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 CAPITAL OUT OF CULTURE IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES IMAGES 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 --- --- --- --- - BUT, THEY WILL REBUILD THIS CITY ELSEWHERE - AT A SQUARE A BOUNDARY LOOK THROUGH THE FENCE AND SEE READING GUIDE READING GUIDE READING GUIDE READING GUIDE 11 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 01 ATRIUM CITY HALL 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 02 SPUIPLEIN 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