# TODAYSART.BE # TODAYSART.

ORG

INTL FESTIVAL
BEYOND ART
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29-30 SEPT / 01 OCT 2011
BRUSSELS, BE

LEAP INTO THE VOID

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@TODAYSART

TODAYSART IS A FESTIVAL CONCEPT THAT REVOLVES AROUND THE PRESEN-

TATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVENTUROUS CONTEMPORARY VISUAL AND
PERFORMING ARTS IN A VARIETY OF URBAN SETTINGS. THE FESTIVAL WAS
FIRST HELD IN 2005 IN THE HAGUE, AND HAS SINCE PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITYS CULTURAL VIBRANCY. IN 2011, INTERNA-
TIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GENERATOR FOUNDATION AND CIMAT-
ICS WILL EXTEND THIS CONTRIBUTION TO BELGIUM, THROUGH THE INITIATION
OF TODAYSART BRUSSELS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TODAYSART.BE.

IN BRUSSELS, TODAYSART.BE WILL TAKE OVER THE EUROSTATION / MIDI-ZUID

STATION - ONE OF THE CITYS EMBLEMATIC SITES - FROM 29 SEPTEMBER TO
1 OCTOBER, PRECISELY ONE WEEK AFTER THE TODAYSART EDITION IN
THE HAGUE. A 60 EURO COMBI-TICKET AND A TRAIN RIDE OR ROAD TRIP
OF BARELY MORE THAN AN HOUR ALLOWS YOU TO VISIT BOTH FESTIVALS!

BACKED UP AND INSPIRED BY CREATIVITY WE ARE TAKING A LEAP INTO

THE VOID. THE FUTURE SEEMS UNSTABLE. WE BELIEVE IN THE SECTOR WE
OPERATE IN. WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE WISH TO KEEP TAKING YOU ALONG
FOR A RIDE INTO NEW TERRITORIES AND TO CONTINUE EXPLORING TOOLS
FOR AN UNKNOWN FUTURE. TO CELEBRATE THE UNFAMILIAR,
AND TO FEAST UPON EACH OTHERS IMAGINATION.

WE CREATED THIS PAPER AS A WARM-UP TO THIS YEARS FESTIVAL AND WE

HOPE WE ARE GIVING YOU SOMETHING SPECIAL TO LOOK FORWARD TO. KEEP
AN EYE ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.TODAYSART.BE FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND PROGRAMME UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO CARRY ALL THE
INFORMATION ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE: VISIT M.TODAYSART.ORG.
ENJOY!

# CALL FOR ACTION

CAMP CONFERENCE:

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THE RISE OF PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE

THIS YEAR WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS

PARTNERS AT CAMP CONFERENCE WHERE ARCHITECTS, URBAN THEORISTS,
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, ACTIVISTS, STUDENTS
AND PUBLIC WILL CONVENE, EXCHANGE, EXPERIMENT, PRODUCE
AND DISTRIBUTE IDEAS AND RESOURCES.

A WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP (26 - 30 SEPTEMBER) WILL BE ORGANISED AT

PARC GRISAR (KUREGEM/CUREGHEM). DURING THIS WEEK, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE - EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY - TO PLUG-IN TO AND
INTERACT WITH NUMEROUS SOCIAL AND CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES FOR USING
AND TRANSFORMING OUR PUBLIC SPACE.

THREE DAYS OF CONFERENCES AND PERFORMANCES (29 SEPTEMBER -

01 OCTOBER) WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS AND GUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE AND TO EXTEND
ITS POTENTIAL WITH REGARD TO FUTURE ART/URBAN STRATEGIES.

CAMP CONFERENCE WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE MYCITYLAB PROJECT, WHICH

CALLS FOR LONG TERM ACTIONS IN THE EUROSTATION / CANAL MIDI / ZUID
NEIGHBORHOOD, A KEY PLATFORM FOR MOBILITY IN EUROPE.

