20 - 29 novembre 2009, Bruxelles (Belgio)
For this 7th edition of the Cimatics festival, we try to go at full throttle again with todays image culture. As an audiovisual festival Cimatics puts the focus both on art, media, design and music. We invite you for a mix of concerts, film-screenings, exhibitions, workshops, conferences, public interventions and parties. Cimatics is spread out all over the city of Brussels. For 10 days and nights it will be hosted by numerous venues, both underground and above. It intends to be a citywide international festival for advanced creativity, a node where underground, pop and art become mixed in an exciting cultural mash-up. Cimatics is an ongoing experiment. What was initially a festival for VJing, and soon after for live audiovisual art, has now become an exercise and celebration focusing on ‘advanced creativity’. Todays urban and digital culture in all its diversity. About Cimatics organisation_ Cimatics is a Brussels-based initiative with structural support from the Flemish authorities as an organisation for ‘audiovisual performance arts’. With this focus Cimatics is unique in Belgium, and has built up a strong international reputation in this field. Next to the organisation of Cimatics Festival, activities include the production support of audiovisual creations (such as Ryoichi Kurokawa, Boris & Brecht Debackere, Arne Deforce & Utaka Oya, Visual Kitchen), tourmanagement and bookings, the organisation of audiovisual events (concerts, performances,…), workshops and guest-curations. Cimatics is member of ICAS/ECAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound), the international network of contemporary urban festivals such as Mutek (Montre’al), Mutek Mexico, Club Transmediale (Berlin), Todays Art (The Hague) or FutureEverything (Manchester). The annual festival should be seen as a separate part of the organisation, with a much broader focus on electronic and digital arts and culture in general. Cimatics Festival is a citywide event, large-scale, low-budget and open for a broad and diverse audience, plunging into contemporary image culture. […] Info: tel +32 02 5200782 e-mail: info@cimaticsfestival.com - www.cimatics.com