TodaysArt 2016 p.

02

Welcome to TodaysArt 2016, the 12th edition of our

festival for contemporary experiments in music, art
and digital culture. Founded in 2005, TodaysArt
returns to The Hague every year for an adventurous
weekend of performances, club nights, installations
and interventions.

For the fourth year running, weve found ourselves a

new home. Trading in the Dutch seaside of the past
two editions, weve followed the strong westerly
winds and landed on the Spuiplein. A homecoming
of sorts the old-timers among you will recall this
was our headquarters for the first eight editions
this years festival takes place at Theater aan het
Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag, and also boasts a
daring and divergent program on the square itself.

Since its inception, TodaysArt proudly offered

stages to rising talent and daring pioneers who
boldly explore the possibilities of new and often
controversial forms of expression. This years main
festival program is no different. Straddling the full
expanse of TodaysArt disciplines, it features the reli-
able quota of world, European and Dutch premieres
of immersive audiovisual wonders and spellbinding
sonic explorations.
 TodaysArt 2016

On the following pages, youll find a complete guide

to TodaysArt 2016. The obvious: how to get around,
where to see who, what and when. And the less
obvious: what we mean by work, performance, club
and symposium, what to make of those strange
Spuiplein structures, and why weve come back to
where we started.

Naturally, wed recommend every last artist and

speaker, but if we were to boil it down, at this very
moment, heres what wed say: make sure you se-
cure a seat for the premiere of Entropy; bear witness
to new performances by Myriam Bleau and Pantha
du Prince; lose your mind to Paula Temple and SS
Gunver Ryberg; and immerse yourself in the works
of Ali Eslami and Christian Falsnaes. While youre at
it, experience it all. Enjoy TodaysArt 2016.

p.03
TodaysArt 2016 p.04
For your information

For your information

In keeping with TodaysArt tradition, this years
festival promises a rich and diverse program, from
confronting spoken word displays and immersive
virtual reality environments to ancient Smi chant-
ing and brutal noise techno. To make things a little
easier, weve broken the program up into five
distinct categories: works, performance, club, film
and symposium. Below youll find a brief description
of each.

Works
TodaysArt has always been a platform for estab-
lished and upcoming artists and makers. Hosting
a hybrid selection of contemporary arts and digital
culture, this years works program boasts breath-
taking audiovisual installations, immersive envi-
ronments, performative experiments and public
interventions. The majority of these Works tap into
the festival theme, Public under Construction, and
will therefore be displayed on the Spuiplein. The
remaining works save for Pedro Reyes Disarm
(Mechanized) which is at Pulchri Studio can be
viewed and experienced at the main festival venues,
Theater aan het Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag, from
11.00 to 24.00 on both Friday and Saturday.
 TodaysArt 2016
For your information

Performance
For each edition, we invite a selection of pioneering
and cutting-edge musicians and artists in con-
temporary electronic music and audiovisual art to
showcase their latest creations and configurations.
Promising the world premieres of Dopplereffekt and
Antivj project Entropy and Julien Bayles sig.term,
and Dutch premieres for Paul Jebanasam and Tarik
Barris Continuum and Pantha du Princes The Triad,
this years mesmerizing performance program takes
place almost exclusively at Theater aan het Spui on
the festival Friday and Saturday.

Club
Ushering TodaysArt 2016 deep into the night, this
years club program presents some of the finest
developments in electronic music and club culture.
Helmed by Nathan Fake on the Friday night and
Paula Temple on the Saturday, with a supporting
cast of local and international newcomers, the
club program at Theater aan het Spui serves up two
nights of adventurous exploration into the furthest
realms of techno, house, acid, footwork
and everything in between.

p.05
TodaysArt 2016 p.06
For your information

Symposium
Bringing together leading creative thinkers, policy-
makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists and
researchers, The symposium provides a stage for
forward-thinking ideas and creative solutions.
A meeting point with a cross-sector focus aimed at
promoting transdisciplinary talent, ideas and oppor-
tunities, this years symposium comprises a series
of panels, workshops and talks that address the
festivals main theme, Public under construction,
as well as a number of related topics. In another
festival first, weve opened this years symposium
to all TodaysArt ticketholders. Whether youve pur-
chased a single Day Ticket or Festival Pass, you can
attend any of the symposium events at Theater aan
het Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag or on the Spuiplein.

Film
Well also be presenting an exclusive film program at
Spuiplein residents, Filmhuis Den Haag. Displayed
on a loop throughout the Friday and Saturday of the
festival, the film program comprises a series of short
films that all address the notion of both the public
and public space in the broadest sense. Whether its
the reincarnation of a mythological prophetess, a
snapshot of Moroccan youths, a dusty drive into the
Sinai or drones whizzing overhead, the mix of
 TodaysArt 2016
For your information

films by upcoming and emerging filmmakers and

artists from the Netherlands and beyond showcases
the myriad of ways in which individuals interact with
their surrounding public space.

Networks
As you flick through the pages of this guide, youre
likely to come across a few sporadically placed logos.
These refer to our partner networks, We are Europe
and SHAPE, associations of European festivals that
aim to promote, create and produce innovative cul-
tural practices and innovative music and audiovisual
art, respectively. If you spot one or both of these logos
next to a program element that means its presented
by the corresponding network and supported by the
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
More info on these networks see page 93.

p.07
TodaysArt
under Construction
 TodaysArt hasnt always been a nomadic endeavour.
Forever in The Hague, the first eight editions of our
festival for contemporary experiments in music, art and
digital culture were set firmly in the heart of the city. The
Spuiplein was our home and its surrounding institutions
from the City Hall Atrium to the Filmhuis and Theater
aan het Spui to the Dr. Anton Philipszaal played host to
countless unforgettable performances.

But for the past three years, weve been without a per-
manent location. With each new edition, weve taken up
residence in a new public space and a new context. Weve
begun to call ourselves roving, not because were wander-
ing aimlessly, but because were not exactly sure where
well end up next. Driven by the desire to engage with
public debate and contemporary societal issues, weve
sought out locations that have a controversial standing;
public spaces with a checkered past and a hotly debated
future. In 2013, it was the abandoned Ministerie van
Binnenlandse Zaken. The year after, we moved to the
Zuiderstrandtheater. And last year, we took the Pier in
Scheveningen.

This year the onus has fallen on our old home. The
Spuiplein has become embroiled in a complex discussion
about the use of public space and that which determines
it. Our birthplace is already just a shell of its former self.
Its social-political context has changed, the (cultural)
debate surrounding it has shifted and the political vi-
sions for it have (once again) been revised. The Dr. Anton
Philipszaal is gone. The old Ministry of Justice tower is
a distant memory. And all that remains of the Lucent
Danstheater, Rem Koolhaass infamous The Hague
 contribution, is a single, rear facade. The Spuiplein is, for
the most part, a construction site; destined to become the
new educational and cultural heart of The Hague, but
for now caught in a whirlpool of open ends.

The Future
of Public Space
The essence of good public space lies in its ability to
connect. Its spatial qualities can generate connections
between an individual and their environment or produce
forces by connecting different kinds of people, ideas and
experiences. Good public space is space where we can
freely run into each other, strike up a conversation or
come into conflict. Its a place where the abstract prin-
ciples of the public domain debate, discussion, deci-
sion-making, regulation, trade and interaction begin to
attain a physical form. In this way, public space facilitates
the public domain.

The foundations of our democratic society are, however,

trembling. There is paralysis, a tendency towards inde-
cision and the erosion of shared goals. On the one hand
we are incapable identifying with a single group, and
on the other overwhelmed by the complexity of modern
decision-making processes. As we head towards this
post-democratic reality in which fully functional demo-
cratic systems become progressively limited in their abili-
ty to act or put something into operation, it is plain to see
 that the forces that define the public domain are adrift.
Our sense of public is under construction. It used to en-
tail common goals and shared values (the public), but as
they become more and more entangled with the market
and individualism (the private), we cannot separate the
one from the other; public, private, commercial, cultur-
al, democratic or technocratic, it now all goes hand in
hand. As a result, opinions have become abundant and
interchangeable, and need to be hyped, branded or sold
to be relevant. The result is a polarized landscape and
a confused form of sensitivity. Confused by a flood of
ideas, plans, opinions and directions, all that remains
is an empty feeling. The notion of public is trapped by
the forces it produces. Its central principles of openness,
liberty and debate are so all-consuming that every shared
opinion increases the numbness. The interaction be-
tween people is changing and so too the character of the
space in which they do so.

The public domain as an abstraction isnt the same thing

as the physical experience of a space that is considered
public. A communal garden, a park or a public square
can still have the unique quality of spontaneously provok-
ing interaction or exchange. But change is in the air and
at some point the developments in the public domain
will, one way or another, start to affect the quality of the
public space we currently still take for granted. The next
technological inventions, stricter safety measures, pop-
ulism and political complacency are in conflict with each
other and cause inherent tensions.

