TodaysArt Festival September 24, 2009

The fifth edition of the TODAYSART festival will invite you to explore your thought lines, emotions and senses. Expect a concentrated, physical experience.

We are all sense-full beings, and as such we are increasingly exposed to an immense amount of incentives on a daily basis. Can we still really feel? Do we remember what it means to be submerged in emotion, thoughts and overwhelming physical elements? Are we still able to evaluate impulses from the outside in order to act rationally?

The natural instinct to anticipate effects of external conflict and to enter into or to strive for adaptation, many years may have been stunned by a period of unbridled urge for growth and an emphasis on material existence.

The question whether we can identify, and then on the basis of a clear consideration if we can and want to intervene must be answered. Is society still open to incentives, both visually and in words and sounds and how does it manifest physically? Can we break numbness? What is our response to these incentives and we are still able to act instinctively? To what extent do we still dare to intervene on what we experienced, and to what extend are we capable to explain what is happening?

Conflict is therefore a red line through the program of TODAYSART 09, which through multidisciplinary creative processes explores this possible rebirth of consciousness. TA 09 creates awareness, shakes awake, opens eyes, generates feelings, will give answers and raises new questions, examines how conflict can lead to new insights and solutions, and explores the ability of the visitor to re-open to impulses from outside. Furthermore, the reaction and expectations of visitors will form a focal point during the festival.

Soon there will be more detailed information and program updates available for TODAYSART 09.