TodaysArt Festival 2008

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR ADVENTUROUS CREATIVITY / SEPTEMBER 26 - 27, 2008 / THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS / 1 CITY - 2 DAYS - 20 VENUES - 200+ ARTISTS

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This year, the 4th edition of TodaysArt, the international festival for adventurous creativity in The Hague, The Netherlands, will take place on 26 – 27 SEPTEMBER.

Once again, TodaysArt will close the Dutch festival season and prime the cultural season, bringing over 200 artists from all corners of the world to the city centre of The Hague, for a weekend of unique and cutting edge artistic showcases. Talented explorers invite you to witness their own personal take on today´s creativity.

In its program, TodaysArt emphasizes fresh, innovative and vigorous creativity and new forms of expression. The festival welcomes rising talents and artistic pioneers who boldly explore the possibilities of the new and controversial in a unique setting. TodaysArt offers a musical line-up that has something in it for everyone in nearly all sorts of contemporary musical genres.

The thematic structure of the 2008 edition will provide the visitor with unusual, artistic perspectives. Architecture, infrastructure, public space and durability will be approached in unique ways, enabling and creating unexpected encounters and perspectives in the midst of existing urban structures in downtown The Hague.

Relevant Webspots:

Last.FM: www.last.fm/user/todaysart/
Myspace: www.myspace.com/todaysart
Youtube: www.youtube.com/todaysart
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/todaysart
Hyves (dutch): www.todaysart.hyves.nl
Twitter: www.twitter.com/todaysart
Official site: www.TodaysArt.nl

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Programmers and curators have gone through a long, constantly evolving process, filling the venues throughout the city centre with a selection of artistic showcases in the multidisciplinary intersections between music, visual arts, contemporary dance, multimedia art, fashion, professional showcases and other forms of creative expression.

The Generator (the organisation behind TodaysArt) team is very proud to offer you a peek at the confirmed acts of TodaysArt 2008.

Music:
!!! (CHK CHK CHK) – US
2562 – NL
ANDREA SARTORI – IT/ DE
ANDY STOTT – UK
THE AQUANAUTS (UR) - US
BEN FROST – IS
BYETONE – DE
CHARLY & GALLUS - NL
CHIC MINIATURE – CA
CLARO INTELECTO – UK
DEADBEAT – CA
DJ SERGE - NL
DJ TLR - NL
ELITECHNIQUE - NL
FRIVOLOUS – DE / CA
GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT – IE
HUORATRON – FI
KETTEL – NL
KORNREINIGER – DE
LEGOWELT – NL
LINDSTRØM / LIVE – NO
LOUD-E – NL
MAD EP – UK
MARK BOOMBASTIK - DE
MISS HECKER – DE
MLZ – UK
NICAD – NL
ORGUE ELECTRONIQUE – NL
PENDLE COVEN – UK
PIER BUCCI – CL / DE
PRINS THOMAS / LIVE – NO
THOMAS ANKERSMIT – NL

Showcases:
<>TAG – NL
ANTILOUNGE – NL
ART SCIENCE (ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART) – NL
BUNKER / CRÈME ORGANIZATION – NL
DAG IN DE BRANDING - NL
MODERN LOVE – UK
MUTEK – CA
NEMO FESTIVAL - FR
OLE RECORDS – NL
V2_ - NL
VILLA NUTS – NL

Dance:
CHUNKY MOVE / GLOW – AU
CINEDANS / SCREENINGS - NL
COMPAGNIE RETOURAMONT / VIDE ACCORDE – FR
CROSSTOWN DEN HAAG – NL
T.R.A.S.H. / ISA – NL

Art:
CHARLES & SARAH / CONCRETE BURDEN - BE
DAAN BRINKMANN - NL
DI MAINSTONE / SHAREWEAR (V2_) - UK
DICK RAAIJMAKERS / GRAFISCHE METHODE FIETS – NL
JEROEN JONGELEEN / INFLUENZA - NL
JIACONG JAY YAN / WE ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT - US
LAB[AU] / EOD02, PIXFLOW#2 & F555 – BE
LIEF HERTJE & DE GROTE WITTE REUS - NL
LUST - NL
PABLO VALBUENA – ES
PICTOPLASMA – DE
RASTER NOTON / WHITE LINE – DE
RYOICHI KUROKAWA – JP
SEBASTIEN WIERINCK - FR
SOS / STATE OF SABOTAGE – AT
STAALPLAAT + MIKE RIJNIERSE – NL / DE
XAVIER VAN WERSCH - NL