These tensions translate to spatial questions. What is the

future of public space? What could an updated meaning
 of public space look like? What is the democratic value
of public space? Will algorithms determine how we move
forward or will we appropriate a new kind of power made
possible by new technological tools? How inclusive or
exclusive will the future public space (need) to be? What
is a common collective society and what does it mean in
terms of the systems with which we engage?

TodaysArt 2016:
Public under Construction
This brings us to today and to TodaysArt 2016.
We return to our humble origins, the Spuiplein, in
exciting and challenging times; on the eve of the con-
struction works that are set to transform the square into
the cultural temple of The Hague. We return armed not
just with an adventurous program, but with all of those
questions. Questions that warrant answers. And answers
that demand open and transparent public debate. We
want to stimulate and generate new insights into democ-
racy, the public domain and public space that will foster
that debate.

With this in mind, we developed a plan for the Spuiplein

together with ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles], Collective
Works and Refunc that sets this whole machine in mo-
tion. A plan that operates within the temporal, legal and
spatial bounds of formal urban processes, but triggers
and facilitates the discussion we so desperately need.
 The response is RUIMTE op het Spuiplein, an overar-
ching strategy to reclaim the square and activate it as
a social and public residence. A project that intends to
actualize a public space owned by the people and for the
people for the coming years. TodaysArt 2016 is the first
part of this larger project, the first step in claiming the
Spuiplein as a stage for new ideas and new debates.

A Testing Ground
Turning back the clock to the ancient Greek city-state,
the RUIMTE team draw inspiration from the birthplace
of our Western democracy and the ancestral home of
public space, the agora. Nestled in the heart of each
city-state, the agora was the center of athletic, artistic,
spiritual, mercantile and political life. It was a gathering
place, an assembly, where citizens would report for mili-
tary duty and merchants kept their stalls, and where the
people shared ideas. It was an open place where individu-
als could interact, exchange and connect.

With RUIMTE, weve taken the notion of the agora and

dropped it in the 21st century. Envisioned as a square
within the square, the team transforms the Spuiplein
into life-size maquette, the centerpiece of which are four
life-size, amphitheatre-like agora prototypes designed by
ZUS. Each prototype is a testing ground with its own dis-
tinct design and corresponding name platform, arcade,
forum and stepwell. Placed on the Spuiplein and in the
festival heart, these agoras serve as the TodaysArt 2016
 assembly. They will play host to talks, debates and perfor-
mances. And, in keeping with the ancient tradition, may
also become bars and miniature outdoor clubs, or places
to relax and catch your breath.

The debate surrounding public space extends to the re-

mainder of the program on and around the Spuiplein. We
have placed installations and interventions that further
challenge your relationship with the public and public
space. Works by James Bridle, Nora Turato, Christian
Falsnaes and a few (collaborating) collectives of design-
ers/artists featuring LaJete, Parasite 2.0 and more. In
the Filmhuis across the street, well be screening a loop-
ing film program of short films by filmmakers and artists
that collectively showcase a myriad of ways in which
individuals interact with their surrounding public space.
And in the Theater aan het Spui next door, youll bear
witness to several performances and club nights. Events
that dont explicitly tap into the larger debate, but serve
as an eye-opening respite and captivating contrast.

The current manifestation of RUIMTE at TodaysArt

2016 is just a start. Come Sunday, when the festival has
come to a close, the Spuiplein, the agoras and the ideas
shared within them will be all that remain. But what will
become of the square from here on out? The prototypes
could result in a larger, more permanent structure. One
that works for all of the surrounding partners, inhab-
itants and visitors. A place where socratic discussions
and debates can spontaneously occur between govern-
ment officials, loitering hangjeugd, security guards and
anyone passing by. It could sometimes transform into
a marketplace, and other times host a political rally,
theatre, dance or music. It could be a place where people
come together to interact, exchange and connect and
where the overlap between combining functions come
about organically or not. In this period of transition, the
Spuiplein can become anything. But in order to realize
this, we need to keep posting questions and to keep seek-
ing answers. We must ensure that the debate about our
public space and our public domain does not stop, and
that we critically reflect on our Public under Construc-
tion.
TodaysArt 2016 p.16
Works

Francisco Lpez + iii

Ali Eslami + Ash Koosha
Christian Falsnaes
Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe +
Machinefabriek
James Bridle
Matthias Oostrik
Mike Rijnierse + Rob Bothof
NONOTAK
P. Caldern Salazar, R. Kiesewetter,
La Jete, Marginal & Parasite 2.0
La Jete - P
 aolo Patelli &
Giuditta Vendrame
Pedro Reyes
Mark Bain
ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] +
Collective Works + Refunc
 TodaysArt 2016
Works

p.17
Filmhuis p.18
23+24 September 2016
Caf

Francisco Lpez + iii

audio-DH

With no fewer than 200 releases to his name,

Spanish-born experimentalist Francisco Lpez has
proved himself to be a man of boundless creativity
and one who doesnt shy away from a challenge.
His latest endeavour, audio-DH: sonic manifesta-
tions defies all expectations. With the help of fellow
composer Barbara Ellison and artist platform iii,
Lpez collected the sounds of 250 of The Hagues
most creative minds and stitched them together
into a sonic collage that stretches the full and ad-
venturous expanse of the citys musical landscape.
Following its live premiere at Korzo Theater on the
eve of TodaysArt 2016, audio-DH will be presented
as an installation for the duration of the festival,
combining and recombining the submitted works in
a myriad of constellations.
 Filmhuis
23+24 September
Studio A

Ali Eslami + Ash Koosha

SNOW VR

Iranian computer artist Ali Eslami is a rising star in

the burgeoning field of virtual reality. Having honed
his skills as a 3D artist and architectural assistant,
Eslami now constructs elaborate, farflung worlds
and alternate realities typically reserved for your
wildest dreams. His latest work, SNOW VR, is a
collaboration with fellow Tehran-born artist, Ash
Koosha. The London-based composer and producer,
who released his Ninja Tune debut I AKA I to crit-
ical acclaim earlier this year, crafts mind-bending
electronic music by squeezing, stretching, distorting
and moulding his own field recordings into power-
ful sonic movements. For SNOW VR, the pair have
transformed Kooshas compositions into an immer-
sive virtual-reality experience for the HTC Vive. Put
the headset on and youre instantly transported to
the inner-depths of the duos imagination, a surre-
al universe designed and developed by Eslami in
which Kooshas sonic palette forms the bedrock of
this alien landscape.

p.19
Spuiplein p.20
24 September

Christian Falsnaes
Justified Beliefs

Christian Falsnaes is a Danish artist whose works

deal with invisible structures like social mecha-
nisms and group dynamics, hierarchy and authority.
His experiments are interactive affairs that play with
the codes of exhibition openings and museum or
gallery visits and turn his unwitting audience into
the centerpiece of his performance.
At TodaysArt 2016, Falsnaes presents Justified
Beliefs. First debuted at Art Basel in 2014, Justified
Beliefs is a performance piece in which audience
members are invited to put on one of 5 wireless
headphones. Each participant then receives a
steady stream of instructions delivered by Falsnaes
himself. Although each instruction is unique to the
headphone, they are synchronised in such a way
that the actions and behaviours of submitting
participants is transformed into an intricately
choreographed display.
 Filmhuis
23+24 September
Studio B / Zaal 5

Floris Kaayk + Ine Poppe

+ Machinefabriek
The Modular Body
The Modular Body is Dutch multimedia artist and
filmmaker Floris Kaayks latest foray into the realm
of online storytelling. Created in collaboration with
journalist and artist Ine Poppe and scored by Ma-
chinefabriek, The Modular Body recounts the story
of bio-technologist Cornelis Vlasman and his very
own, miniature Frankenstein, OSCAR, the worlds
first living organism built from human cells. Told
through an intricate web of 56 interconnected
videos, each clip, whether video blog update or
news report, reveals another intimate detail of the
OSCAR puzzle. For TodaysArt 2016, Kaayk, Poppe
and Machinefabriek bring The Modular Body to life
in two steps. First as an immersive multi-narrative
installation in the Filmhuis, and then on the festival
Saturday as a hybrid performance and presentation
in which Machinefabriek performs an adapted live
set of the original score, Ine Poppe interviews Floris
Kaayk, and Ellen ter Gast explores the ethical impli-
cations of the project.

p.21
Spuiplein p.22

James Bridle
Drone Shadow

With little more than a white painted outline, Lon-

don-based artist, writer and creative technologist
James Bridle swiftly brings the devastating and
very real consequences of military drone technolo-
gy back down to earth. Presented at the Spuiplein
in the run up to TodaysArt 2016, his open source
work Drone Shadow is an immense, 1:1 silhouette of
the notorious Reaper drone, a remotely controlled,
unmanned aerial vehicle used to carry out strikes
in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere. In
outlining the shadow of these clandestine forces in
unexpected public spaces, Bridle not only pulls back
the veil on the invisible technologies that obscure
and distance us from political and moral respon-
sibility, he also sheds light on the impact that they
have on our daily lives.
 Theater aan het Spui
23+24 September
Foyer

Matthias Oostrik
plplpl.pl::scrutiny

Amsterdam-based artist and software developer

Matthias Oostrik creates audiovisual installations
that question technological developments and their
impact on our lives. Combining elements of digital
art, installation art and film, his works explore the
interaction between humans and machines. plplpl.
pl::scrutiny is his latest endeavour. A mechanical
cluster of wires, displays and cameras, plplpl.pl is an
interactive anti-surveillance machine that could very
well have originated from the set of La Jete, Blade
Runner of THX 1138. Using the latest technologies
from the surveillance industry, the machine observes
and records its audience, analyzing and judging
their actions to route out any unusual or deviant
behavior. plplpl.pl::scrutiny is the first in a series of
four related audiovisual installations Oostrik intends
to present over the coming year.

p.23
Filmhuis p.24
23+24 September
Studio B

Mike Rijnierse +
Rob Bothof
CUBE

It wouldnt be TodaysArt without Mike Rijnierse.

