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We dance our last dance, walk down the singing stairs for the last time.
Bye bye Oddstream, bye bye! “Oddstream
next year? Yes,
“This festival is very strange and very odd, we succeeded in that”, please!” Ton is
we hear from Ton, responsible for the educational project. “But excited. “Even with
where is the public?” The question arises everywhere – as ev- the disappointment,
erywhere there is an empty space to be filled. “The festival everyone has the feeling
deserved better”, agrees Marjolein, the public relations that this must go on.
lady of the Oddstream. “It showed the potential,
next year people will know about it”. We were few
people, we were enthusiastic people. “If you empowering and haunting melodies
read the Twitter, Facebook, the journalists’ Marieke, responsible for the exhibition,
is meanwhile hoping for more art and less
Eklin’s (NL) amazed and motivated the audience
reports, everyone is positive about the with a dark trip hop aura. Don’t be
festival”, Ton observes. music. “They should be more mixed and woven deceived by the English sounding lyrics - it’s only a mind trick.
together, artists and musicians more intercon- Their music is all about transferring feelings to the crowd and
“It was really exciting”, Marjolein nected. There are so many music festivals... This one they’re damn good at it.
smiles. “People have been really pays attention to art. Innovative art.”
working on the festival for
more than 2 years”, Ton One thing is certain:
recalls. Plans are made, by companies, the Symphonic rock full of synthesizers and soundscapes is the
municipality, associations - all together to create the new “cultural
heart” of Nijmegen. There will be a new bridge to the city.
The Gathering (NL) sonic signature of
a successful band
Social housing. New studios and residences for artists. A with a long history. They started the concert with perhaps a bit
great place for festivals. too many ballads and continued with more powerful tunes.
De Vasim will stay, only less permeable and more winter proof. It will be home for
new organizations and projects, a cradle of ideas. The new entrance will be facing
Nijmegen—welcoming the city.
Things will be changing by the Waal river. As Ton warns, “the stream here is wild!”
Text: Lotte Twilt & Melek Senturk Photo: Karim Shalaby
Knalpot (NL) ruled theatOddstage
starting 20.45.
After the concerts, Club Oddstream stamped the
Turnta-
night again. The gig opened with
Their punk funk
electro sound and flying saucer shaped hats bles in Technicolor (UK).
attracted a lot of attention. The high powered
blast lasted through the whole concert both for
the band and the audience. The band waved With a unique, eye popping and crowd rocking
goodbye at 21.30 with a modest thank you. A audio visual performance, DJ Woody let us experi-
visitor explained the whole event with a clear ence a truly experimental show.
sentence: “Ik vind dit leuk”.
Today just don't miss female powered electroclash
Chicks on Speed (DE/ES), indie post-punkers Tubelight
(BE), the acoustic indie tunes of Bird on the Wire (NL),
psychedelic pop-ish treat called 0110 (NL) and DMDN
vs. HerrFer (NL).

2. The sec ret l ife of w omen
Text: Karmen Spiljak // Photo: Cirila Zorenc
“Where are they hiding?” I kept feeling additional pressure because of It’s OK if you put me there but I’m
asking myself when meeting the her gender, she concluded rock ‘n’ roll is just basically doing something.
‘behind the curtain’ volunteers a mans world and admitted she felt more And it works.” Often I’ve noticed
Text: Flaminia Klla // Ilustration: Tadeja Bucar and workers before the festival. pressure to look sexy and be out there at women workers mostly being stuck
Howdy lovely Oddstreamists!!! It’s Oddstream so it should be the start of her career. with work that is hard but earns
I just can’t believe that this’ll be the last issue. I miss you already. er, so flourishing with female artists. less recognition. But I’ve also seen
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ful observer could notice female
band members and even a few vo-
calists. One of them was Susanne
So dear Oddies, be sensitive and say Ciao Ciao. Clermonts, the front woman of
See you here. Next Year. Dutch band Krause. Despite not
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Unconscious mo- It's all about Jupiter is rolling A
A little bit of self-
tivations influence change, the week into your house
R T
destruction does
hurt, remember your drive this will pick you up of fun
week. You might develop and teach you things about but don't forget Text: Karmen Spiljak Photo: Janina Gutermann
that the cosmos
leans heavely on your a resentment towards au- life. Probably you won't to synchronize with the
communication. Be careful thority. Plug in to that new be able to patch your bike people you love. Then
navigating yourself on the insight and turn emotions tire, but understanding someone totally sweet It was an offer you can’t refuse. When action, art and hackers invite
streets and furthermore, into constructive actions. random cosmic events will grasps your attention. Be you to an urban intervention, you don’t ask - you join.
