Piracy in the arts is the overarching theme of the sixth edition of the Dutch Incubate festival. With this theme the multi-disciplinary festival in Tilburg will respond to the public debate that has been raging for quite some time now. Boundaries of copyright are questioned and creative and economical ownership, especially with the digitization of society, are no fixed rules anymore.
Instead of putting together a program around a central guest (jazz phenomenon Sun Ra in 2008, performance artist Hermann Nitsch in 2009), this year Incubate opts for a social phenomenon as the central theme for the festival on independent culture. The main focus of the piracy program will be on Friday, September 17th with the Pirate Conference at the Midi Theatre in Tilburg. Through panels, workshops, keynote speeches and information stands, both supporters and opponents of piracy will get a chance to express their views.The keynote speech will be given by Matt Mason, recently proclaimed Pirate of the Year by Week Bussines. He earned this title as author of the book Piracy, which topped both Amazon’s economy and rap/hip hop bestseller lists. Mason was a DJ at a pirate radio station and a club in London, produced TV series, comics, videos and records, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Independent and Vice among others. In his book Mason shows how operating methods of various underground scenes and trends have become global industries over the past years.
Visual artist Rob Scholte will treat the concepts of copyright and piracy approached from his own background. Scholte’s work is controversial because it often uses existing images. He shocked audiences with his work and knows how to effectively make the media and cultural industry respond to his will. Scholte will give a lecture on the meaning of piracy within his work and within the arts in general.
Performance artist and choreographer Xavier Le Roy invites Márten Spángberg (essayist, dance critic, dramaturge and choreographer) for a discussion on recycling / re-interpretation and re-enactment of performance art. During the Generation Bass Forum leading artists in non-Western contemporary dance will exchange views on blogs, sharing music and the traditional record industry.
To ensure accessibility and to fit the theme Piracy, the festival has chosen for the Pay What You Want principle. This gives the visitor the control to decide what the value of this conference and the public debate should be. Tickets can be bought from July 1 through incubate.org and incubate-innovation.org. Visitors can indicate how many tickets they want to buy and what total amount of money they would like to pay for them. The payment can then be made via Paypal or bank transfer.
The Pay What You Want principle is not applicable to the normal day tickets and passepartouts of Incubate. Incubate tickets can be bought through the Incubate website.
Incubate is the annual celebration of independent culture in Tilburg, The Netherlands. It is a festival exhibiting a diverse view on indie culture as a whole, including music, contemporary dance, film and visual arts. It brings more than 200 cutting edge artists in an intimate context to an international audience. Black metal next to free jazz. Refreshing art next to inspiring debate.
Incubate takes place from the 12th until 19th of September in the city of Tilburg in The Netherlands. More information can be found at http://incubate-innovation.org/ and http://www.incubate.org/2010/event/4
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