Known for his large scale site specific installations,
in which the audience is incorporated into the
context of the work, Rijnierse is an interdisciplinary
artist whose works have been an integral part of the
TodaysArt evolution. From last years bungy jump-
ing bell and 2014s artificial gatekeeper to 2008s
Station to Station and his very own international
airport the year before, Mike Rijnierses installations
and performances are unique in character, scale
and execution. At TodaysArt 2016, Mike Rijnierse
teams up with long time collaborator Rob Bolthof
for CUBE. Although operating on the kaleidoscopic
principle of multiplied reflections, CUBE inverts
the classical kaleidoscope and instead embodies
the light inside, projecting its inner multiplication
outwards into space. It is choreographed by an au-
tonomic algorithm that directs the synergy between
light and sound.
 Theater aan het Spui
23+24 September
Foyer

NONOTAK
Verticales

Experimenting with light, sound and space,

French-Japanese duo NONOTAK creates immersive,
dreamlike audiovisual environments. Whether de-
vised as visual art installations or live performances,
the works of artists and musicians Noemi Schipfer
and Takami Nakamoto fuse glitchy, melodic techno
with strobe-based lighting design and multi-screen
geometric structures to create dazzling univers-
es that envelop both artist and audience and blur
the boundary between reality and the virtual. No
stranger to TodaysArt, NONOTAKs Daydream
V0.03 and Late Speculation stole the show at our
10-year anniversary in 2014. Returning for a second
time this year, the duo will debut a new work at
TodaysArt 2016.

p.25
Spuiplein p.26
23+24 September

P. Caldern Salazar,
R. Kiesewetter, La Jete,
Marginal & Parasite 2.0
The Politics of
Queuing and the
Architecture of Queues

We line up in railway stations, shops and theme

parks. At clubs. border controls, museums and fes-
tivals. Queues are an increasingly dominant spatial
phenomenon that present us with a powerful met-
aphor for the ambivalence of the Western notion of
public space as we encounter it today. At TodaysArt
2016, artists, designers, curators and researchers La
Jete, Marginal, Pablo Caldern Salazar, Parasite 2.0.
and Rebekka Kiesewetter experiment with collective
dynamics and movements to raise questions about
the democratic qualities of public space and the
agency of the public. Through a series of four public
interventions, each deploying a set of rules, layouts
and instruments, their project will explore both the
spatiality of queuing systems and the experience of
queuing itself.
 Spuiplein
24 September

La Jete -
Paolo Patelli &
Giuditta Vendrame
Friction Atlas

No public space is without its own set of rules and

regulations. They exist for picnicking in a park in
New York City, for group dancing in Sweden, for
kids returning home from school in Iceland, and for
demonstrating in front of the White House. Keep
an eye on the next related media report and youll
notice a single file line of no more than fifty individ-
uals. While they may be invisible to the naked eye,
laws and constraints always regulate the circulation
of citizens within urban space. With Friction
Atlas, La Jete the Eindhoven-based collaborative
practice of designers and researchers Paolo Patelli
and Guiditta Vendrame visualize these implicitly
present regulations. By taping 1:1 diagrams on the
pavement of the Spuiplein and activating these
during a performance on the Friday, La Jetes
TodaysArt 2016 work reveals the invisible forces
that determine our behaviour on and around the
square.

p.27
Pulchri Studio p.28
26 Augustus - 25 September
Hardenbergzaal

Pedro Reyes
Disarm (Mechanized)

In a country notoriously ravaged by drug cartels,

civil conflict and gun violence, Mexican sculptor and
visual artist Pedro Reyes is an impassioned force for
good. An outspoken pacifist and activist at heart,
Reyes creates large-scale projects that are inspired
by and aspire to social and psychological transfor-
mation. Disarm (Mechanized) is his response to the
death and destruction brought about by gun cul-
ture and illicit arms trafficking. Built from weapons
seized and destroyed by the Mexican government,
Disarm (Mechanized) is an interactive, sonic art
installation comprising six kinetic sculptures that
double as musical instruments. Recognizable as
shotguns, pistols and rifles, these former arms now
hum, ring, crash and vibrate at different volumes
and intensities to express elaborate compositions.
The result is an inspiring and symbolic redemption
song for the once destructive metals and a requiem
for the countless lives lost to their preceding states.
 Spuiplein
23+24 September

Mark Bain
Burden of Proof,
The Sonic Suitcase
Mark Bain is a Dutch-American artist with a keen
interest in vibrational mechanisms and experimen-
tal sound. His work zeroes in on the interaction of
acoustics, architecture and physical/mental reac-
tions to infrasonics sounds thats sit below the
human hearing threshold. For StartEndTime, Bain
used specially-designed technologies to transform
seismographic data recordings in the area of New
York State during the collapse of the WTC build-
ings at 9/11 into sound waves, in effect listening
to the geological implications of the tragedy. With
the Spuiplein as his canvas, Bain has created a new
sound piece for TodaysArt 2016. In Burden of Proof,
The Sonic Suitcase, a heavy and seemingly aban-
doned suitcase produces a loud, but muffled siren
when brought into motion. The work is a reflection
of the hysteria that comes to pass when an uniden-
tified object is encountered in public space.

p.29
Spuiplein p.30
23+24 September

ZUS [Zones Urbaines

Sensibles] + Collective
Works + Refunc
RUIMTE
RUIMTE is an overarching strategy to reclaim the
Spuiplein and activate it as a public space owned
by the people and for the people. Envisioned as a
square within the square, RUIMTE transforms the
Spuiplein into a life-size maquette, the centerpiece
of which is four life-size, amphitheatre-like proto-
types that draw inspiration from the birthplace of
our Western democracy and the ancestral home of
public space, the agora. Each prototype is a testing
ground with its own distinct design and correspond-
ing name platform, arcade, forum and stepwell.
Placed on the Spuiplein and in the festival heart,
these agoras serve as the TodaysArt 2016 assembly.
They will play host to talks, debates and perfor-
mances, and, in keeping with the ancient Greek
tradition, may also become bars and miniature out-
door clubs, or places to relax and catch your breath.

Led by Elma van Boxel and Kristian Koreman, ZUS

[Zones Urbaines Sensibles] is a Rotterdam and New
York-based architecture studio that moonlights as
a collective of provocative urban activists. Rebelling
against the market forces that increasingly margin-
alize the public role of architecture, ZUS develops
solicited and unsolicited architectural interventions
 Spuiplein
23+24 September

for urban districts, parks, public spaces and build-

ings that address social challenges and contribute
to a collective and sustainable future.

Collective Works is a The Hague-based collab-

orative work-structure that specializes in re-
search-based design. Founded by Karin Mientjes
and Peter Zuiderwijk. Most work, either commis-
sioned or self-initiated, relates to socio-spatial ques-
tions. Collaborative answers, questions and insights
are embedded in activist campaigns, analytical
reflections, situational identity branding, spatial pro-
posals or social interventions. In doing so, Collective
Works develops strategies in a broader perspective,
with projects that supersede the traditional field of
graphic design. During the festival Collective Works
will also collaborate with media artist Carolien
Theunisse.