PARTICIPANTS: PEDRO GADANHO [PT], RAUM LABOR [DE], ANDRS JAQUE [ES],
TOR LINDSTRAND - ECONOMY [SE], UMSCHICHTEN [DE], ANNA RISPOLI [IT],
MATTEO PASQUINELLI [IT], EXYZT / 6B [FR], ZOOM ARCHITECTURE [FR],
HEHE [FR], BUREAU DTUDES [FR], LORETO MARTINEZ TRONCOSO [ES],
JOCHEN DEHN [DE], OST COLLECTIVE [BE], EDURNE RUBIO [ES],
CCILE MARTIN [CA] AND YOU! CURATED BY EWEN CHARDRONNET [FR]

WANT TO JOIN IN? FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE:

WWW.TODAYSART.BE
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LEAP
INTO
THE VOID
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# PERFORMANCE
HIROAKI UMEDA [JP] - HOLISTIC STRATA
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HIROAKI UMEDA COMES TO TODAYSART.BE TO PRESENT HIS MODERN DANCE
PIECE HOLISTIC STRATA. RECEIVING RAVING REVIEWS ONLINE AND IN NEWS-
PAPERS SUCH AS THE GUARDIAN AND LE MONDE, HOLISTIC STRATA SEES
UMEDA CONVERTING HIS OWN MUSCLE MOVEMENTS INTO COMPUTER DATA
IN REAL TIME, WHICH ENABLES HIM TO MANIPULATE THE LIGHT FROM FOUR
LARGE PROJECTORS. UMEDA SEEMINGLY TURNS INTO A DANCING LANDSCAPE,
RESULTING IN A VERY INTENSE VISUAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE.
MURCOF [MX] + SIMON GEILFUS (ANTIVJ) [BE/FR]
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MEXICAN ELECTRONIC COMPOSER MURCOF HAS HAD AN AMAZING AMOUNT
OF INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC. HIS COLLABORATION
WITH ANTIVJS VISUAL GENIUS SIMON GEILFUS IS A MARVELOUS MERGING
OF TALENTS; WITH LARGE, SEMI-TRANSPARENT SCREENS, THEY CREATE
A FULLY IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES, GEO-
METRIC GRIDS AND ORGANIC ELEMENTS ARE MAPPED IN A WONDROUS 3D PER-
SPECTIVE TO THE SOUND OF AMBIENT AND DRONING ELECTRONICA. A TRULY
PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE A FEAST FOR YOUR EYES AND EARS.
MARTIN MESSIER [CA/QC] - SEWING MACHINE ORCHESTRA
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SEWING MACHINE ORCHESTRA BY MARTIN MESSIER IS JUST THAT; IT IS A
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ENTIRELY ORCHESTRATED WITH ACOUSTIC SOUNDS
PRODUCED BY 1940S SEWING MACHINES. THE EFFECT OF SEEING THESE
CLASSIC INDUSTRIAL MACHINES IN A CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT, WORK-
ING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE STRUCTURED SOUND, IS STRANGELY FANTASTIC.
EUPHORIE (1024) [FR]
----- WITH AUDIO TRANSDUCERS, TRANSFORMING THE SURFACE INTO A DYNAMIC
1024 ARCHITECTURE WAS CREATED BY PIERRE SCHNEIDER AND FRANCOIS
WUNSCHEL, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE EXYZT COLLECTIVE. THE LABEL FOCUSES
ON THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN BODY, SPACE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND ARCHI-
TECTURE. 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 PERFORMANCE POWERED
BY LO-TECH TOOLS. THE RESULT IS AN AMAZING AUDIOVISUAL EXPERIENCE
THAT QUESTIONS THE SENSES.
JUSTICE YELDHAM [AU]
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WHATS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TRUMPET PLAYER TRAPPED IN A TWO-DIMEN- PERFORM NOWADAYS CAN SOMETIMES BE (SOMEWHAT) BORING. SO, WHY NOT
SIONAL UNIVERSE IS IN FACT THE UNIQUE AUDIO WORK OF JUSTICE YELDHAM
(THE LATEST ALTER-EGO OF LUCAS ABELA), A MAVERICK MUSICIAN WITH AN
UNHEALTHY OBSESSION FOR SHEETS OF BROKEN GLASS. BY PRESSING HIS
FACE AND LIPS AGAINST THE GLASS WHILST EMPLOYING VARIOUS VOCAL
TECHNIQUES RANGING FROM THROAT SINGING TO RASPBERRIES, HE TURNS
HOUSEHOLD WINDOWS INTO CRUDE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THIS RESULTS
IN A WIDE VARIETY OF CACOPHONOUS NOISES THAT ARE STRANGELY
CONTROLLED AND ODDLY MUSICAL.
JOCHEN DEHN [FR/DE]
----- ARE SOUNDSCAPES COMING FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE
