Viewers of ‘Feed’ will first see a computer animation. Which is misleading, for the real spectacle comes next: suddenly the hall is filled with smoke and what takes place then most resembles a dream or a nightmare, for Kurt Hentschläger is a virtuoso with electronic sounds and lighting effects. Hentschläger is especially interested in the way in which light and sound influence our experience of the environment. With ‘Feed’ this results in an impressive experience. However, visitors are required to sign a declaration in advance that they are attending the performance at their own risk. Anyone who is an epileptic, a heart patient, or claustrophobic had better not witness this cross-border live-cinema, which totally upsets your sense of direction: one can hardly perceive any more depth or perspective as a result of the smoke, the lighting effects, the stroboscope and the soundscape at full blast.
Last year it was particularly the interactive works of art that brought about a confrontational experience between man and technology. Perhaps this impact will now be reached by the American media artist Ken Rinaldo. The interactive installation ‘Our Daily Dread’ about our food production will premiere at STRP. Robots, machines and technology are minimizing the human factor in the food production. Farming has become a collection of production machines that have taken over man’s connection with animals and plants. Rinaldo visualizes this with an installation of robot arms, cows’ ears, video images with sounds of agricultural machinery, mowing cows, grunting pigs and sounds from slaughterhouses.
Apart from technology-related art, visitors can also look at and listen to musicians during the STRP Festival, and definitely not the least among them: The Chemical Brothers open the STRP Festival on Thursday 22 November with their spectacular audiovisual show. In addition, there will be performances by Lady Aïda, Speedy J, Mr. Oizo, Dave Clarke, 2 Many DJ’s and Roisin Murphy (the singer of Moloko) during the STRP Festival./.

Check out the complete program on www.strp.nl.