Refunc is a The Hague-based laboratory for design

founded on the principle that everything can be
used to create another thing. The brainchild of Den-
is Oudendijk, Jan Krbes, Damian van der Velde and
Bart Groenewegen, Refunc operates on the fringes
of architecture, art and design, and creates experi-
mental structures that are based on local material
waste flows and provide a second life for found or
thrown-away objects. Derived from their history,
composition, local and social context, the designs
for each creation are found in the objects them-
selves and often lend themselves to unpredictable
results.

p.31
TodaysArt 2016 p.32
Performance

nde Somby
bRUNA & Wooky + Alba G. Corral*
Dopplereffekt + Antivj + Scientists +
Artist-Coders*
Hiroaki Umeda*
Julien Bayle
Klara Lewis
Limpe Fuchs
Masayoshi Fujita
Myriam Bleau*
Nora Turato
Pantha Du Prince*
Paul Jebanasam + Tarik Barri
Piotr Kurek
TCF

* Please note that all performances in Zaal 1 of Theater aan het Spui have a limited capacity.
As such, the doors to each performance will be opened 15 minutes prior to start.
Well try our best to accommodate everyone, but full = full - so be on time!
 TodaysArt 2016
Performance

p.33
Theater aan het Spui p.34
24 September
Zaal 2

nde Somby
Yoiking with the
Winged Ones

Yoiking is an ancient chanting practise of the Smi

people - the indigenous peoples of Northern Europe.
Deeply rooted within that tradition, nde Somby is
a Norwegian artist and associate professor at the
Faculty of Law at the University of Troms who spe-
cialises in Indigenous Rights Law. Traditionally sung
slowly and deep within the throat, yoiks are emo-
tionally charged narratives, often dedicated to na-
ture, animals or people. Sombys technical skill has
impressed globally, and, without eroding tradition,
he has formed a characterised style that is expres-
sive and quite magical to witness. His many animal
yoiks take their inspiration from pre-Christian Smi
religion in which a person could transform into an
animal and then back into a human. This goes some
way to explain his embodied performances which
extend the expectations of the human voice.
 Theater aan het Spui
24 September
Zaal 1

bRUNA & Wooky +

Alba G. Corral
Archives

As individuals bRUNA and Wooky are both pillars of

Spanish electronic music, regularly seen throughout
the European festival scene. Together, they co-direct
Lapsus, a multidisciplinary project founded with
three lines of activity: a radio, avant-garde festival
and record label which has supported acts such as
Dalhous and Plaid. Yet the melodic electronica of
their new collaborative album Archives marks a new
adventure for them both. Unfolding as an improvisa-
tion, the versatility of the collaboration is a sensory
experience that explores the many divergences of
ambient in sound. Presenting it as a live perfor-
mance they have teamed up with Alba G. Corral, an
exciting, visual artist who cinematically translates
the work into multiple digital media installations
that encompasses the entire stage; spectacular
lights and overwhelming video abstraction.

p.35
Theater aan het Spui p.36
24 September
Zaal 1

Dopplereffekt +
Antivj + Scientists +
Artist-Coders
Entropy
Entropy is one of those truly unique projects that
only comes around once in a lifetime. Conceived
by Dopplereffekt founder and Drexciya member
Gerald Donald, Entropy is an immersive hour-long
audiovisual performance that is part sonic explora-
tion, part visual odyssey and part scientific lecture.
Taking you on a cosmic journey through time and
space, Entropy weaves talks by astronomers Dr.
Dida Markovic and Dr. Zazralt Magic, visualizations
of real astronomical data by digital arts collective
Antivj and creative coder Elie Zananiri, and a live
musical score by sonic pioneers Dopplereffekt into
a gripping trans-disciplinary narrative. It pieces
together the latest discoveries in cosmology and
stellar astrophysics to tell the epic life story of the
universe and its stars.
 Theater aan het Spui
23 September
Zaal 1

Hiroaki Umeda
Intensional Particle

Hiroaki Umeda is a multidisciplinary artist who

focuses on movement and is recognised as one of
the leading figures of the Japanese avant-garde. In
2000 he started his own company S20 and has
since developed his works with an intimate quality
that requires physical attendance of an audience.
His work is often minimal, but expansive. Using pro-
jections and motion sensors Umeda is able to be-
come one with his creative environment, controlling
light and sound with his movements. Returning to
TodaysArt for a third time, Umeda now presents
Intensional Particle, an experience of digital reality
saturated with unstable stability. A breathtaking
visualisation that embeds Umedas kinetic lan-
guage within a luminous architecture of lights and
curvatures, Intensional Particle explodes upon a
canvas before abruptly vanishing. Its an abundance
of information that yields the universe as a living,
dancing organism.

p.37
Theater aan het Spui p.38
23 September
Zaal 2

Julien Bayle
sig.term

The work of French independent artist, Julien

Bayle, depicts the emptiness of a world saturated
in information. Located at the juncture of sound
and visuals, and of art and science, Bayle addresses
questions of a disrupted continuum, interferences,
and the representation of concepts by using physics
of sound and error/artifact magnification.
At TodaysArt 2016, he premieres sig.term, a hypnot-
ic live audio-visual performance which continues to
ask these questions. Inspired by data transmissions
and communication protocols, sig.term stages the
overwhelming uncertain trajectory found in a gener-
ation of audio signals constantly disturbed. His con-
cept of continuum vs interruption densely resonates
with a state of suspension and restlessness.
 Theater aan het Spui
24 September
Zaal 2

Klara Lewis

Collecting sounds is a habitual endeavour for

Swedish sound sculptor, Klara Lewis. Using record-
ed sound as her raw material, Lewis detaches it
entirely from its source and reconstructs it through
a series of electronic processing. Her distinctive tex-
ture rich tracks secretly blend the everyday sounds
of her journeys, home and encounters into a world
of fragile instability. Her productions are emotionally
charged with a resounding duality of expression;
excitement and anxiety, joy and melancholy, anger
and grief. Yet, mastery over her medium comes with
an intuitive human warmth despite her impressive
technical acuity. Signed to Viennese label Editions
Mego, she has recently released her second album,
Too, which marked a shift from heavily droning
soundscapes towards a more rhythmic narrative.

p.39
Theater aan het Spui p.40
23 September
Foyer

Limpe Fuchs

Limpe Fuchs is a sound artist who has found her

focal concepts in simplicity and emotion. Her sound
material ranges from ringing bronze, skin covered
drums, bamboo flutes, granite stone rows and vio-
lins, allowing her to interpret each improvisation in
resonance with the performance space. Best known
as half of the husband-wife duo, Anima, Fuchs solo
work develops a greater flexibility and intuition.
Verging on sound installations, her work engages
with a greater ecology of the space and materials at
hand. Her astonishing performances present sound,
silence and improvisation as playful concepts that
an audience can reflect on. The thoughtfulness of
these shows lean towards a meditative, if not thera-
peutic quality.
 Theater aan het Spui
23 September
Zaal 2

Masayoshi Fujita

Masayoshi Fujita is a Japanese vibraphonist and

composer based in Berlin with a penchant for chart-
ing new territories in sound. While both his collab-
oration with German experimentalist Jan Jelinek
and his El Fog solo project were often filtered by
electronics, Fujitas latest work rejects the modern
inference. Released on Erased Tapes, Apologues, in-
stead evokes a classical purity, offering us a portrait
of his glistening musicianship. Fujitas compositions
have foregrounded the vibraphone, which is tradi-
tionally a supportive instrument. His experimenta-
tions which have seen the instrument prepared with
strings of beads and strips of foil draw focus to its
materiality. Without abandoning its intrinsic charac-
ter, the distortions expand the instruments reper-
toire to new depths. The pursuit is rippling serenity,
fleeting harmony and fluid recollections located in
vast soundscapes.

p.41
Theater aan het Spui p.42
23+24 September
Zaal 1

Myriam Bleau
autopsy.glass +
Soft Revolvers

Montreal native Myriam Bleau is a composer,

multimedia artist and performer who creates
mesmerizing audiovisual systems that transcend
the screen. Taking the shape of sound installations
and performance specific musical interfaces, her
works explore the limits between musical perfor-
mance and digital arts, and are infused with a hy-
brid practice that integrates hip hop, techno and the
more experimental fringe of electronic composition.
At TodaysArt 2016, Bleau showcases two of her lat-
est projects, autopsy.glass and Soft Revolvers. The
first of these, autopsy.glass is an audiovisual perfor-
mance that explores the sonic, visual and symbolic
potential of the wine glass. Through increasingly
violent manipulations of amplified glasses, Bleau
composes a musical and luminous scene made
out of resonances and debris. For the second, Soft
Revolvers, Bleau commands four clear, illuminated
spinning tops that double instruments of electronic
music composition. composition. Myriam Bleaus
autopsy.glass is co-produced with the support of
ENCAC.
 Spuiplein
24 September

Nora Turato

Nora Turato is a uniquely, versatile artist. A graphic

design graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
and Werkplaats Typografie, whos on her way to a
prestigious Rijksakademie residency this December,
Turato is also a skilled writer and has been making
music since the ripe old age of 15. In fact, recording
as Turato91, she released her debut Girls Gotta Look
Out For Each Other Thats All just last year. But its
as a performer that the Croatian-born multitalent
has received most acclaim. From her perch in the
middle of the room, Turato unleashes powerful
salvos of poignant spoken word that challenge all
manner of social convention. Dubbed verbal vomit
by herself and avant-garde hip hop by admirers,
her absorbing displays explore rhythm, cadence and
flow, and harness language as sound to blur the line
between contemporary music and performance art.

p.43
Theater aan het Spui p.44
23 September
Zaal 1

Pantha du Prince
The Triad

Pantha du Prince is the solo moniker of Berlin-based

producer and DJ Hendrik Weber. Renowned for
his characterically lush and atmospheric fusion of
minimal techno, shimmering house and shoegazey
electronica, Webers music from his Dial Records
debut This Bliss right through to 2010s Black
Noise has always had the distinct honour of suit-
ing equally to the comforts of home as it does the
darker recesses of the club. While his latest release,
The Triad, shows no intention of bucking that trend,
it does see Weber share his most private of affairs
with fellow musicians, Bendik Kjeldsberg of the
Bell Laboratory and Scott Mou, a.k.a. Mr. Queens.
Performing the full album as a trio at TodaysArt
2016, Weber and co. have transformed The Triad
into a grandiose audiovisual display replete with
costumes, masks, a light show and more.
 Theater aan het Spui
23 September
Zaal 2