JOCHEN DEHN PRACTICE AS A PERFORMER TAKES VARIOUS FORMS INCLUDING
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES IN APARTMENTS, MUD WRESTLING, WORKS FOR
AN ACTRESS AND AN ELEPHANT, GAMES WITH THE DETECTORS IN THE LOUVRE
AND A HOMAGE TO THE INVENTION OF VELCRO. BY ENGAGING THE BODY AND
THE SPACE AROUND IT, JOCHEN DEHN EXPANDS UPON FORMS AND STRATEGIES
THAT TEND TO REVEAL CONTACT ZONES AND THUS REDUCE THE DISTANCE
THAT SEPARATES THE BODY FROM ITS POSSIBLE COLLISIONS.
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# INSTALLATION
LUCAS ABELA [AU] - VINYL RALLY
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LUCAS ABELA (AKA JUSTICE YELDHAM) WILL BRING HIS VINYL RALLY TO
TODAYSART. THE INSTALLATION IS A RACE TRACK MADE FROM OVER 6.000
VINYL RECORDS. THE PUBLIC CAN CONTROL RACING CARS THAT HAVE A STYLI
(RECORD NEEDLE) ATTACHED TO THEM, THUS PICKING UP SOUND FROM THE
RECORDS AS THEY RACE. WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VINYL RECORDS, SO
IF YOU HAVE UNWANTED RECORDS LYING AROUND, PLEASE DROP THEM OFF
AT MAPP SHOP (RUE LON LEPAGE 5 LON LEPAGESTRAAT, BRUSSELS).
ANDREAS MUXEL [AT/DE] & MARTIN HESSELMEIER [DE] - CAPACITIVE BODY
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NOISE POLLUTION IS PRODUCED 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. WE CAN
CLOSE OUR EYES, BUT OUR EARS ARE ALWAYS OPEN. UNNATURAL SOUND DIS-
RUPTS THE ACTIVITY AND BALANCE OF HUMAN OR ANIMAL LIFE. CAPACITIVE
BODY IS A MODULAR LIGHT SYSTEM THAT REACTS TO THE SOUND OF URBAN
SPACES. IT CONSISTS OF MODULES EQUIPPED WITH SENSORS, ELECTROLUMI-
NESCENT WIRES AND A MICROCONTROLLER. SENSORS CAPTURE ARCHITEC-
TURAL SOLIDS VIBRATIONS TRIGGERED BY SURROUNDING AMBIENT NOISE AND
CONTROL THE LIGHT WIRES TENSED TO A SPATIAL NET STRUCTURE. CHANGES
IN VIBRATIONS TRANSLATE INTO LIGHT FLASHES CREATING A DYNAMIC
NERVOUS LIGHT SYSTEM. SILENCE IS GONE FROM TODAYS URBAN SPACES.
LAB[AU] + DAVID LETELLIER [BE / FR] - TESSEL
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TESSEL IS A KINETIC INSTALLATION INVESTIGATING THE PERCEPTION OF
SOUND AND SPACE. TESSEL IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FRENCH COMPOS-
ER AND ARTIST DAVID LETELLIER, AND LAB[AU], A BELGIAN ELECTRONIC ARTS
STUDIO. THE INSTALLATION CONSISTS OF A SUSPENDED AND ARTICULATED TO-
POGRAPHY OF MIRRORS, SOME OF THEM FITTED WITH MOTORS AND EQUIPPED
SONIC SPACE. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN SPACE AND SOUND IS CREATED AS THE
SURFACE SLOWLY MODIFIES ITS SHAPE, OUR PERCEPTION OF IT ALTERED
THROUGH CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING LIGHT AND SOUND REFLECTION.
TOM LAAN [NL] - CROWD DJ
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CROWD DJ IS A DANCE CONTROLLED INTERACTIVE SOUND MIXER THAT GIVES
THE CROWD CONTROL OVER THE MUSICAL OUTPUT. EACH AREA OF THE DANCE
FLOOR ACTIVATES A SOUND CHANNEL. BUT, WHEN THE DANCING STOPS, THE
MUSIC WILL IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE INSTALLATION DEMANDS THE
CROWD TO REMAIN ACTIVE, AND KEEP THE ENERGY GOING.THE WAY DJS
CHALLENGE THE AUDIENCE A BIT AND GIVE THEM A BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY?
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS DANCE.
LOCUS SONUS [FR] - LOCUSTREAM PROMENADE
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LOCUSTREAM PROMENADE IS A SOUND ART INSTALLATION COMPOSED OF
SONIC BEAMS ( 10 PARABOLIC DISHES EQUIPPED WITH SOUND SPEAKERS AND
SMALL COMPUTERS). THE PARABOLAS ARE SUSPENDED IN THE PUBLIC SPACE
IN SUCH A WAY THAT A VISITOR ONLY HEARS THE SOUND FROM THE BEAM
WHEN HE OR SHE IS DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH IT. THE LIVE STREAMED SOUNDS
THROUGH THE INTERNET.
BRIKO2K [BE] - BOTS CONSPIRACY
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BOTS CONSPIRACY IS AN AUTONOMOUS D.I.Y. PUNK ROCK ROBOTS BAND
