[getting lost in the inter-disciplinary realm] TodaysArt is an international platform for trans-disciplinary creativity and digital culture. It operates as a network organization.
This edition, The Grey Space will be one of TodayArt’s biggest venues. Visit our website for the updated full program, including performances, exhibited work, panels + talks and work in residency by Yoshinari Nishiki.

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c / a (pronounced as cslasha) is an anonymous post-genre music duo that experiments with audio, visuals and mixed reality — pioneering magical digitalism, various surgical procedures and sentiments. In this artist talk, c / a will discuss their work and their current audiovisual performance HYPER_HOLOGRAM.

This artist talk is presented in the RNDR space, on the 1st floor of the building.

The Grey Space collaborates with TodaysArt to organise a public space intervention by The Grey Space resident Yoshinari Nishiki.

Its been roughly five years since so-called “new delivery” services emerged on the street, starting the British firm Deliveroo. Although their services are now deeply embedded in our culture, still nobody has approached them as a serious logistical system. Would it be possible to transport something rougher and heavier with these services, such as raw materials? And can we reimagine them to be a modular zero-emission transportation vehicle?

Many Deliveroo drivers will take part in this experiment and intervention by Japanese artist Yoshinari Nishiki (aka Inari Wishiki), who is currently doing a residency at The Grey Space. This is in the context of a bigger project, in which he is developing a novel concept for autonomous and zero-emission deep sea shipping. As part of the intervention, the drivers will attempt to move a mountain of 500kg of potatoes together. The distribution and assembly process will be accompanied by a sound piece by electronic composer Kepla (aka Jon Davies).

Yoshinari Nishiki is an artist based in Rotterdam. His work explores the entanglement of economics and ecology. Nishiki is currently doing a residency at The Grey Space in the Middle. The residency is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Central Innovation District The Hague.

Why should it matter how the most visible devices are made? How is an interviewing software constructed, that claims to cut out the human bias common to face-to-face job interviews? In this talk, social designer Isabel Mager will take the visitors through her work in the TodaysArt exhibition, delving into her own artistic practice and research. Both of her research projects, ‘input = output’ and ‘5000times’, engage with the back-end and hidden structures of technology.

The talk is presented on the ground floor/ RNDR space, on the 1st floor of the building.

Rhizomatiks is a creative studio specialised in large scale commercial and artistic projects using both art and technology. Inspired by the structural pluralism embodied by the rhizome, Rhizomatiks was established as a nonhierarchical, liberal, decentralized collective. Rhizomatiks is the fertile soil, a meeting ground where specialists connect to tackle challenges and plant the seeds for a verdant future of novel experiences and innovative modes of expression. In this artist talk, Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi of Rhizomatiks Research will discuss the ‘phosphere’ performance they are premiering at TodaysArt.

The artist talk is presented in the RNDR space, on the 1st floor of the building.

The Modular Synthesizer Ensemble puts its focus on a collective musical experience. Led by Gammon, this hands-on participatory workshop teaches basic knowledge about electronic sound production and composition. The workshop enables an intuitive approach to the analogue Modular Synthesizer and makes electronic music tangible and comprehensible. Because of its unique musical and social acoustic experience, the Modular Synthesizer Ensemble enables a similar challenge to experienced musicians, modular enthusiasts or people with no previous knowledge.

⇨ Please note: the workshop takes place in the basement. Space is limited, to reserve your spot please register by sending an email to workshop@todaysart.nl.

Azimuth and TodaysArt present a electroacoustic performance on Friday and Saturday.
⇨ Program Friday:
Bjarni Gunnarsson 21:30-22:00  | Milos Cathals 22:30-23:00 | Ji Youn Kang 23:30-00:00 | Jim Zweerts & Mark Ridder 00:15-01:00 | Sjoerd Brill (Juxtapoison) 01:00-03:00
⇨ Program Saturday:
Sohrab Motabar 21:30-22:00 | Dario Giustarini 22:30-23:00 | Barbara Ellison 23:30-00:00 | Yota Morimoto 00:15-1:00 | Fani Konstantinidou 01:15-02:15

Azimuth is presented on the basement of the building.

One dark room, three projectors, fifty disco balls and a healthy dose of well-planned lighting sequences are what teleports the audience to a magical world in ‘Light Leaks’, a work by Kyle McDonald and Jonas Jongejan. For this work, the designers have used hundreds of structured light scans to capture the position of each projected pixel, and then modeled their reflection in the mirror balls using SketchUp.

Light Leaks is presented in the RNDR space, on the 1st floor of the building.

Can we look beyond the bubbles, the multitude conflicting realities surrounding us, into possible futures in which people and technology increasingly cooperate? The artists in the TodaysArt 2018 exhibition present ways wherein people and technological parallel realities are feeding off each other, both in good and bad ways.