Paul Jebanasam +
Tarik Barri
Continuum

Continuum is the ambitious second full-length from

experimental producer, Paul Jebanasam, through
the Subtext label he operates alongside James
Ginzburg and Roly Porter. Its aim is bold; to explore
the potential for a cohesive ecology of conditions
that support life, and the digital and atomic mech-
anisms that surround it, in the face of dynamic and
unpredictable change. The poetic masterpiece is
steeped in textural energy, emotion, and chaos. The
live performance comes to life through partnership
with audio-visual artist, Tarik Barri - responsible
for the astounding visual compositions of Thom
Yorke, Nicolaas Jaar, and Monolake. Barris custom-
ized software pushes visual materials to the edge
of possibility with a governing level of detail. Their
improvisation and interaction on stage unfolds an
immersive narrative through sound and vision.

p.45
Theater aan het Spui p.46
24 September
Zaal 2

Piotr Kurek

Piotr Kurek is a Warsaw based experimental musi-

cian with an inspiringly novel approach to music.
A firm characteristic of his work is diversity; from
his usage of analog tape and croaking organ pat-
terns to synthesisers and loosely improvised guitars.
Hes built a reputation for himself as a qualified
inventor of hypnotic worlds drenched in theatrical
arrangement. His recent album on Dunno Record-
ings, AHH-OHH, released under Heroiny (one of his
many monikers) was a warm success of house drum
machine jams and vocal extensions. Kurek is also
known for his work with pioneering breakcore group
Slepcy, which at times explains his uses of jazz,
krautrock, and classical art music as the founda-
tions to of his dramatic soundscapes.
 Theater aan het Spui
24 September
Zaal 2

TCF

TCF is the latest moniker of Norwegian contempo-

rary artist and musician Lars Holdhus. With breath-
taking control of electronic software, he constructs
ultra-modern, trance-inducing compositions out of
his interests in intervening with machine-human
relationships via A.I., algorithmic composition, and
cryptography. Holdhus doesnt hide his enthusiasm
for encryption. Every track title is written in a coded
cypher text, a chain of numbers and letters, and
serve as a direct allusion to the experimental nature
of his music, which remains a locked box to much of
his audience. His work as TCF sits somewhere be-
tween art exhibition and musical performance, his
abstracted blocks of sound and explicitly arranged
synths an entry point to a world suspended of struc-
ture and choked with frenetic tension.

p.47
TodaysArt 2016 p.48
Club

BAKK presents: The Voice

Charlotte Bendiks
DJ Earl w/ Sirr Tmo + Dre
Elias Mazian
Nathan Fake
Paula Temple
SS Gunver Ryberg
We will fail
DJ Skurge
El Rik
Lukasz ywna
Pangani
Zahed Sultan
 TodaysArt 2016
Club

p.49
Theater aan het Spui p.50
24 September
Foyer

BAKK presents:
The Voice

Forged in the hallways of The Hagues premier art

academy, BAKK is the creative and musical outlet
for hometown boys Handsome Thomas, Nick Nicely
and Steve Motto. Starting out as a KABK party
crew, BAKK have evolved into a nightlife strong-
hold (BAKK Militia), record label (BAKK Records)
and radio show (Odd Beat Radio). Hosting a steady
stream of performances and releases by legends
and underdogs alike, the trio pay tribute to the
fabled acid jams and electro rhythms of their citys
squat scene past while charting new territories for
the West Coast sound. Returning to TodaysArt for a
second time, BAKK follows up 2014s Club 2 closing
set with a little something different. Taking control
of Theater aan het Spuis Foyer on the festival Sat-
urday, BAKK present The Voice, an eclectic collec-
tion of local heroes and emerging DJ talent. The
complete lineup includes Safe Swim, Nimbus 3000,
Noodlebar, Haron, 751, Marsdiep, Mata Hari, Mark
Minkjan and De beet.
 Theater aan het Spui
23 September
Zaal 2

Charlotte Bendiks

Dance is a key element of Charlotte Bendiks perfor-

mances. Heavily influenced by her roots in Norways
techno capital, Troms, Bendiks has been DJing
since her early twenties, developing a style that inte-
grates her electronic background with a widespread
love for any music that begs for movement. Her DJ
sets use the body as their starting point. Inspired
by African groove, Latin beats and everything in
between, her trademark focus is in creating euphor-
ic, hot and sweaty dance floors, busy with blissful
moments. Live vocals and impromptu percussion
are frequently integrated into her shows, an addition
which further pushes them into the realm of human
sensuality.

p.51
Theater aan het Spui p.52
24 September
Zaal 2

DJ Earl
w/ footwork dancers
Sirr Tmo + Dre

Steeped in Windy City lore, Chicago-born producer
DJ Earl is the latest to don the footwork mantle.
A for dancers by dancers movement founded by RP
Boo and popularized by the late, great DJ Rashad
and his TEKLIFE crew, footwork emerged in the 90s
as a mutation of house, ghetto house and juke. With
a blistering 160 bpm pace, looped vocals, drum fills,
handclaps and snares, footwork was made to match
a battling dancers step. Twenty-four year-old TEK-
LIFE affiliate DJ Earl has developed his own unique
approach to the infamous genre. Whipping crowds
into a frenzy with his high-octane sets, Earl crosses
over into jungle, hip hop and even ambient noise.
His newly-released Warp Records album Open Your
Eyes, for which Earl teamed up with Oneohtrix Point
Never and TEKLIFE crew members DJ Manny and
DJ Taye, is both a testament to the strength of the
genres lifeblood and the force Earls own creative
expression. For his TodaysArt 2016, DJ Earl is joined
on stage by dancers and fellow footwork devotees
Srr Tmo and Dre, treating The Hague to the full
footwork experience.
 Theater aan het Spui
23 September
Zaal 2

Elias Mazian

Amsterdam based DJ Elias Mazian swerves be-

tween cult classics and contemporary tracks, mixing
them together with a bold thread of emotion and
sensitivity. Mazian ticks all the boxes of an ace DJ;
he has the a great selection of records, the passion
to find them, and the know-how to spring them to
life. He takes his inspiration from the vibrant music
of his childhood; Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie
Wonder, as well as modern masters such as Moody-
mann and Pepe Bradock. The music he plays is full
of soul, and when he plays his attention is focused
on creating the perfect atmosphere for his dancing
crowd.

p.53
Theater aan het Spui p.54
23 September
Zaal 2

Nathan Fake

Nathan Fake has a reputation for deviating from the

norm. Characterized by versatility and progression,
the UK electronic producer is undoubtedly a pioneer
of our generation. Fakes career set off in 2003 with
the memorable Outhouse EP on James Holdens
Border Community Label; an intense techno-based
album heavy with melodic synths and confidence.
Hes since co-founded the label Cambria Instru-
ments, and released material which has paced
further into cerebral warmth and inventive rhythms.
His music radiates on the dance floor, and its with
his DJ sets that his ability to master sound and the
crowd really take shape.
 Theater aan het Spui
24 September
Zaal 2

Paula Temple

Sound is powerful in Paula Temples capable hands.

It becomes tangent and openly present within the
room, something you can feel throughout your
entire body. Self described as a noisician, shes a
true veteran of the UK techno scene. Emerging in
the early 90s, she took an unexpected break to
mentor music tech to underprivileged kids before
upturning our ears in 2013 with her Colonized EP on
R&S, her forceful return behind the decks. Temple
has an unparalleled expertise for pristine sound
designs and an intense craft for grinding industrial
rhythms. She has cemented herself and inspired
countless females within a scene thats still so
inherently masculine, shifting the brutality of techno
into a more refined mass of energy that forms the
dynamic hybrid techno DJ/Live set she bring to
TodaysArt 2016.

p.55
Theater aan het Spui p.56
24 September
Zaal 2

SS Gunver Ryberg

SS Gunver Rydbergs music deserves to be expe-

rienced live. The Danish contemporary composer
and sound artist performs with an endless energy
that audibly challenges your state of consciousness.
Her characteristic style is weird, experimental and
often terrifying: frenetic drum machines, murky
drones, and walls of chaotic overdrive. Her work
embodies her rich production history which stems
within performance art and has guided her through
sound installations, computer game soundtracks
and audio walks. Shes quickly become renown for
delivering music with an undeniable live quality.
These performances are, in her words, site specific;
exploring the potential of the acoustic space. Her
debut release, AFTRYK, on Contort Records was
meticulously designed to induce internal torment,
seemingly dark, but easily forgiven for her talent at
creating intense journeys through sound.
 Theater aan het Spui
24 September
Zaal 2