CONTROLLED BY ARDUINO CARD AND PROGRAMMED WITH PURE DATA. ITS
A KIND OF IRONIC METAPHOR OF WHAT MAINSTREAM ELECTRONIC MUSIC
BECAME NOWADAYS USING THE TYPICAL GUITAR-BASS-DRUMS-VOICE.
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# MUSIC
BIOSPHERE [TOUCH - NO] + EGBERT MITTELSTDT [DE]
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BIOSPHERE ORIGINATES FROM NORWAY AND IS FAMOUS FOR HIS AMBIENT ELEC-
TRONIC MUSIC, WIDELY KNOWN AS ARCTIC SOUND. TOGETHER WITH VIDEO
ARTIST EGBERT MITTELSTADT, BIOSPHERE WILL PRESENT AN EXCLUSIVE PER-
FORMANCE BASED ON HIS LATEST ALBUM, N-PLANTS. THE ALBUM, INSPIRED BY
THE ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LANDSCAPES IN WHICH
A FEW JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE LOCATED, QUESTIONS THE INTERAC-
TIONS BETWEEN AN ECOSYSTEM AND THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF RADIATION
AND WAS RELEASED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE FUKUSHIMA DRAMA.
KANGDING RAY [RASTER NOTON - FR]
----- CONTEMPORARY CITY DESIGN IS FULL OF OBSTACLES THAT STAND IN THE WAY
KANGDING RAY (DAVID LETELLIER, 1978) IS A FRENCH ARCHITECT AND MUSI-
CIAN. HE EVOLVED AS A GUITARIST AND DRUMMER IN BANDS, WITH INFLUENC-
ES RANGING FROM NOISE-ROCK TO JAZZ, BEFORE BUYING AN AKAI SAMPLER
AND MOVING ON TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC. HIS MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS CONSIST
OF SUBTLE MELODIES THAT COMBINE WITH MACHINE SOUNDS INTO SUBTLE
AND RHYTHMIC TUNES. HE SKILFULLY INTEGRATES GUITAR LOOPS, BASS LINES,
RESIDUAL NOISE, ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND DIGITAL ANOMALIES TO CRE-
ATE A TEXTURED AND DREAMY SOUNDSCAPE. AT HIS LIVE PERFORMANCES,
KANGDING RAY USES ANALOGUE MACHINES, LAPTOPS, MIDI PADS AND GUITARS.
DAEDELUS [NINJA TUNE / BRAINFEEDER / PLUG RESEARCH - US]
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DAEDELUS WAS ORIGINALLY TRAINED IN SEVERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
BUT LISTENING TO RELEASES FROM WARP, NINJA TUNE, HE EVENTUALLY DE-
CIDED TO GO THE ELECTRONIC ROUTE. WERE GLAD HE DID THAT, BECAUSE HIS
UNIQUE STYLE THAT FALLS ANYWHERE BETWEEN IDM AND RAVE IS EXCEL-
LENT. DAEDALUS IS MORE THAN A DJ AND AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER:
HE IS AN ECCENTRIC CONDUCTOR WITH A UNIQUE TAKE ON BROKEN BEATS,
HEAVY BASS LINES AND SUPERMODIFIED SAMPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ELEKTRO GUZZI [MACRO - AT]
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ELEKTRO GUZZI ARE BERNHARD HAMMER, JAKOB SCHNEIDEWIND AND
BERNHARD BREUER, FROM VIENNA; A DRUMMER, A BASS PLAYER AND A
GUITAR PLAYER. INSPIRED BY EARLY KRAUT, THEY MODIFY THEIR INSTRU-
MENTS TO PLAY 100% LIVE TECHNO WITHOUT ANY COMPUTER BACKING,
OVERDUB OR LOOP. THE ACT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FEW TO GET A TOUR OF
JAPAN BOOKED AND APPEARANCES AT BARCELONAS SONAR AND BERLINS
BERGHAIN BEFORE ANY RECORDING WAS EVEN PROMOTED. THE MUSIC IS
FASCINATING, ESPECIALLY THEIR PERFORMANCE ON STAGE, WHERE THEY
CONNECT THE HYPNOTIZING FORCE OF THEIR ANALOGUE TECHNO WITH THE
VISUAL TREAT OF A BAND THAT CREATES EVERYTHING YOU HEAR RIGHT IN
FRONT OF YOUR EYES. YOU HEAR IT, YOU WITNESS IT, AND YOU DANCE.
D/R/U/G/S/ [DRUGSREC - UK]
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CALLUM WRIGHTS D/R/U/G/S CRAFTS SOME OF THE MOST EUPHORIC,
RADICAL NEW MUSIC AROUND. MADE WITH THE FREE FORM ATTITUDE OF
SYNTH VISIONARY ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, THE FUCK-YOU BRAGGADOCIO
OF THE WU-TANG CLAN, THE CAST-IRON INTEGRITY OF PUNK AND THE HEAD-
LONG DESPERATE RUSH OF RAVE, D/R/U/G/S TEXTURED, CANOROUS SOUNDS
ARE WELL SUITED TO THE COME DOWN AFTER A REBELLIOUS NIGHT.
