Freaky dancing en Theater Kikker bundelen hun krachten in deze speciale clubavond.
Freaky Dancing is een Utrechts collectief dat nieuwe club ervaringen creëert waar live acts, dj’s en kunst met elkaar botsen, versmelten en elkaar transformeren. Ze streven ernaar het beste uit elk van deze elementen te halen en ruimte te creëren om te experimenteren en te evolueren.
Amsterdam-based artist Marijn Brussaard works with performance, music, video and installation. In his conceptually and musically driven practice, he researches and reflects on the theatrics of modern-day phenomena and finds that the tension and drama often lie in the inconsistencies and paradoxes of these subjects. His work can be described as form-experiments that are often poetic, humorous or absurd by nature.
Brussaard’s performance/installation ‘I Want More’ will be the centerpiece of the night, a choreography for pyrotechnics, smoke and lighting effects. The piece reflects on the aesthetics of Danger, Destruction and Darkness in pop culture and mass media. Is it possible to reclaim symbols of destruction? The horror, the annihilation, the erotic charge of domination?
Under the moniker Universal Ryan, multi-disciplinary artist Marijn Brussaard creates dream-like sonic textures. Informed by both mass media and internet micro-scenes, Brussaard - who is also one half of genre benders Know V.A. - interweaves elements of esoteric ambient, bedroom pop and futuristic synthwave in audio-visual live sets. The goal? Reaching states of ecstasy, escapism and transcendence.
If you don’t like surprises, you might want to look away when Gamma Intel takes to the stage. The restless DJ and producer from Rotterdam is always searching for the elusive sweet spot between the weird and the wonderful, and for unfamiliar nuances in familiar worlds. Sure, Gamma Intel wants to make you dance, just not to what you might expect. A beatless piece might appear in the middle of a set to grab the attention before a distorted bass line blows up the club. Ranging from wonky electro to off-pitch acid house and glitched-up techno, Gamma Intel’s sets are perhaps best compared to wormholes in which nobody knows where it will all end up. Not even Gamma Intel himself.
While they probably work fine in summer as well, we suspect Minka’s sets are best suited for the colder period of the year. From brooding triphop to psychedelic IDM and from halftime drum & bass to experimental techno, versatility is key here. That may sound like a serious affair, but Minka’s sets are dynamic and playful as well, an experience that perhaps feels closest to wandering through a three-dimensional version of an abstract painting by Pollock or Rothko. Impossible to pin down, Minka’s sets are proof that a question mark is always more exciting than an exclamation point.
Tijdens de avond en nacht van 23 op 24 november ontdek je het gevarieerde nachtleven van Utrecht. Van 16:00 tot 04:00 duik je in een unieke mix van cultuur, muziek en gezelligheid op diverse locaties door de stad. Van workshops en inspirerende talks tot de leukste clubnights van Utrecht!
Met bijdragen van onder andere De NAR, VechtclubXL, Woolloomooloo en het Centraal Museum is het programma verrassend en veelzijdig. Of je nu zin hebt in een energieke rave, een intieme performance of een avond vol inspirerende ontmoetingen, in Utrecht kan het allemaal.
Benieuwd welke organisaties nog meer meedoen aan De Utrechtse Nacht? Kijk voor meer informatie en het volledige programma op culturelezondagen.nl.
