SHAPE: TodaysArt joins SHAPE, a new platform for innovative music and audiovisual art

TodaysArt is proud to announce its participation in SHAPE, a new 3-year initiative supported by the Creative Europe programme which gathers 16 European non-profit organisations active within the International Cities of Advanced Sound (ICAS) network, to create a platform that aims to support, promote and exchange innovative and aspiring musicians and interdisciplinary artists with an interest in sound. SHAPE (Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe) attempts to present a variety of idiosyncratic sounds from all over Europe, and to provide audiences and professionals with insightful lectures, talks and workshops by experts in various fields related to sound and performance.

Every year all platform’s members will collectively choose 48 musicians to participate in a mix of live performances, residencies, workshops and talks across festivals and special events. For 2015 TodaysArt has selected Julien Mier, Torus and Matthijs Munnik + Joris Strijbos.

The SHAPE website is coming soon, and so is the full list of the 48 SHAPE artists for 2015! The website will serve to highlight the individual artists chosen for SHAPE, as well as the participating festivals.

SHAPE x CTM Festival

The SHAPE project will launch officially this week at Berlin’s CTM Festival with a Meet and Greet event on Thursday January 29th at the Projektraum of the Kunstquartier Bethanien. Presentations by several SHAPE members and selection of participating artists will give an insight into the upcoming year of activities, musical projects, and beyond. All interested artists, professionals and the general public are welcome to come and meet SHAPE coordinators and artists!

Eight different artists will be brought to CTM 2015 – Un Tune as a result of the SHAPE initiative: Marco Donnarumma, Matthijs Munnik, Zamilska, Extreme Precautions, Gábor Lázár, Lorenzo Senni, RSS B0YS and KETEV.

More info: http://ctm-festival.de/festival-2015/transfer/shape-meet-greet/

Participating Artists 2015 

• 12Z [HU]
• 99 Project [SK]
• Aisha Devi [CH]
• Ame Zek [HR/DE]
• Assimilation Process [DE]
• Borusiade [RO]
• Bruma [FR]
• Christian Wolfarth [CH]
• Credit 00 [DE]
• DJ Nigga Fox [PL]
• Extreme Precautions [FR]
• Félicie D’estienne D’orves / E.Jaumet [FR]
• Felix Luque Sanchez [ES]
• Gábor Lázár [HU]
• Grey Branches [BE]
• Hildur Gudnadottir [IS]
• Ideal Corpus [FR]
• Jakob Ullmann [DE]
• Julien Mier [NL]
• Kathy Alberici [UK/DE]
• Ketev [IL]
• Lorenzo Senni [IT]
• Low Jack [FR]
• Mārtiņš Roķis [LV]
• Matthijs Munnik +Joris Strijbos [NL]
• Marco Donnarumma [IT]
• Michael Seba [CZ]
• Mørk [NO]
• Moritz Simon Geist [DE]
• Noise Control [NO]
• Oknai [SK]
• Oliver Ratsi [FR]
• Pavel Karafiat [CA]
• Pasajera Oscura (chra & irradiation) [AT]
• Plapla Pinky [FR]
• Reptile Master [NO]
• RSS B0ys [PL]
• Sagat [BE]
• SILF [HU]
• Sillyconductor [RO]
• Stanislav Abraham [CZ]
• Torus [NL]
• Ulrich Troyer [AT]
• Vinzenz Schwab [AT]
• Yro [FR]
• Zamilska [PL]
• & more to come

Member Organizations

• Biennale Némo / Arcadi – Paris, FR
• CTM Festival / DISK e.V. – Berlin, DE
• CYNETART Festival / TMA Hellerau e.V. – Dresden, DE
• Festival Maintenant / Electroni[K] – Rennes, FR
• Insomnia Festival – Tromso, NO
• Les Siestes Electroniques – Toulouse, FR
• Meet Factory – Prague, CZ
• MoTA – Museum for Transitory Art – Ljubljana, SL
• musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst / ORF – Graz, AT
• RIAM Festival / Technè – Marseilles, FR
• Rokolectiv Festival / Association – Bucharest, RO
• Schiev Festival – Brussels, BE
• Skaņu Mežs Festival – Riga, LV
• TodaysArt – The Hague, NL
• UH Festival – Budapest, HU
• UNSOUND Festival – Krakow, PL

Partners

Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

ICAS – International Cities for Advanced Sound

Media partners: The Wire, Resident Advisor, ResonanceFM