DBRUIT [CIVIL MUSIC - FR/UK]
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HIP HOP, HIPHOUSE, HEAVY BASS BEATS, AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN
INSTRUMENTS, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT IN PARISIAN SYNTH MAGICIAN
DBRUITS MUSIC. HIP HOP MEETS CONGO, TUNISIA, JAMAICA AND LA.
DBRUITS SOUND IS MOST DEFINITELY FRENCH, BUT ALSO DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT. HE HAS A UNIQUE SOUND, CURRENTLY TAKING HIM ACROSS
THE WORLD, DOING REMIXES FOR ARCHITEQ, ZERO7, LEE SCRATCH PERRY,
KOTCHY, KONONO#1 AND OTHERS. BE SURE TO CATCH HIS GROUNDBREAKING
FULL ON FUSION AT TODAYSART 2011.
BACONHEAD [ACROPLANE - UK]
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BACONHEAD IS THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EBOLA AND AUTOBEE.
INTRODUCING SCI-FI BEATS TO CONFUSE YOUR BRAIN, BACONHEADS
RELEASES ON IRSIH LABEL ACROPLANE RECORDINGS ARE MASTERPIECES
OF FUTURE BASS, DIGITAL FUNK AND WONKY GOODNESS. TAKING INFLUENCES
FROM DUBSTEP, SKWEEE, GLITCHHOP AND EVEN HINTING SOMETIMES AT IDM,
BACONHEAD USES ANALOGUE INSTRUMENTS TO CREATE STORMING SETS.
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# SCREENING
ALPHA-VILLE (FESTIVAL OF POST-DIGITAL CULTURE, LONDON) COMPILED
THE FILM PROGRAMME VISIONARY CITIES FEATURING KEIICHI MATSUDA,
AUGMENTED HYPER REALITY: DOMESTIC ROBOCOP + AUGMENTED 3D CITY /
RICHARD HARDY, THE TRANSCENDENT CITY / RICHARD YOUNG, WASTEFIELD /
ERIC SCHOCKMEL, OCCUPATION MOVEMENT I + OCCUPATION MOVEMENTS II & III
/ GEORGE THOMPSON, THE RESORT / DANIEL FICKLE, DENMARK, / JOPSU RAMU
AND TIMO HUHTALA - MUSATA LTD., URBAN ABSTRACT / JONATHAN GALES,
SPECULATIVE LANDSCAPES / GREG TRAN, LEONARDO AT THE MUSEUM.
OUR CITIES ARE IN CRISIS AND THEIR FUTURE DEPENDS ON ARCHITECTS
AND URBANIST THINKERS, WHO ARE WILING TO LOOK BEYOND TODAYS
REALITIES TO PROVIDE A DIRECTION FOR OUR INCREASINGLY URBAN WORLD.
OF VISIONARY THINKING. IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A POSITION ON HOW WE
WANT TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE; IT IS TIME FOR A VISIONARY CITY.
(IN VISIONARY CITIES, THE WHY FACTORY, 2009)
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# PERIPHERY
TODAYSART PERIPHERY IS A COMPONENT OF THE FESTIVAL THAT REVOLVES
AROUND THE PRESENTATION OF LOCAL PARTNERS INITIATIVES. THE PERIPH-
ERY BRINGS FORWARD A DIVERSE RANGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
PROGRAMMES IN BRUSSELS CREATED INDEPENDENTLY OR IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE FESTIVAL. THIS YEARS PERIPHERY FEATURES PARTNER INITIATIVES
BY ATELIERS CLAUS, MEDIARUIMTE, PECHA KUCHA, IMAL, KUREGHEMNET,
LA MAISON DU PEUPLE, ANTITAPAS, BURLESQUE FEVER, FUSE, K-NAL,
NUIT BLANCHE AND MANY OTHERS, ALL OVER THE CITY.
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# TODAYSART IPHONE APP
EXPLORE THE FESTIVAL PROGRAM, NAVIGATE TO THE LOCATIONS, LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS, GET THE LATEST NEWS AND MAKE YOUR
OWN FAVORITES LIST WITH THE TODAYSART APP. SURF TO THE APP
STORE AND SEARCH FOR TODAYSART. DOWNLOAD THE APP FOR FREE
AND HAVE THE WHOLE FESTIVAL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
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# TICKETS
PRESALE:
1-DAY PASS 15 EURO
3-DAY PASS 35 EURO
3-DAY SUPPORT PASS* 55 EURO
COMBI-TICKET THE HAGUE + BRUSSELS** 60 EURO
AT THE FESTIVAL:
1-DAY PASS 20 EURO
3-DAY PASS 45 EURO
3-DAY SUPPORT PASS* 55 EURO
COMBI-TICKET THE HAGUE + BRUSSELS** 60 EURO
* A 3-DAY SUPPORT TICKET ALLOWS YOU TO SUPPORT
TODAYSART WITH AN EXTRA CONTRIBUTION.
** A COMBI-TICKET PROVIDES YOU ACCESS TO BOTH FESTIVALS:
TODAYSART.NL 2011 + TODAYSART.BE 2011
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THE DAILY PORTIONS OF TEXT AND IMAGES THAT WE