⇨ Participating artists: Anja Groten + Maartje Smits + Jasper van Loenen) – Face the InterFace | Arvid and Marie – The Last Job on Earth | David Neevel – @burnedyourtweet, Telephone Operator | Emmeline de Mooij – Attempting a Nap | Isabel Mager – 5000times / Input = Output | Kunrad [Koenraad de Groot] – Technology Imitates Nature I: rainfall | Milda Vysniauskaite – Mimosa | Pudica Miloš Trakilović – XYZ | Rachel MacLean – It’s What’s Inside That Counts | Riley Harmon – The Firewall Grove | Salim Bayri – Smartshop Kaaskoes | Yoshinari Nishiki – Overture: Carrying Power | ArtEZ assignment by Daan van Dijk with students: Deborah Mora, Michelle Feelders, Sebi Clotas Jucgla, Elise Bodt, Ties van Asseldonk, Jolie Wijngaarden, Yamil Oulad El Hadj

Bubble Visions is presented on the ground floor of the building.

The Grey Space collaborates with TodaysArt to present a panel discussion focused on the The Grey Space resident Yoshinari Nishiki.
In the wake of environmental crises, nothing is certain anymore, except for the development of mobile technology and cheap sensors. Physical Internet (PI) is a strange technical term describing a novel logistics system, streamlining the flow of materials by imitating the way data is seamlessly transferred over the Internet. Although PI is a scientific concept, it is based purely on an abstract image, allowing a gap for artistic intervention. Single Container Transport is a future logistics concept by artist Yoshinari Nishiki that dissects a highly representative underlying infrastructure of modern civilisation, container shipping, which effectively moves 90% of all the manufactured goods across the globe. Single Container Transport is the idea of moving standard shipping containers one by one, instead of stacking them high up to more than 20.000 TEU (20ft containers) per vessel. These autonomous deep sea vessels are independent of traditional fuels, and only harnessing the wind and ocean currents, however fully utilising ever more accurate geolocation technology and cheap sensors.

Participants:
⇨ Lóránt Tavasszy | Ali Haseltalab | Borre Rosema | Yoshinari Nishiki | Inte Gloerich | Marijke Cobbenhagen (The Grey Space in the Middle)
The panel is presented in Bleyenberg.

[growling stomachs] Menu:
1 | grilled watermelon and feta
2 | barbecued sardines, burgers, spicy sausages and rainbow vegetables (vegetarian)
–– served with couscous, a tomato salad, bread, salsa verde and aioli.
4 | grilled pineapple and coconut ice cream

⇨ Please email to diversodinners@gmail.com or attend the event on Facebook

[Rap snippets caught in loops]
«Word on the Street» marks the first publication on Off Center, a label started by Luca van Grinsven in August 2018. This 8-track mini album is a collection of pieces produced by Den Haag based artist Val Clipp. 

Sets: VAL CLIPP (CH, Live & DJ) | A.V (NL, DJ) | SVARTVIT (NL, DJ)

⇨ Casette + download — €10

[perceiving space] ARC (art_research_convergence) is an outreach initiative of Leiden University for the active communication of artistic research. In this session four presentations will reflect on how works of art devise a stage for our perception to be examined.

⇨ Artists: Alexandra Arshanskaya – Reflection on Expanding Spaces | Tiwanee van der Horst – Inside a Painting | Katrina Glowicka – Aesthetics of the underrepresented | Budhaditya Chattopadhyay – Expanded Object | Curator: Gabriel Paiuk | Respondent: Miguel’angel Clerc

[dancing on strobes]

LASER CLUB returns in TGS as the official afterparty for the opening of the Nøtel exhibition at Stroom Den Haag.
Room I
Kode9 | Crystallmess | Whitespace (Anni Nöps + Casimir) | Torus
Room II
Lawrence Lek – Pyramid Schemes (2018, 17 min)

[raving] Luvst and Leader Lemming invited Construct Sound for a Drum&Bass night at The Grey Space. Music by The Gentleman Squatter, TRVLR and Metronoom. Visuals by Aniusia.

[gazing]

The first Cinetoko Fest 2018 is packed with presentations and talks by international creatives in the world of film and animation. There are lectures and screenings, live animation and an exhibition. The programme can be found on the Cinetoko website.

[gazing]

[in tech realm]

Are you ready to hack the planet with your unique skills? Let’s join forces to take on some real global challenges! In collaboration with Border Sessions, Hack The Planet organizes a hackathon where you get the chance to work together with initiatives and organizations who are working to improve our world. Do you feel the drive to make positive impact?
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We imagine a world with an extra layer of continuous gently buzzing air flight. A fine maze of seamless robotic delivery services. Delivery within reach of our homes and offices. But we still have a couple of blind spots in this vision. Especially on the consumer side. What does the interface of drone – human interaction look like when you’re not the operator, but a hungry student with an appetite for a vegetarian pizza? This lab is part of research by The Future Mobility Network and Wunderpeople to prototype the inner city delivery service by drones, with a specific focus on the handover to the so-called end user. Join us if you’re looking for the latest insights into drone delivery and are looking forward to a very practical day of ideation and prototyping.