We will fail

We will fail is a project by audio performance artist,

Aleksandra Grnholz. The Polish artist has a sound
thats highly original with its contrasting energy and
atmospheric power. Following on from her 2014
two-part debut album, Verstorung, Grnholz has re-
cently released her latest album, Hand That Heals /
Hand That Bites, on Monotype Records. Grnholzs
work is a steady cascade of rhythmic patterns, full
of intricate details and oddities. Drones lean into
manipulated field recordings and towards industrial
techno as her fragmented samples create an
anxious tension itching for eruption. Even within the
club space, her work is made to be listened to, with
each encounter bringing forth a new revelation of
sound.

p.57
Theater aan het Spui p.58
23 September 2016
Foyer

DJ Skurge

Steeped in Detroit techno lore, Milton Baldwin aka

DJ Skurge earned his stripes DJing for the tough
East Side Cabaret crowd before being enlisted by
Mad Mike to join legendary Detroit outfit Under-
ground Resistance. A founding member of URs The
Aquanauts, as well as DJ, keyboardist and produc-
er for Galaxy to Galaxy, Interstellar Fugitives, Jeff
Mills Something in the Sky project and Juan Atkins
pioneering Model 500, DJ Skurge has become one
of the mainstays of the current UR Camp. Stepping
out from his role as tall guy in the back, in the
shadows, DJ Skurge reclaims his spot behind the
decks at TodaysArt 2016, treating the Spuiplein to
an infamous Detroit techno set.
 Spuiplein
23+24 September 2016

El Rik

The Hague-based DJ and Espresso Records founder

El Rik collects, plays and sells vinyl in all genres,
ranging from world music, psych, wave, cosmic dub,
funk, jazz to all kinds of electronic music, new, old
and more. From a young age, El Rik started playing
classical music and collecting world music on all
imaginable formats tapes, cds, digital and vinyl.
After the tragic death of his beloved computer, on
which he produced music, he started selling records
to buy new ones and soon a travelling recordshop
was born. Eight years on, El Rik plays endless vinyl
sets, floating between all kinds of genres, styles and
BPMs.

p.59
Spuiplein p.60
24 September 2016

Lukasz ywna

Lukasz ywna is a The Hague-based musician, DJ

and event organizer who explores the deeper and
harder realms of techno. Confined to a wheelchair
and with a limited range of movements, ywna uses
specially-developed instruments and tools that were
designed by Amsterdam-based electro-instrumen-
tal studio STEIM for artists with unusual artistic
needs. Together with media artist and composer
Marije Baalman and Bunker Records affiliate and
producer Kassen, ywna has adapted the code and
sound of the new instruments to suit the club envi-
ronment and his heavy hitting, acid techno sets.
 Spuiplein
23 September

Pangani

Swiss DJ and producer Pangani fuses psychedelic

dub, storytelling and live electronics to construct
sonic adventures. Field-recordings and sound-
designed puzzle-pieces meet the foleyboard, a
self-built percussive synthesizer that uses a sound
reactive wood board on which all kinds of objects
seeds, sand or brushes flow together to generate
manipulated, shape-morphing sound sculptures.
The setup allows Pangani to play in the moment and
bring theatrical elements into his live shows.

p.61
Theater aan het Spui p.62
23 September
Foyer

Zahed Sultan

Zahed Sultan is a Kuwaiti multimedia artist, social

entrepreneur, cultural producer, and filmmaker.
A founder of REUSE festival and El Boutique Crea-
tive Group (EBCG), a multi-disciplinary organization
devoted to social development and creativity, Sul-
tans own talents extends the world of live audiovis-
ual performances that integrate music, visuals and
light. A stalwart of the Kuwaiti music and art scene,
and a DJ from the ripe old age of 14, Sultan takes
his place behind the decks at TodaysArt 2016, helm-
ing the Theater aan het Spui Foyer on the festival
Friday.
TodaysArt 2016 p.64
Symposium

VPRO Medialab Meet Up

New Emergences #4
Art, Astrospace and MoonMars
Public under Construction
Novel Tools for Sonic Manifestations
Emerging Artists hosted by the
SHAPE network
Decentralize!
City Sondols
 TodaysArt 2016
Symposium

p.65
Filmhuis p.66
23 September

VPRO Medialab
Meet Up
Moderated by: Rob van Hattem
Presentations: Nicolaas Boritch + Elie Zananiri (En-
tropy), Floris Kaayk (The Modular Body),
Ali Eslami (SNOW VR)

With the onset of social media and an ever evolving

media landscape, the act of storytelling is contin-
uously and dramatically changing. No longer con-
fined to print, TV, radio or even the internet, stories
can now be found everywhere: on your body, in the
train or on your phone. With travelling dialogue
VPRO Medialab Meet Up, VPRO Medialab are
going up and down the country to find out what the
future of storytelling holds. TodaysArt 2016 marks
the first stop for the travelling dialogue. Moderat-
ed by the VPROs Mind of the Universe host, Rob
van Hattem, the first Medialab Meet Up focuses on
non-fictional stories and begs the question, how
does one imagine and tell non-fictional formats
differently? Joining van Hattem on stage are the
team behind Entropy, the transdisciplinary epic that
recounts the history of our universe and its stars, as
well as fellow TodaysArtists Ali Eslami and Floris
Kaayk. Following the talks, the audience will break
off into small groups, each joined by one of the art-
ists, to dissect and analyze how each artists medi-
um influences the story being told.
 Filmhuis
24 September
Studio A

New Emergences #4

Moderated by: Mariette Groot

Keynote: Ruth Timmermans
Panel: Anne La Berge, Ruth Timmermans and
Florian Cramer

New Emergences is an ongoing The Hague-based

lecture and discussion series hosted by a group of
composers, improvisers, performers, researchers
and sound artists all working in the field of electron-
ic music. Inspired by Doreen Massey, the series is a
Safe Space where dialogue can emerge and de-
bates are encouraged. At TodaysArt 2016, the group
present their fourth session of the series. Entitled
New Emergences #4: How numbers speak for them-
selves, it will highlight the current debates around
gender in electronic music. The session opens with
a keynote by Gonzo(circus) Managing Director Ruth
Timmermans, and will be followed by a panel dis-
cussion and audience Q&A moderated by Underbel-
lys Mariette Groot and featuring Ruth Timmermans,
Anne La Berge and Florian Cramer.

p.67
Filmhuis p.68
23 September
Studio A

Art, Astrospace and

MoonMars
Moderated by: Bernard Foing
Presentations: Bernard Foing (VU Amsterdam,
ILEWG / ESTEC), Dida Markovic + Elie Zazaniri
(Entropy), Angeliki Kapglou (Stanford U./ILEWG),
A. Kolodziejczyk (ESTEC)

What do artists, space researchers and astrophys-

icists have in common? The urge to explore new
domains, find new tools, create awareness, and
expand life and humanity beyond our limits.
At TodaysArt 2016, researchers from ESA European
Space Agency join members of the Entropy team
to survey the latest discoveries in cosmology and
astrophysics, address the human and social aspects
of space exploration, and examine possible human
MoonMars habitats. After opening the session with
a keynote address, Bernard Foing moderates a
series of presentations by Dida Markovic of the En-
tropy team, Angeliki Kapglou, Agata Kolodziejczyk
and Sarah Jane Pell. The session concludes at night
by relocating to the Spuiplein, transforming one
of the agoras into a MoonMars village replete with
a hands-on demonstration of remotely-controlled
astrospace instruments and interstellar musical
entertainment.
 Spuiplein
24 September

Public
under Construction
Moderated by: Peter Zuiderwijk (Collective Works)
Monologues: Michiel van Iersel (Failed Architecture),
Elma van Boxel + Kristian Koreman (ZUS), Koert van
Mensvoort ( Next Nature), Paolo Patelli + Giuditta
Vendrame (La Jete), Ruimte voor de Stad,
Christiaan Fruneaux (Monnik)

More than half of the worlds population lives in

urban spaces and the need to address the forma-
tion, design and (un)spontaneity of future spaces
grows stronger each day. The (re)construction of
The Hagues Spuiplein brings this case home and
raises questions about the public space of now and
what it could be in the future. What powers and
forces concerning the future and decision making of
the environment are involved? Who actually owns
the city? Taking place in and around the RUIMTE
installation, the Public under Construction ses-
sions take the form of a series of monologues that
collectively discuss the conflicts and opportunities
surrounding urban areas in transition, and aim to
spark new perspectives on designing, using and ex-
periencing our public space and built environment.
The monologues will be delivered by, among oth-
ers, Elma van Boxel and Kristian Koreman of ZUS
[Zones Urbaines Sensibles], Koert van Mensvoort of
Next Nature, Failed Architectures Michiel van Iersel,
LaJetes Paolo Patelli and Giuditta Vendrame, Joris
Wijsmuller and Ruimte voor de Stad. Moderated by
Peter Zuiderwijk of Collective Works.
p.69
Filmhuis p.70
24 September
Zaal 5

Novel Tools for

Sonic Manifestations

Moderated by: Jose Luis de Vincente

Keynote: Francisco Lpez + Andre Vogrig,
Darien Brito
Presentations: Marije Baalman (STEIM),
Myriam Bleau, Paul Jebanasam + Tarik Barri.