RECEIVE CAN BE ENVISIONED AS BUILDING BLOCKS.
BASED ON THE SELECTIONS WE MAKE OUT OF THE
EVENTS THAT REACH US FROM VARIOUS MEDIA, WE
STRIVE TO CREATE OUR OWN VISION OF THE WORLD.

BUT WHO SELECTS WHAT INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE

TO US AND WHAT KNOWLEDGE ARE THE DECISIONS ABOUT
AVAILABILITY BASED UPON? THE ACTUAL SELECTION OF
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION IS BECOMING A MORE
AND MORE POWERFUL TOOL; DISTRIBUTING HARD FACTS IS
BEING PUSHED INTO THE BACKGROUND. A SUGAR COATING
OF OPINIONS KEEPS US ON THE SURFACE AND GUARDS THE
ACTUAL CONTENT FROM VISIBILITY. WE ARE FACED WITH
A CHOICE; HANG ON, GIVE UP, EMBRACE OR DENY.

ARE WE IN DOUBT? IS DETACHING THE SAME AS BECOMING

PASSIVE? THE TRUTH IS PROBABLY MORE SUBTLE. SIMPLY
SHARING AND POINTING TO SHALLOW INFORMATION IS
ANYTHING BUT ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. THE UNDERLYING
SYSTEM IS BASED BOTH ON SKILL AND COINCIDENCE.
IN THAT RESPECT, THE DROP-OUT AND THE FOLLOWER ARE
NOT SO DIFFERENT. HOWEVER, A DIRECT CONNECTION DOES
FORM WHEN WE FOLLOW A LIVE EVENT, A CONNECTION
THAT SEEMS HARD TO RECONSTRUCT AFTERWARDS.
INFORMATION CHANGES THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD.
HOW WE PROCESS INFORMATION ULTIMATELY DETERMINES
THE WAY WE DEAL WITH OUR SURROUNDINGS.

