First of all ....:  Platform 0090 wishes each of you all a creative and inspiring 2014, with an international and diverse focus in the arts and in daily live !
 

                                               
  
Some upcoming events in short....
 

1. The website http://www.emwap.eu/ is online and gives insight in our international project European Middle West Arts Project, funded by the European Cultural Programme. Partners are Produktiehuis Rotterdam, Arcola Theatre in London, Talimhane Tiyatrosu in Istanbul and Platform 0090. 


2. Eine Spekulation / A Speculation, the newest production of Begüm Erciyas will be performed 15 (première), 16, 17, 18 and 19 January 2014, HAU Hebbel am Ufer - Berlin and 23 and 24 January 2014 in Kaaitheater - Brussel (http://www.kaaitheater.be/nl/).
 
Eine Spekulation / A Speculation is about a physical relationship to money. The matter of Euro is speculated in an attempt to slow down time and to enjoy a moment of attention on one shared object before the last material resource vanishes.

                                                                                                                                 

                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                         
3. Taldans is doing its last residency in Potsdam where it will première the production We need to move urgently on 11 and 12 January 2014 during the Potsdamfestival in Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany.
(http://made-in-potsdam.com/)
 
"There is a beautiful mess outside, how can you stay in?" is written on a city wall. "We need free space not castle dreams" is written on another city wall. The process of the project was subjected to various conditions that affected the outcome of the work immensely. Initially it began by questioning the relation and responsibility of art and science in current society.  Later the process was subjected to a strong social event that changed the course of the work. In retrospect, it was only one in a series of many deep social –and artistic - upheavals in the last years, from New York over Brazil or Lisbon to Istanbul. They gave rise to thousands of spontaneous ideas and initiatives. For instance such events gave birth to a temporary social order that organized itself. Social cybernetics in the making.

4. On 16 and 17 January the production of the theatercompany Schwalbe (http://www.schwalbe.nu/schwalbe) that is supported by the international EMWAP network can be seen in Kaaitheater - Brussel (http://www.kaaitheater.be/nl/) and 22 and 23 January in Campo - Gent (http://www.campo.nu/drupal/).
 
"Schwalbe zoekt massa" reveals the dilemma inherent in man. On the one hand there is the euphoria an individual may feel when he merges with the crowd, at a concert, a pilgrimage or a demonstration. On the other hand there is the fear of the uncontrolled power of the masses. Schwalbe zoekt massa is about the desire to be and fear of being part of a larger whole.

5. The last performances of the co-production Ghost of Abattoir Fermé can be seen in Vooruit - Gent 16 and 17 january 2014 (http://vooruit.be/nl/show/detail/6861/Abattoir_Ferme).