With Novel Tools for Sonic Manifestations,

TodaysArt 2016 explores new technologies,
formats and trans-disciplinary collaborations, and
the increasingly novel ways in which they can be
employed to push the boundaries of creating, pre-
senting and experiencing music and sound. Joined
by HARING programmers Andrea Vogrig and
Darien Brito, audio-DH: sonic manifestations mas-
termind Francisco Lpez opens the session with a
keynote address that showcases the specially-de-
veloped software at the heart of his latest endeav-
our. The keynote is followed by presentations by
STEIMs Marije Baalman and festival artists Myriam
Bleau, Tarik Barri and Alba G. Corral who discuss
the instruments, tools and technologies used in
each of their performances.
 Filmhuis
23 September
Studio A

Emerging Artists hosted

by the SHAPE platform

Moderated by: Jonathan Reus (iii)

SHAPE presentation by:
Gaute Barlindhaug (Insomnia Festival)
Presentation by: Charlotte Bendiks, Masayoshi
Fujita, Matteo Marangoni (iii), Aleksandra Grnholz
(We will fail), Julien Bayle

Founded in 2015 as part of the Creative Europe

Programme of the European Union, SHAPE is a
platform for idiosyncratic music and sonic art from
all over the continent. Comprising a network of 16
festivals and art centers, the platform aims to sup-
port, promote and exchange innovative and aspiring
musicians interdisciplinary artists with an interest
in sound. Each year, the 16 involved associations col-
lectively choose 48 creatively strong artists and mu-
sicians to participate in a mix of live performances,
residencies, workshops and talks across festivals.
At TodaysArt 2016, Gaute Barlindhaug of SHAPE
founding-member Insomnia Festival presents a key-
note discussing the platform and its ambitions. The
keynote will be followed by a panel of SHAPE 2016
participants moderated by iiis Jonathan Reus and
featuring iii-member Matteo Marangoni, Charlotte
Bendiks, Masayoshi Fujita, Aleksandra Grnholz
and Julien Bayle.

p.71
Filmhuis p.72
24 September
Studio A

Decentralize!
Moderated by: Jonathan Looman + Daniel Erlacher
Presentations: Joachim Lohkamp (Jolocom), Lars
Holdhus (TCF), Maurice Mikkers + Beer van Geer +
Roeland Landegent.

The Internet of 2016 isnt the free and open place

the pioneers of Web envisioned in the 90s. Instead
of a space composed of millions of independent and
interconnected nodes, the digital life of hundreds
of millions of users passes exclusively through 4
or 5 services, where they produce and consume
conversations, images, songs or videos. This cen-
tralization also affects musicians, filmmakers and
artists, who are tied to certain conditions by their
owners, sometimes with creative consequences.
As a part of the We are Europe project, TodaysArt,
Sonar+D and Insomnia explore new ways of cultural
entrepreneurship that seek to answer the urgent
question: How can we decentralize the Internet for
citizens and creators again? Using the Blockchain
as the jump off, this session will explore alternatives
for hosting, distributing and making digital culture
accessible in an autonomous and safe way. The ses-
sion comprises presentations and talks by Joachim
Lohkamp, Lars Holdus, Maurice Mikkers, Beer van
Geer and Roeland Landegent, and will be moderat-
ed by Jonathan Looman + Daniel Erlacher.
 Spuiplein
24 September

City Sondols
Workshop by: Matteo Marangoni (iii)

City Sondols is an ongoing series of public interven-

tions presented by iii that explores architecture and
public space, and employs performative practices
and mobile audio devices to induce perceptual shifts
within the built environment. Performers, equipped
with self-made, mobile musical instruments, lead an
audience on a walk through the city while probing
the surrounding space with sound. Aural impres-
sions of sites are conveyed by using echolocation
techniques and feedback processes. Combining
aesthetic contemplation, physical engagement and
urban guerrilla tactics, the walk proposes a form
of active perception that temporarily modifies the
surrounding environment.

p.73
TodaysArt 2016 p.74
Film

Liz Magic Laser

The Thought Leader

Margaret Haines
The Stars Down
To Earth

PWR
Foreign Drive

Randa Maroufi
Le Park

Shadi Habib Allah

Dagaa

Superflux
Drone Aviary
 TodaysArt 2016
Film

p.75
Filmhuis p.76
23+24 September
Zaal 5

Liz Magic Laser

The Thought Leader

Before there was Upworthy and Buzzfeed and

IFLScience, before your Facebook feed was an
endless stream clickbait hyperbole and #viral con-
tent, there was TED, a global series of inspiring,
beautiful, informative and fascinating 15-minute
motivational talks proposing idealistic solutions
to contemporary issues and other utopian visions.
Gleaming the powerful oratory style and format,
The Thought Leader is a satirical and sinister take
on the TED Talk courtesy of rising New York-based
performance artist and filmmaker Liz Magic Laser.
In it, a 10-year-old child cheerfully delivers a dreary
monologue adapted from Fyodor Dostoevskys
Notes from the Underground about an individual
on the margins of modern society and the effects
modern life has on the human condition.

Duration: 09.00min
 Filmhuis
23+24 September
Zaal 5

Margaret Haines
The Stars Down
To Earth

The Stars Down To Earth is a dystopic vision from

the mind of L.A. installation artist and filmmak-
er, and current Rijksakademie resident Margaret
Haines. Drawing on various sources from Hollywood
thriller to Susan Miller to Chelsea Mannings letters,
The Stars Down To Earth reimagines the tragic tale
of Apollo and the mythological prophetess Cassan-
dra. Reincarnated in modern day Los Angeles, Apol-
lo and Cassandra, whose divinations are doomed to
never be heard or believed, endlessly roam through
urban sprawl as a chorus of astrologers from the
Carroll Righter Astrological Foundation prophecy
actual events for 2015 and 2016.

Duration: 23.00min

p.77
Filmhuis p.78
23+24 September
Zaal 5

PWR
Foreign Drive

Foreign Drive is a short film by PWR, a cloud-based

design, research and production studio run by Han-
na Nilsson and Rasmus Svensson. Well let their
words speak for themselves: Foreign Drive takes
place on the flat surface of the interface, on the thin
line where one meets another, where U meet I.
The interface is a membrane that permits or pre-
vents passage according to a logic unknown to the
user. The hands and eyes of the user are driven
to roam over its surface, tracing lines that portray
distant algorithms. Infrasonic vibrations disrupt the
users thoughts, calling for attention and demand-
ing action. The body is shaken by a surge of fear
and hope in equal measure. We need this connec-
tion but we also crave isolation. We wish to be
apart and a part, inside and outside, all at the same
time. The interface is the stage for this drama.

Duration: 12.20min
 Filmhuis
23+24 September
Zaal 5

Randa Maroufi
Le Park

Randa Maroufi is a voracious and versatile talent.

Educated at art academies in Morocco and France,
her works examine the use of public space and gen-
der issues through a diverse range of media, from
film, photography and installations to audio and
performances. Le Park is her latest short film.
A series of mesmerizing tableaux vivants that look
like frozen snapshots and cinematic sculptures,
Le Park is a portrait of urban youths in Casablan-
ca. As the camera steadily and ever so slowly pans
across their home turf, an abandoned amusement
park, Le Park reveals a powerful intersection be-
tween public space, identity and social media.

Duration: 14.00min

p.79
Filmhuis p.80
23+24 September
Zaal 5

Shadi Habib Allah

Dagaa

With his latest short film, Dagaa, Palestinian con-

temporary artist and filmmaker Shadi Habib Allah
takes us on an incredible and unimaginable journey
of discovery through the heart of the Sinai Peninsu-
la. A dusty drive through an unmapped terrain, we
are led by a group of armed Bedouins whose only
signposts are the brief anecdotes and conversations
that recount the stakes of living, dying and moving
across this mysterious space. Allahs Dagaa is an
adventure behind the lines of military checkpoints
and far off the political, economic and historical
grid, where the only rule for the desert outlier is to
remain completely invisible and utterly intangible.

Duration: 19.00min
 Filmhuis
23+24 September
Zaal 5

Superflux
Drone Aviary

Imagine a world where drones are as common as

birds. Where the flurry of a flock of pigeons in a
central city square is drowned out by the hum of
little propellers whizzing by overhead. Where every
step across public space is accompanied by an
unmanned aerial vehicle, observing, recording, ana-
lyzing and reporting our every move. And where the
collective network they form begins to gain physical
autonomy, making decisions about our world and in-
fluencing our lives in profound but enigmatic ways.
Such is the world envisioned by London-based de-
sign studio Superflux in their short film, The Drone
Aviary. Part of a larger project that investigates
the social, political and cultural potential of drone
technology as it enters civil space, The Drone Aviary
places the drone front and center, following five
robotic protagonists as they go about their day.