THE CHOICE IS OURS; WHAT DO WE SELECT, AND WHAT

DO WE DO WITH THAT SELECTION? WE PRESENT OUR SE-
LECTION TO OTHERS AND PERHAPS WE FIND RECOGNITION.
PARTICIPATING MEANS CHANGING AND INNOVATING. YOUR
INTERESTS BECOME MY INTERESTS. YOUR IDEA IS MINE.
WE LEAP INTO THE VOID. AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE.

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# CAMP-CONFERENCE
THE RISE OF PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE
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IN THE LAST DECADE, EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE PRACTICES OF NUMEROUS
ARCHITECTS AND ART COLLECTIVES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AS A CRITICAL
ANSWER TO GROWING MOBILITY, USING VARIOUS PERFORMATIVE TACTICS FOR
ACTIVATION OF THE LOCAL POTENTIAL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.
THE MOST INTERESTING EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS ARE
FAST-STATEMENT CRITICAL PRACTICES, COLLECTIVE ACTIONS TOWARDS
THE CREATION OF TEMPORARY PLACES FOR ENCOUNTERS IN AN EVER-
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
BUT, BECAUSE THESE ACTIONS HAVE TO BE STRONGLY CONNECTED TO
LONG TERM LOCAL ACTIONS, THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSITORY PHASES THAT
CALL FOR A SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, FOR A NEXT STEP. AND IN THAT
SENSE, THIS IS VERY PERFORMATIVE. THIS IS WHERE THE PERFORMATIVE
ACTION BECOMES A RADICAL SOCIAL GESTURE THAT GOES FAR BEYOND
THE PRODUCTION OF AN AESTHETIC OBJECT.- EWEN CHARDRONNET 2011
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# MYCITYLAB
TERRITORY-BASED CREATIVE TOOL FOR CITIZEN INNOVATION
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MYCITYLAB IS AN ONLINE/OFFLINE PROJECT SHOWCASING ARTISTIC INTER-
VENTIONS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS,
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES, STRATEGIES AND IDEAS THAT ARE GROUNDED
IN A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH A PARTICULAR LOCAL CONTEXT.
MYCITYLAB IS A RESEARCH NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT
WAS CREATED TO DELIVER INFORMATION, TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND PRO-
JECTS, TO ACCELERATE THE CITYS TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL,
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND TO ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ARTISTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYCITYLAB.EU
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# GREETINGS FROM THE HAGUE
THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED RADICAL CUTBACKS IN FUNDING FOR THE DUTCH
CULTURAL SECTOR WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON ART AND CULTURE
IN THE NETHERLANDS AND WORLDWIDE. AS ONE OF MANY CONSEQUENCES,
MANY DUTCH ORGANISATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EMERGING ART FORMS,
WHICH PLAY AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR,
INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, WILL LOSE SOME OR
ALL OF THEIR STRUCTURAL AND PROJECT BASED FUNDING. THIS WILL LEAD
TO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE ACCESSION OF NEW TALENT, KNOWLEDGE
AND INNOVATION. INSTEAD OF BEING PROVIDED WITH A POSSIBILITY TO RE-
STRUCTURE, THESE UNPRECEDENTED CUTBACKS WILL TAKE EFFECT IN JANU-
ARY 2013. THIS MEANS A LOT OF THE QUALITY AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUC-
TURE THAT WAS BUILT UP OVER THE PAST DECADES WILL BE LOST. AS A WAY
TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO GIVE THE
ENTIRE DUTCH CULTURAL SECTOR A TERRIBLE IMAGE, REFERRING TO ART AS
A USELESS HOBBY AND TO CULTURAL WORKERS AS A BUNCH OF DEADBEATS.
IN ADDITION TO THE IMPACT ON AFFECTED ORGANISATIONS AND A DECREASE
IN THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THEIR OUTPUT, AUDIENCES WILL MOST
LIKELY FACE AN INCREASE IN THE TAX ON TICKET PRICES THIS YEAR, MAKING
ART AND CULTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS LESS ACCESSIBLE IN GENERAL.
LET US NOT FORGET THAT WITHOUT IMPORTANT MOBILISATION, THE SAME
SITUATION COULD ARISE IN BELGIUM AND ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE.
WWW.GREETINGSFROMTHEHAGUE.COM
