TodaysArt 2011 - Belgium
»# LEAP INTO THE VOID -----«29.09. - 01.10.2011 / Brussels, Belgium
TodaysArt is a festival concept that revolves around the presentation and development of adventurous contemporary visual and performing arts. Since 2005, TodaysArt has brought international artists, thinkers and audiences to The Hague. In 2011, the festival’s outreach was extended through the initiation of TodaysArt Brussels in collaboration with Cimatics.
Conference: The Rise of Performance Architecture
Three days of conferences and performances gave opportunity to architects, urban theorists, performance artists, philosophers and activists to root the origins of contemporary performance architecture and to extend its potentialities regarding future art/urban strategies.http://todaysart.be/2011/events/performance-architecture-art-urban-strategies/
http://todaysart.be/2011/news-item/the-rise-of-performance-architecture/
ECAS supported events during the festival
Conference: The Rise of Performance Architecture29.09. - 01.10.2011
| Date | 01.10.2011 |
| Action | "/ Exyzt / 6b" |
| Participants | Julien Beller |
| Location | |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/exyzt/ |
| Description | Julien Beller, member of the architects/artists collective Exyzt will present the new cultural venue 6b he's been involved opening and running in Saint-Denis (Paris region) in 2010. |
| Date | 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Exhibition "The Rise of Performance Architecture" - MyCityLab (workshop) |
| Participants | Anna Rispoli |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/anna-rispoli/ |
| Description | The relationship between humans and urbis being a central narrative in her work, she tests citizens' possible appropriations of the public space via participatory practices, architectural performances and urban installations. |
| Date | 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA |
| Participants | Bureau d'Etudes (Leonore Bonacci, Xavier Fort) |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/bureau-detudes/ |
| Description | The conceptual group Bureau d’études is developing a collective programme dovetailing art, theory and research, which is conveyed in particular by the making of maps about power networks and complexes. |
| Date | 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA - Speaker |
| Participants | Matteo Pasquinelli |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/matteo-pasquinelli/ |
| Description | Writer, curator and researcher. He wrote the book Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons (2008) and edited the collections Media Activism (2002) and C’Lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader (2007). |
| Date | 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA - Speaker |
| Participants | HeHe (Heiko Hansen & Helen Evans) [FR] |
| Location | |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/hehe/ |
| Description | With humour, HeHe (Heiko Hansen and Helen Evans) reinvent our ongoing technological adventures; from the transformation of energy, emissions, intoxication, rail infrastructures to electronically mediated systems of control. |
| Date | 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA - Speaker |
| Participants | André Jaque |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/andres-jaque/ |
| Description | Andrés Jaque explores the role architecture plays in the making of societies. He has been considered one of the most challenging contemporary European architects. |
| Date | 29.09.2011 |
| Action | Speech: "Economy" |
| Participants | Tor Lindstrand [SE] |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/tor-lindstrand/ |
| Description | Tor Lindstrand is an architect, visual artist and Associate Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has been working on projects oscillating between architecture, visual art and performance in numerous cultural contexts. |
| Date | 29.09. - 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA |
| Participants | Pedro Gadanho |
| Location | |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/performance-architecture-art-urban-strategies/ |
| Description | |
| Date | 29.09.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA - Curator and speaker |
| Participants | Ewen Chardronnet |
| Location | |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/performance-architecture-art-urban-strategies/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/ewen-chardronnet/ |
| Description | Ewen Chardronnet is an author, artist and curator based in Paris and Porto. He's curating the "Performance Architecture - Art/Urban Strategies" camp-conference for TodaysArt Brussels. |
| Date | 29.09. - 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA |
| Participants | Umschichten (Lukasz Lendzinski and Peter Weigand) |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/umschichten/ |
| Description | Umschichten (Lukasz Lendzinski and Peter Weigand) try to define a building not as a finished reality, but rather as a step in the process of appearance to disappearance, leaving no trace. |
| Date | 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA / MyCityLab |
| Participants | Loreto Martínez Troncoso [ES/FR] & Jochen Dehn [DE/FR] |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/jochen-dehn/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/loreto-martinez-troncoso/ |
