Vooruit

Grande dame Selda Bağcan sings Turkish folk music with a clenched fist. In the turbulent 1970s, she kicked against the shins of the Turkish regime with her left wing activist protest songs. Did you know that her music was sampled by hip-hopper Mos Def and our own 2 Many DJ’s? What a woman!

Ozark Henry presenteert zijn nieuw album ‘Stay Gold’.

 Especially for VOORUIT100, our resident company Superamas has created an installation about history, war and art: ‘ONWARDS!’

 The ballet ‘Le Sacre du Printemps’ premiered on 29 May 1913 at the Theatre de Champs-Elysees in Paris. One hundred years to the very day, an important performance of the ballet will take place in the Vooruit, which celebrates it own century in 2013. ‘Le Sacre # 197’ is an adaptation by French choreographer Dominique Brun.

 In their interactive installation ‘SHEEPNOISE’, artists Annelien Vermeir and Claire Stragier recreate the different stages involved in wool processing. They use sound but also, for example, an object like a salad spinner…

Countless people, institutions, companies and organisations are less concerned with privacy than they are about control of the citizen. De Liga voor Mensenrechten [The League for Human Rights] is opposed to this contemporary Big Brother culture. Keeping tabs on everyone is ridiculous. Privacy is a fundamental human right! The biggest violators of our privacy will earn a Big Brother Award.