# CALLS
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# OPEN CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
TODAYSART INVITES ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS, ARCHI-
TECTS, URBANISTS AND SCHOLARS TO SEND IN PROPOSALS. PROJECTS MUST
BE DESIGNED FOR OR ADAPTED TO LOCATIONS IN OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THE EUROSTATION / CANAL MIDI / ZUID AREA. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO
SUBMISSIONS BY THOSE WHO HAVE COMMUNITY ART EXPERIENCE OR HAVE
WORKED WITH POPULATIONS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. MORE INFORMATION
CAN BE FOUND ON OUR SITES: WWW.TODAYSART.BE AND WWW.MYCITYLAB.EU
# URBAN INTERVENTIONS
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WE ARE LOOKING FOR SITE-SPECIFIC AND SITE-RESPONSIVE PROJECTS.
THIS CALL IS FOR ARTISTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES WHO PRESENT THEIR WORK
OUTSIDE A STUDIO PRACTICE AND BRING THE AUDIENCE INTO DIRECT CONTACT
WITH THE WORK AND THE CREATION PROCESS IN THE URBAN PUBLIC SPACES.
TODAYSART WILL COVER PRODUCTION COSTS FOR SELECTED INTERVENTIONS.
# APPS FOR BRUSSELS
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SUBMISSIONS MAY BE ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE APPLICATION, WHETHER
FOR THE WEB, A PERSONAL COMPUTER, A MOBILE HANDHELD DEVICE OR
ANY SOFTWARE PLATFORM BROADLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. URBAN
GAMES AND PLAYFUL INTERVENTIONS THAT INTRODUCE NEW IDEAS INTO
THE CITY STREETS, AND ENGAGE LOCAL INHABITANTS IN NEW, SURPRISING
OR SPECIAL EXPERIENCES, ARE PREFERRED. APPS COULD BE FOCUSED ON
TRACKING AND/OR RECORDING THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND/OR OBJECTS
OR AUGMENTING EVERY DAY URBAN EXPERIENCES THAT ARE NORMALLY
UNRECOGNISED OR INVISIBLE. TODAYSART WILL SELECT THE THREE BEST
APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL BE AWARDED 500 EURO EACH!
# STORYTELLING
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TODAYSART WELCOMES PROPOSALS FOR INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING CON-
CEPTS IN THE FORM OF PERFORMANCES, FILMS, INSTALLATIONS AND WEB-
BASED ART WORKS THAT EMPLOY DIGITAL MEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY AS
THEIR PRIMARY COMPONENTS. SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ARTISTIC WORKS
THAT EMPLOY GENERATIVE, INTERACTIVE, NETWORKED AND/OR
HYPERMEDIA OR TRANSMEDIA TECHNIQUES AND NARRATIVES.
# MIXED REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY
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IN COOPERATION WITH ICAS PARTNERS, TODAYSART IS LOOKING FOR MIXED
REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY PROJECTS. MR AND AR ALLOWS THE
CREATION OF FASCINATING NEW TYPES OF USER INTERFACES. THE FIELD
IS HIGHLY INTERDISCIPLINARY, BRINGING TOGETHER SIGNAL PROCESSING,
COMPUTER VISION, USER INTERFACES, GRAPHICS, HUMAN FACTORS,
WEARABLE COMPUTING, MOBILE COMPUTING, COMPUTER NETWORKS,
DISPLAYS AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGY.
# DIY
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DIY AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN TIME, PLACE AND SPACE, ANALOGUE
AND DIGITAL, HIGH AND LOW/NO-TECH. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS
EXPLORING SIMPLE FUNCTIONS AND HARDWARE OF MOBILE PHONES SUCH
AS: GEOLOCATION, SMS, BLUE-TOOTH, VIDEO, IN-BUILT CAMERAS, SPEAKERS
AND SENSORS, TO GENERATE PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SPACE. WE ARE LOOK-
ING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COLLABORATIONS AND WHICH CONNECT AND
ACTIVATE LOCAL URBAN KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS USING FREE SOFTWARE
AND HARDWARE TECHNOLOGIES AND DIY AND DIWO (DO IT WITH OTHERS)
METHODS. SOME ORIENTATION SUBJECTS ARE: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE,
MOBILITY, TRANSPORT, URBAN AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS, SOCIAL
RELATIONS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION, GAMES, EDUCATION AND LEARNING
IN THE STREET, EXCHANGE OF SERVICES AND KNOWLEDGE.
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INTL FESTIVAL
BEYOND ART
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23-24 SEPT 2011
THE HAGUE, NL
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