| Description |
By engaging the body and the space around it, Jochen Dehn expands upon forms and strategies that tend to reveal contact zones and thus to reduce the distance that separates the body from its possible collisions. Loreto Martínez Troncoso was born in, lives and works in. Her work consists essentially of who questions the between and. In recent years, has pursued an enquiry into, a mental space where the and the evoke the construction of… |
| Date | 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Conference RPA - Speaker, "Zoom Architecture / Pied La Biche" |
| Participants | Naïm Aït-Sidhoum [FR] |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/zoom-architecture/ |
| Description | Zoom collective is a platform for experimental propositions that are in-between the field of art and the field of urban planning. The group develops temporary structures, interfaces, collaborative mapping and performative forms. |
| Date | 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Speaker/Workshop: MyCityLab / Project "From up there..." |
| Participants | Edurne Rubio |
| Location | Tour du Midi - 1000 Brussels && Park Grisar: Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/edurne-rubio/ http://todaysart.be/2011/events/from-up-there/ |
| Description |
Edurno Rubio's work is interdisciplinary and permeated by the tendency to intervene with specific works adapted to space or context. |
Workshop "MadMapper"29.09. - 30.09.2011
| Date | 29.09. - 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Workshop "MadMapper" |
| Participants | MadMapper |
| Location | The Egg : Studio 2: 175, Rue Bara - 1070 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/madmapper-by-modul8/ |
| Description | This 2-days workshop offers a full range of practical applications on the principles of video mapping with the new software MadMapper. |
DJ set by Tom Laan29.09. - 30.09.2011
| Date | 29.09. - 30.09.2011 |
| Action | DJ set by Tom Laan |
| Participants | Tom Laan [NL] |
| Location | The Egg : Lounge: 175, Rue Bara - 1070 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/tom-laan/ |
| Description | Exploring and combining the fields of interaction design, graphic design, moving image and of course music. |
Installation: MyCityLab "Locustream promenade"28.09. - 02.10.2011
| Date | 28.09. - 02.10.2011 |
| Action | Installation: MyCityLab "Locustream promenade" |
| Participants | Locus Sonus [FR] |
| Location | Midi Station Gallery - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/locus-sonus/ http://todaysart.be/2011/events/locustream-promenade/ |
| Description |
Sound art installation by Locus Sonus [FR] composed of sonic beams, which are streaming soundscapes from remote locations through the internet Locus Sonus is concerned with the innovative and transdisciplinary nature of audio art forms, in the framework of networked sonic spaces. |
Exhibition and Presentation: "Speed Show"29.09. - 30.09.2011
| Date | 29.09. - 30.09.2011 |
| Action | Exhibition and Presentation: "Speed Show" |
| Participants | Anne Roquigny & Yves Bernard (curators) |
| Location | Smart Tel: 17, Rue de Fiennes - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/speed-show/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/anne-roquigny/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/yves-bernard/ |
| Description | The basic behind this exhibition format is to create a gallery like opening situation for browser based internet art in a public cyber-cafe for one night. Brussels' edition theme is "Deconstructing the social networks & Web 2.0 landscapes". |
Installation "Capacitive Body"29.09. - 01.10.2011
| Date | |
| Action | Installation "Capacitive Body" |
| Participants | |
| Location | |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/capacitive-body/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/martin-hesselmeier/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/andreas-muxel/ |
| Description | Martin Hesselmeier & Andreas Muxel installation. where sensors are used to measure vibrations of architectural solids in a range of low frequencies. These oscillations are triggered by surrounding ambient noise. |
Audiovisual / dance performance: Holistic Strata29.09.2011
| Date | 29.09.2011 |
| Action | Audiovisual / dance performance: Holistic Strata |
| Participants | |
| Location | The Egg : Theatre: 175, Rue Bara - 1070 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/events/holistic-strata/ http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/hiroaki-umeda/ |
| Description | Hiroaki Umeda's Holistic Strata revolves around the body as a complex cluster of information that configures actual spaces. |
Workshop with Jan Liesegang: Bike Bubble 2 (MyCityLab)26.09. - 01.10.2011
| Date | 26.09. - 01.10.2011 |
| Action | Workshop with Jan Liesegang: Bike Bubble 2 (MyCityLab) |
| Participants | Raumlabor [DE] |
| Location | Park Grisar, Rue Grisar - 1000 Brussels |
| Sponsoring Partners | Cimatics |
| Online References |
http://todaysart.be/2011/artists/raumlabor/ http://mycitylab.eu/?p=2643 http://mycitylab.eu/?p=2631 |
| Description | RaumlaborBerlin began working on the issues of contemporary architecture and urbanism in 1999 in various interdisciplinary working teams they investigate strategies for urban renewal. raumlabor does urban design, architectural design, build, interactive environments, research. |