also stick to other stan- LEO come swiftly. aware off ass-kissing!
dard stuff. You will set a SCORPIO AQUARIUS
mechanism in Do not go to This week you're Urban intervention is an artistic form of resistance and a response to our
TAURUS
Stay in the pro- motion that will work this week! a walking commu- society. Mathieu Tremblin (www.demodetouslesjours.eu), an urban artivist
cess, big stuff are eventually make Neither should nication problem. known for his public interventions, was picking the lucky fruits for his ‘Fruit
a sharp turn with your re- you spend any time alone Life is asking a lot
coming up. A new Skewer’, public camera canapé’s, to draw attention to Big Brother’s intruding
sponsibilities. Leave the because Jupiter is entering but will push you to the
brand of life-cycle
festival mood, daily beer the seventh house. At the next level. When a monkey presence. Art + activism?
is kicking in! You will be the
centre of attention espe- and sweating in sun be- same time new or unusual learns to fly you can start “Art is an idea, it’s about communicating the value, not product. Making
cially in unusual situations. hind, and don't forget to people show up on your calling it a bird, so to say. money is not the same as making art.” he explained passionately. “Activism
You definetely won't need check your hair before doorstep and you start PISCES on the other hand is always about being creative and breaking the rules.”
a backstage pass anymore, going out. jumping. Your communi-
from now on you make the VIRGO SAGITARIUS cation house is Mathieu confessed affinity to Banksy’s philosophy of
Real magic comes Things are brew- totally bitching,
rules, not the security.
with a call for a ing around you, it's crazy, over
rather asking for forgiveness than permission. “It’s all
GEMINI
far horizon and which makes you the top bananas. You may about doing simple things in urban space without any au-
Look into your in-
ner world and de- cosmic wheels restless. So bot- get caught in epic events. thorization given.” He looks at Vlad who nodds to confirm
velop your strength to turn over. You might be tom's up! You will accel- Study will be the key but his words.
and power through inspired to unexpected erate and make complete don't forget the toys that
expanding inner vibes and turns in life. Last weeks ex- changes in your daily life are at your disposal.
perience may assure you routines. Perhaps a new But Vlad is a different story. This notorious Czech artist has cooperat-
psychic energy. After being Text & Illustration: Kaj Derks
surrounded by crowds you having no hangover after haircut or a sexchange. ed with the art guerilla group Ztohoven and hacked the national panorama
will need time for recre- partying. TV program to broadcast a clip of nuclear explosion. It didn’t have any deeper
ation. Don't barbecue in the intellectual background. It wanted to draw attention to the power of media and
rain but have a salad. its reality. “I hope nobody believed it. It would be absurd to think a nuclear
explosion really happened in a small Czech village,” he laughed. “It’s
05.06.2011 easy to get corrupted. But we also have the responsibility towards
Issue:4 us and others to express ourselves as citizens.”
And they were off to fruitylize Nijmegen’s public cameras ...
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Is there a reasonable opportunity to use our arty
there a mainstream in
creations back home in society? Do you expect to follow
through on your oaths to stand oddstream? Or an even odder
the out in a crowd?
stream in the oddstream? Are we a real uni-
ty, if only living in a five days long community? Is
If you say , then we all get why you were here. We, and most
there a reasonable opportunity to use our arty creations
important you, participated because ODDSTREAM got hold of your
back home in society? Do you expect to follow through on
imagination, became yourto stand out ininspiration. you say “yeah”, then we
your oaths
ignition and a crowd? If
all get why you were here. We, and most important you, partici-
But if you said , we totally understand: you had fun and we yourhappy
pated because ODDSTREAM got hold of are imagination, became
for that! What we are interested in are the few, who But if youthere“no”, we totally under-
your ignition and inspiration. thought said was
more to ODDSTREAM than washad fun andTo you,happysensed that we are interested
stand: you conveyed. we are who for that! What
Nijmegen is in an architectural,few, who thought there was more to ODDSTREAM than was
in are the social and cultural changing process
with de Vasim in the spotlight. Who believesensed that Nijmegen is in an architectural,
conveyed. To you, who in the necessity of an
alternative culture. social and cultural changing process with loud
To stand de Vasim in the spotlight.
and proud for the ODD and the underground.
Who believe in the necessity of an alternative culture. We need you
to carry through. To stand loud and proud for the ODD and the
We hope that for underground. We hope that for you ODDSTREAM was some-
you ODDSTREAM was something
special. We are thankful for We are thankful for the experience, it was such
thing special. the experience, it
was such a thrill! a thrill! (boost)
Photo of the day
by Cirilla Zorenc