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1. Let us know about smth odd: oddnews@oddstream.org phone: 0658959260
http://www.oddstream.org/
https://www.facebook.com/oddstream
https://twitter.com/odd_stream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddstream2011
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The Oddstages pressed the play button:
rock fans making devil horns, beat junkies and
indie kids hanging around in the Oddstream
festival, built around the inspiring cultural factory in the industrial area of
Nijmegen. Beside the excellent choice of music, exhibitions in the contain-
ers and installations all around give the festival atmosphere and Nijmegen Text: Laura Reti // Photo: Karim Shalaby
city a pleasant vibe. Luckily, the weather is also on Oddstream’s side.
“It is pacman with the ultimate freedom, divine in our consumerist society”, Jan van der Asdonk, one
of the artists, sums up. Everyone knows pacman, the game with the yellow character eating its way
through little dots, while colourful ghosts are chasing it. It can be nerve-wrecking, annoying, challeng-
ing. Now, imagine a pacman with the opportunity to eat non-stop, without enemies, without a limited
Text: Melek Senturk // Photo: Cirila Zorenc
amount of food...
“It all began with two broken arcade cabinets. We came up with the idea of adapting the popular pac-
man game. That is how Freeman was born.” Insert any coin you want, be it five cents or one Norwegian
Kroner and you enter the heaven of limitless freedom and resources. “At first glance, the word ‘Free-
man’ has an extremely positive connotation”, Jan agrees, “but you are basically caught in the chains of
infinite consumption.”
“The only way to ever end the game is suicide. You either just stop moving and therefore stop eating,
The festival kicked off in early afternoon with or you find your way into the cave of the ghost.” Your movements are not leaving any trace, you wan-
local bands and DJ’s both on the Concretestage der around realising the futility and make your decision to pull the trigger yourself, forcing a quit.
(Liquid Snow, NL) and on the Streamstage (Sick Is there a better metaphor?
of Silence, NL), getting considerable attention
from the audience. One of the highlights of the
first day was Nina Boas (NL), the celebrated per-
formance artist from Rotterdam, who employs
imagination and alienation.
Creating an imaginary world by an interactive setting with projections, live animation and drawings as
well as an ordinary item which was recognizable for everyone, paper, she encouraged the audience to
comes to activism,” says Safaa, from Loesje. “Do whatever you want - but do something!”
In the outside, walls like these make prisons for the poor and the immigrant. In Palestine,
a couple of meters away, we read: “Being in the moment, you can feel yourself express-
“I start painting and I reset myself: I don’t go to the toilet, I don’t eat...” says Emilio. Just
write whatever they want. The project comes from Loesje, a writers’ collective that fights
get involved into the show.
Cyprus, Ceuta or Western Sahara, they boost hate and oppression. Here in Oddstream,
ing”. It’s the Wall of Freedom: tabula rasa, impatiently waiting for people to paint and
When I was passing by the Oddstage, the immediate traffic to Chop Wood (NL), the solo project of
The concrete wall outside de Vasim is, by these days, the bed for a street art orgy. The artists
come from different countries and are filling it up with all the techniques: brush, spray, sten-
Odilo Grod from Coparck, caught my eye. Without any guitar rhythms, his acoustic sound mixed with
are showing the process. And this involves the public,” explains Antje, who comes from Ger-
from normal life,” says Emilio from the italian crew. “We are not presenting the product: we
He has just finished painting Kill your TV. “Everybody should get out, be creative, and not
“We can offer people a distraction, a reflection, or just a laugh... whatever distracts them
eclectic electronic tunes, multilayered vocals of insomniatic lyrics, gave the listeners a calm feeling.
many. “It’s good to have something ‘offline’ here: no electricity, just painting,” says 103.
cil, posters... They share different skills - and they share the same passion for street art.
Text: Francisco Pedro // Photo: Karim Shalaby
After Chop Wood, I ran to the Vasim stage to have a
they are nothing but a huge canvas - for the freedom of creation.
look at another hip band from the Netherlands, Lola
Kite. With the help of the promos of their new album,
they created a nice vibe of concert atmosphere.
cultures. They should be a target when it
out of it. “Walls try to isolate people and
for freedom of speech. And in the end,
a stop-motion animation will be made
Unquestionably, the biggest hit of the day was the Young
stay watching TV,” explains the dutch artist.
Gods (CH). Hypnotic and heavy, melodic and noisy, familiar
yet utterly unique, the Young Gods were young again.
Later in the Club Oddstream the DJ’s like Richard Devine
(US), Coco Bryce (NL) and Ceephax (UK) totally hit the roof
with sharp beats and sent the audience to the camp area
with awe.
Tonight the headlines are the all-Dutch line up of the Death Letters, Emperors, zZz and Krause, while
Club Oddstream promises a party with Alec Empire (DE) and T.Raumschmiere (DE), which should not
be missed. Interviews with artists and more on “http://www.oddstream.org/” www.oddstream.org.

2. @WHODAWIN
ers! Here I am, your favorite paparazzi, pro-
Penny press #1 - Hello dear Oddstream lov-
vinding your daily fix... http://tumblr.com/
Tomorrow we will play #Oddstream at 19.15.
