presents his most recently released album and performance The Triad. The Triad breaks apart digital interactions to make way for more human interaction. Pantha du Prince contributes his fair share of electronic and innovative electronic music based on minimalistic melodies and beats. Pedro Reyes ­ Disarm / Turning weapons into instruments The sonic art installation Disarm refers to the power of transformation. Mexican artist Pedro Reyes transformed 6.700 destructive weapons into musical instruments. To produce this work, Reyes received 6.700 firearms from the Mexican government. These firearms were confiscated in the Mexican city Ciudad Juarez during the long lasting war on drugs. This exhibition runs from August 26th until September 25th, 2016 in Pulchri, The Hague. Pedro Reyes ­ Disarm Performances The performance program offers modern dance, immersive, intimate and unexpected performances featuring among others Hiroaki Umeda ­ Intensional Particle / Dutch première, Paul Jebanasam + Tarik Barri ­ Continuum and Myriam Bleau ­ autopsy.glass / Dutch première and Soft Revolver. Club TodaysArt presents two clubnights with an immersive and explosive program of techno, house, electronics, footwork and bass & beats featuring a.o. Paula Temple, DJ Earl + The Era, Nosaj Thing (dj­set) and SØS Gunver Ryberg. Bright Collisions The Bright Collisions Symposium is a meeting point with a broad and diverse program. Themes such as creativity, art, technology, science and society will be discussed. During this symposium urgent social developments, provocative statements and inspiring ideas are exchanged and discussed, with speakers including Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe (The Modular Body), Ali Eslami (in collaboration with Tussenruimte and Re­Shape) and Elma van Boxel & Kristian Koreman (ZUS, Zones Urbaines Sensibles). The symposium takes place from September 22nd­25th. We are Europe + SHAPE / initiatives co­funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union We are Europe is the newly­created association of eight major European events joining forces to promote, create and ​ produce innovative cultural practices, defined by creative diversity and exchanges. TodaysArt invites the Spanish festival Sónar + Sónar+D and the Norwegian festival Insomnia + Movement and New Ideas to collaboratively compose an artistic and conference program for TodaysArt 2016. SHAPE (Sound Heterogeneous Art and Performance in ​ ​ Europe) is a three­year initiative in which 16 European festival and art centers aim to support, promote and exchange innovative and aspiring musicians and interdisciplinary artists with an interest in sound. TodaysArt 2016 has confirmed the following artists: Antivj, Charlotte Bendiks, Julien Bayle, Klara Lewis, Masayoshi Fujita, NONOTAK, Piotr Kurek and We will fail. TodaysArt is proud to co­present Artist Francisco López presents his newest project audio­DH, a sonic manifestation by 250 creators from The Hague. This performance and installation depicts the vivid audio related activities in the city. audio­DH is realized in collaboration with Korzo and iii and premières at TodaysArt 2016. Ticket sales ­ Early­Bird tickets Ticket sales for TodaysArt Festival and Bright Collisions 2016 start May 30 at 12.00 (CEST) sharp. With a limited amount of early­bird tickets available, we advise you all to get this tickets as soon as possible! After this there will be a variety of weekend and day passes available. The capacity of the festival is limited, so be sure to get your ticket before you miss out! todaysart.stager.nl/tickets Confirmed artists TodaysArt Festival + Bright Collisions Symposium 2016 Ali Eslami [IR] | Antivj + Dida Markovic + Zazralt Magic [INT] | Charlotte Bendiks [NO] | DJ Earl + The Era [US] | ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe [NL] | Francisco López + Andrea Vogrig + Darien Brito [INT] | Hiroaki Umeda [JP] | ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Julien Bayle [FR] | James Bridle [UK] | Klara Lewis [SE] | Masayoshi Fuijta [JP/DE] | Myriam Bleau [CA/QC] | ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NONOTAK [FR] | Nora Turato [HR/NL] | Nosaj Thing + Daito Manabe [US/JP] | Pantha du Prince [DE] | Paula ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Temple [UK] | Paul Jebanasam + Tarrik Barri [UK/NL] | Pedro Reyes [MX] | Piotr Kurek [PL] | SØS Gunver Ryberg ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [DK] | We will fail [PL] | ZUS (Zones Urbaines Sensibles) [NL] ​ ​ ​ ​ ­­­ Note for editors, not for publication Calender Text TodaysArt festival 2016 September 22 ­ 25 The Hague, NL Tickets: Early Bird­Tickets: €40 todaysart.stager.nl/tickets Online Teaser website: www.todaysart.nl Organisatie website: www.todaysart.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/todaysart Twitter: www.twitter.com/todaysart Instagram: www.instragram.com/todaysart Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/todaysart Press contact: Galina Bartelds [email protected] +31 6 55584690 .