Turbine Festival: one city, one day

Turbine Festival Program
#1 Stage-Performance

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  Photo Credits: Afrikan Boy © Hassan Hajjaj

  [MISSION//MISPLACED MEMORY]
  Mission to the Land of Misplaced Words is a performance that interprets language through the visual and auditory senses. A number of interviews recorded on the day of the festival will be on display with impromptu sound technology.
  
  [Afrikan Boy]
  Hip hop, AfroPop, Grime rapper Afrikan Boy fuses London grime and classic sounds from Nigeria. His performance reflects his layered identity. Olushola Ajose, who is known as Afrikan Boy, is performing as Grime MC at the moment in London and raising his fame.
  
  [Throwing Shade]
  London-based producer Throwing Shade is well known for her energetic live performances. Her sound has been described as “cosmic R&B” and “digital soul.” Her music covers the ground between seductive downbeat pop, pulsing club music and contemporary leftfield electronic.

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  Photo Credits: Jess Thom (Touretteshero) © Sam Robinson

  [PechaKucha Presentations]
  PechaKucha, meaning gossip in Japanese, is a style of presentation that shows 20 slides in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The presentations will ask thematic questions to participating artists, and will result in a unique artwork based on their responses.
  
  [Jess Thom (Touretteshero)]
  Touretteshero’s co-founder Jess Thom creates work that reclaims conditions of Tourette’s Syndrome with subjects that are both curious and creative. The performance one tic at a time shows how laughter can change the world.
  
  [Jacob Sam-La Rose and the Barbican Young Poets]
  Jacob Sam-La Rose is a poet, widely known for his vivid and masterful use of language. He is a mentor to young and emerging poets, and is in charge of the workshop “These Streets are Made for Talking.” He gathers ideas from participants and recreates them into a performance.

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  Photo Credits: Evan Ifekoya Disco Ball Hang up 2014 © Angela Dennis

  [Juneau Projects]
  The work of Juneau Projects, formed in 2001 by Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler, consists of sound, music, animation, projection and installation. Interested in the rapidly increasing speed of technological development, the founders have recently carried out unique performances, in which performance overlaps with installation.
  
  [Evan Ifekoya]
  FREE2Dance is based on Russian anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s quote: “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” The performance will lead people to dance openly and without inhibition.

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  Photo Credits: Hobbit Image

  [Hobbit]
  Beatbox artist Hobbit earned his reputation from Glastonbury Festival and performances held at Times Square in New York, winning multiple UK and US Beatbox Championships. He will present a new thrilling performance again this time at the Turbine Festival.
  
  [Felix Thorn]
  Felix Thorn is an artist who deconstructs real objects to create new experiences with movement, music and light. In this festival, he builds “machines” for live performance, commercials and theater.
  
  [Data Jam with i-DAT]
  i-DAT reinterprets conversations, ideas and projects which will be created into dynamic visuals, so called "Data Jam with i-DAT", to be projected on the walls.

#2 Participatory Programs / Workshops

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  Photo Credits: John Costi

  [John Costi]
  Born in London in 1987, the artist John Costi works in film, spoken word, installation and performance to share his concerns on identity, and social and criminal justice. In his performance, participants are led to board a 2-2’s London Bus, generating a playful atmosphere.
  
  [Disabled Avant Guard]
  The Disabled Avant Guard (DAG) creates work that addresses disabilities. Reverse Mendicants is a project that asks for money from the public, then gives back to the public, reflecting the subject of wealth redistribution.

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  Photo Credits: Crowns of Confidence

  [Yuri Suzuki]
  Sound artist Yuri Suzuki records sounds from various objects to make them into artworks. The artist contemplates relationships between certain sounds and the documentation of them. Visitors are invited to design their own album jackets in the Imaginary Record Shop.
  
  [Rachael Young]
  Rachel Young’s participatory performative workshop Crown of Confidence takes place in a hair salon. The artist recreated the wall of a hair salon and built an audio installation based on typical salon conversations. The workshop provides an opportunity to explore self-identity through hairdressing.