Spring Festival was a blast!!! We had a great
time!!! it was l.o.u.d. !!! Heading for Odd-
@ALEC_EMPIRE
Maniacs of Noise, live. He has a strikingly
tached to his finger. Festival! #oddstream
odd light emitting device of some sort at-
Our stage @ Oddstream sunday - http://
A nice new multimedia/music festival in
Text : Flaminia Klla, Photo: Cirila Zorenc
Nijmegen! --> http://bit.ly/j0haPu
Hello lovely Oddstreamists, ready for a new saucy update?
Here. You will be delighted to know that our mascotte, the woody dong, fi-
@DEADNEANDERTHAL
nally’s got his missus: a sinuous wooden vulva. Cyrille was shaping it with
his mighty chainsaw when he aknowledged my presence and promptly asked
stream Festival now!
“Ok?”
@_ROUTINES_
moby.to/hzwn88
@FIBERFESTIVAL
“Approved!” I said.
I mean, you should see it, you surely can’t get it wrong.
I’m afraid I won’t be as revelatory as promised ‘cause Gid, my ally from the
lavatories, was nowhere to be found. He put his groupies at the wc gates and
presumably pimped out the toilets’ fee so he could go and enjoy the shows.
Text : Flaminia Klla By the way, rumour has it that Carach Angren caused their share of funk, scar-
ing people shitless with their Chtulhu-ish make up. The backstage bar ladies
got really upset and thought those apparently normal guys of five minutes
before had suddenly underwent their mutation into Ghostface.
Did you know? Did you know? BUT THE BEST HAPPENED AFTER THE
The 360 degrees me- Children love Chroma. YOUNG GOD’S GIG. I met this very nice german woman
dia lab sometimes turn Once they start play-
the Contrastream. who’s following the band since ‘85 and guess what? She told me she also was
into a ‘gezellig’ futuris-
plplpl.pl installation.
ing with the plexi-
counter-cultural fest: in Montreaux years ago, when they performed with Mike Patton.
tic cocktail party (with
pretty intrigued by the
glassy drops they re-
supports a counter Ok, so what? I cried when I saw that on the interwebz.
no booze though). quire ice cream candy
Richard Devine was Oddstream morally
Did you know? to call it quits.
Did you know? That’s all for today dear oddies. See you here.
Text: Laura Reti, Photo: Laura Reti, Cirila Zorenc
I j ust l ove t his bui l ding, its so mysterious. When
you a re here it fee l s l ike w e a re entering anot her
w o r l d! w e a re entering anot her w o r l d!
Petra, 22, student digital art & culture
to help other people.
I have been to t his p l ace a l ot befo re, I he l ped her own dreams but also start
to bui l d t his, to make t his a ver y beautifu l p l ace. participant get closer to his or
I am rea l l y happy to be here no w . situation. Not only does every
Jino, 19, student social works and service Durf te Vragen is a win-win
Vragen. Through their website waarmakerij.nl they can arrange meetings.
II came her a l ot, because I w o rk here at a p rint - People can meet and work with each other at De Waarmakerij which is the office of Durf te
ing office. This is my first time here w hen t here is Questions you don`t want to ask your peers because they don`t want to be judged on that.
a festiva l o r a pa r t y,I rea l l y l ove it! A rea l l y good project where people worked together to solve questions you can`t answer by yourself.
p l ace fo r t his kind of festiva l ! Two years ago, the two guys felt inspired by an Estonian grassroots movement to start this
Marc, 21, art designer
Roemen. We met Juul in one of the containers, where he was sitting on a bright green pillow.
I rea l l y l ike t he l ocation, I've never been here be - wants to bring those people together. Durf te Vragen is a project run by Juul Martin and Niels
fo re, it is rea l l y nice. It is a l so ver y suitab l e fo r t his edge that will help people to achieve their individual dreams. Durf te Vragen/Dare to Ask
festiva l , because it is not mainst ream at a l l , j ust l ike We all have knowledge which will be helpful for more people than the ones we know. Knowl-
t he festiva l .
Lae, 30, art designer
Text: Janina Gutermann // Photo: Karim Shalaby
02.06.2011
Issue:2
You’ve been warned not to enter, you’ve been instructed to let
your imagination surrender. Didn’t listen. Thought you’re an ODD-
STREAMist? Not yet: until you’ve educated yourself you are just an
extremist.
Photo of the day
So dig: you are the closest thing you have to a voice of reason. Dig it?
by Karim Shalaby
Then dig deeper: you are in search for the thing that inspires mind
and soul.
Welcome to the digging ground - this is your second day in the ODD-
STREAM compound.
Do not be afraid to stand out - the inspired one doesn’t hide behind
the crowd.
Look around: you are a part of 3D inspirational surround! There is
no need to hold your breath, let yourself drown in the art and sound.
Open your senses - there is new in you to be found.
Stereotypes, phobias, prejudices - you know there is no way to get it
up if you do not let them go. If this is the case, why do you still resist
the stream of odd mind flow? Is it difficult to get rid of the mainstream
shackles issued to keep you going slow?
Dare to surprise yourself and get inspired.
This is ODDSTREAM and you are among your own.