Duration: 06.34min

p.81
TodaysArt 2016 p.82
Partner program

audio-DH
Just Peace Festival
The Creators Project
CoderDojo
Werner Herzog
Partner program p.84
22 September
Korzo

audio-DH
Francisco Lpez + iii

We are honoured to be presenting the premiere of

Spanish-born experimentalist Francisco Lpezs
audio-DH: sonic manifestation together with our
friends at Korzo Theater and artist-run platform iii.
A sonic exploration of epic proportions, audio-DH is
a colossal compendium of The Hague-based sound
art that features the works of no less than 250 of
the citys most creative minds. Collected and sent
into the world untouched by human hands using the
specially developed and aptly-titled HARING soft-
ware, audio-DH charts the adventurous tide of crea-
tivity continuously washing over The Hague in what
promises to be a hallucinatory premiere. Performed
live with HARING, Lpez combines and recombines
the submitted works in a myriad of constellations to
produce a mesmerizing sonic collage.
 Partner program
21-25 September
The Hague

Just Peace Festival

Taking place from the 21st to the 25th of Septem-

ber, Just Peace Festival is an annual celebration
of the U.N.-declared International Day of Peace.
Spread across the four days and throughout The
Hague the official international city of peace and
justice, and second U.N. city Just Peace Festival
offers a wealth of festivities related to its central
theme, Peace and Justice. The program includes a
range of activities from debates, concerts and exhi-
bitions to the Peace Run on Saturday, and an open
day at the citys various international organization,
Just Peace Festival. Teaming up with TodaysArt
2016, Just Peace Festival co-presents Pedro Reyes
Disarm (Mechanized) at Pulchri Studio over the
course of the weekend.

p.85
Partner program p.86
23+24 September
TodaysArt

The Creators Project

Route + Screenings

The Creators Project is a global celebration of

creativity, arts and technology. Launched in 2009,
the platform features the works of visionary artists
across multiple disciplines who are using technolo-
gy to push the boundaries of creative expression. An
official TodaysArt 2016 partner, The Creators Project
presents an exclusive program of screenings that
runs throughout the festival weekend and features
TodaysArt 2016 artists NONOTAK and Pedro Reyes,
as well as other affiliated TCP originals. The team
have also devised a special The Creators Project
route for TodaysArt 2016, highlighting nine of the
festivals works and performances.
 Partner program
24 september
Spuiplein

CoderDojo

CoderDojo is a global network of free, volunteer-led,

community-based programming clubs for young
people. Founded on the premise that an under-
standing of programming languages is increasingly
important in the modern world, that its both bet-
ter and easier to learn these skills early, and that
nobody should be denied the opportunity to do so,
regional CoderDojo affiliates organize events where
anyone aged 7 to 17 can learn to code, build a web-
site, create an app or a game, and explore technolo-
gy in an informal, creative, and social environment.
On the 24th of September, The Hagues local
CoderDojo chapter sets up shop at the Bibliotheek
Den Haag. Following the main session, the Dojo
apprentices will present their creations in one of
the Spuiplein agoras.

p.87
Partner program p.88
23+24 september
Filmhuis

Werner Herzog
Lo and Behold

With his new documentary, Lo and Behold: Reveries

of the Connected World, legendary filmmaker Wer-
ner Herzog dives into the virtual world, chronicling it
from its origins to its outermost reaches. Exploring
the digital landscape with the same curiosity and
imagination he previously trained on earthly des-
tinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara,
the South Pole and the Australian outback, Herzog
now leads viewers on a journey through a series of
provocative conversations that reveal the ways in
which the online world has transformed the way vir-
tually everything in the real world works. TodaysArt
2016 ticketholders can attend the Friday (21.45) or
Saturday (19.30) screenings of Lo and Behold at the
Filmhuis for a discounted rate of 6.50.
TodaysArt 2016 p.90
Practical information

Venues
Tickets
How to get there
About
Networks
Partners
 TodaysArt 2016
Practical information

p.91
Practical information p.92

Venues Tickets How to get there and back

Spuiplein TodaysArt 2016 takes place on This years TodaysArt festival

Public Interventions + 23rd and 24th of September. takes place in the city centre
Talks + Performances Please find an overview of the of The Hague, on and around the
Spuiplein, different tickets and associat- Spuiplein.
2511 BN The Hague,NL ed programs below.
Open: 11.00-01.00 By public transport
Festival - 45 The festival area lies within
Theater aan het Spui 23 + 24 September walking distance of both Den
Installations + Talks + The Full Festival pass grants Haag Central Station (less than
Performances + Club Nights you access to the complete pro- 5 minutes) and Den Haag Holland
Spui 187, gram on the Friday and Saturday, Spoor station (just over 10 min-
2511 BN The Hague,NL including all performances, utes). Check ns.nl for more in-
Open: 15.00-04.00 club nights and installations, formation on traveling by train
as well as the symposium and departure times. The trams
Filmhuis CJP Discount: 40 will take you to other locations
Screenings + Talks + in the city or to where you are
Installations Friday - 25 staying. For current time-
Spui 191, 23 September tables, directions and route
2511 BN The Hague,NL The Festival day pass grants you instructions check htm.net and
Open: 11.00-24.00 access to the complete program 9292.nl. Be sure to check in
on either Friday or Saturday, advance, schedules on Friday or
Pulchri Studio including all performances, Saturday may differ.
Exhibition - Pedro Reyes - club nights and installations,
Disarm (Mechanized) as well as the symposium By car / parking
Lange Voorhout 15, CJP discount: 20 From Utrecht take the A12, from
2514 EA The Hague,NL Amsterdam take the A4 or A44,
Open: 11.00-22.00 Saturday - 25 from Rotterdam take the A13.
24 September When you enter The Hague follow
Korzo The Festival day pass grants you the signs CENTRUM.
Partner-program: audio-DH access to the complete program The Turfmarkt parking garage
Prinsestraat 42, on either Friday or Saturday, is situated near the square.
2513 CE The Hague,NL including all performances,
club nights and installations,
as well as the symposium
CJP discount: 20
 About
Networks

TodaysArt SHAPE
TodaysArt is a network organ- With no less than 16 associat-
ization specialized in the ed festivals, SHAPE Sound,
presentation and development Heterogeneous Art and Perfor-
of contemporary visual and mance in Europe is the second
performing arts and emerging and largest European network of
culture. Since 2005 TodaysArt which we are a proud found-
has brought artists, makers, ing-member. Co-funded by the
thinkers and audiences together Creative Europe programme of
in inspiring contexts. Our the European Union, SHAPE is a
main activities are the annual platform for innovative music
TodaysArt festival and sympo- and audiovisual art that aims to
sium in The Hague. In addition, support, promote and exchange
TodaysArt organizes and partic- innovative and aspiring musi-
ipates in a variety of inter- cians and interdisciplinary
national events, exhibitions artists with an interest in
and presentations and acts as a sound. Each year, the 16 partner
co-producer for the development festivals and events collec-
and distribution of artists and tively select 48 creatively
projects. strong artists and musicians
to participate in a mix of live
Networks performances, residencies,
workshops and talks across the
We are Europe respective partnering events.
We are Europe is a newly-formed
association of 8 major European
festivals c/o pop, Elevate,
Insomnia, Nuits sonores,
Resonate, Reworks, Snar and
TodaysArt who have joined
forces in order to promote,
create and produce innovative
cultural practices that are
defined by creative diversity
and exchange. The project aims
to develop a prospective vision
of electronic culture, tech-
nology and entrepreneurship,
contributing to new social and
political developments with an
interdisciplinary approach.
Over the course of the next
three years, each partnering
festival will invite two other
partners to collaborate on both
a symposium program as well as
an artistic program at their
respective events.

p.93
TodaysArt team p.94

Supervisory Board Photography

Piet Barendse Maurice Mikkers
Robert Koetsier
Alex Adriaansens Other crew and Volunteers
Nicole van Vessum The Festival wouldnt be what it
is today without the great ef-
Director/Founder forts by many other crew members
Olof van Winden and all volunteers who are not
listed here!
TodaysArt The Hague
Tim Terpstra
Galina Bartelds
Brecht Hoffmann
Irvin van den Houdt

Artistic Team
Gwyneth Wentink
Remco Schuurbiers
Petra Heck
Tim Terpstra
Peter Zuiderwijk
Olof van Winden

TodaysArt 2016

Marketing & Communication

Galina Bartelds
Phil van der Krogt

Production
Kwinten Vissers
Margarita Osipian
Pierre-Yves Lavoie
Sanne Kruithof

Volunteer Coordination
Joya de Bock
Moniek van der Kwaak

Art Direction + Design

Collective Works

Web Development
buurmen

Videography
Tanja Busking
Partners

Presenting Partners

Governmental + Institutional Partners

Creative Partners

Media Partners

Facillitating Partners + Preferred Suppliers

p.95
 sp Tod
Tr nso ysA
o a
ue r rt
is van
De website van je
event altijd beschikbaar
met managed hosting
van True.

Heb jij ook een event waar de website een cruciale rol speelt voor je publiek?
Bel 020 305 97 50 of ga naar true.nl/events