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Animistic Beliefs & Jeisson Drenth – Online-Residency-Program
Linh Luu and Marvin Lalihatu are Animistic Beliefs, a DJ- and producer duo for futuristic clubsounds from Rotterdam. Together with new media artist Jeisson Drenth, they will work on the expressive worlds of the audio-visual work “CACHE/SPIRIT” in their residency, in which Animistic Beliefs otherworldly sounds are combined with Drenth’s unique visual language of techno-spirituality.
CACHE/ SPIRIT is the alien love child of Animistic Beliefs and media artist Jeisson Drenth. In 2019- and ’20 their collaboration brought forth the track and music video “An Eye for A.I.” and their spellbinding live a/v show that premiered at Trauma Bar und Kino in Berlin. This collective effort combines Animistic Beliefs other-worldly sounds with Drenth’s unique visual language of techno-spirituality.
Marvin Lalihatu received his BA in Music and Sound Design from The Rotterdam Academy of Pop Music before studying Electrical Engineering at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. His work is based on his experience as a Moluccan-Dutch eccentric in Rotterdam, being stuck between a multitude of cultures and his life as a teenager in the Y2K era.
As part of techno/electro duo ANIMISTIC BELIEFS, Marvin Lalihatu has drawn inspiration from the rave, bubbling and fluxwork scenes as well as social anthropology, fashion, politics and new media artforms. Building on these experiences, he is now looking to expand his research and output as XAKALELE, focusing on his indigenous Moluccan heritage as well as the vibrant melting pot of music scenes in The Netherlands and those far beyond Europe.
Linh Luu acquired her BA in Leisure Management and Event Production from Willem De Kooning Academy before diving into the music scene as an artist. Her work tells a tale about her challenge with self-acceptance and identity, drawing inspiration from punk, early hardcore and 00s R&B.
As half of techno/electro duo ANIMISTIC BELIEFS, Linh Luu explores her Chinese-Vietnamese roots and expresses her (bi)sexuality through a combination of rhythms, vocals, visual images and fashion. With her new project rbf.linh, she plays with dark and unpolished dance floor sounds as a protest against asian female stereotypes.
Jeisson Drenth is a media artist dedicated to making experimental and meaningful contributions to contemporary visual culture. His ongoing research translates to both commissioned and self-initiated projects which are shared with different audiences in different online and offline experiences. In an effort to make sense of the visible and invisible world, Jeisson brings together texts, both in writing and speech, data, poetry and numerous image production techniques
Website Take Over
Online Residency Program 2020
Since 2016, the collective dgtl fmnsm has been using online and offline formats to address the virtual potentials that lie in the contemporary performing arts and imagine what a theatre of the future might look like in digitalised societies. Following the thematic focus on “Intimacy”, dgtl fmnsm recently focused on the thematic complex “Disconnect” with an immersive installation in HELLERAU and an online festival at Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (HAU), albeit without being able to foresee how (sur-)real these specific questions would become in 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The thematic cycle “Disconnect” will conclude with a one-month online residency programme at www.digitalfeminism.net. From June 26th to July 23th 2020, artists and networks from various fields are invited to a one-week website takeover.
Things will be kicked off by Swiss performance artist Anna Fries, who is inviting us into the stomach of the pregnant monster with her digital body essay “The Host”. In the engaging multi-dimensional video installation, which is presented for the first time in the context of the residency, the audience can dive deep into questions of becoming, change and deviation as well as the mutation and transformation of body, identity and gender.
Linh Luu and Marvin Lalihatu are Animistic Beliefs, a DJ- and producer duo for futuristic clubsounds from Rotterdam. Together with new media artist Jeisson Drenth, they will work on the expressive worlds of the audio-visual work “CACHE/SPIRIT” in their residency, in which Animistic Beliefs otherworldly sounds are combined with Drenth’s unique visual language of techno-spirituality.
With Feminist Institutions, a whole network is coming into residence from Prague. Each day, a different institution or group will address their views on what it means to build a feminist organisation / structure and at the same time counter the art world’s obsession with individualism and competition
The dgtl fmnsm online residency programme will be concluded by French rapper, producer, DJ and curator Moesha 13. Recently unanimously voted Artist of the Year 2020 by the SHAPE platform, she creates unique experimental soundscapes with her mix of French hip-hop, hardcore and reggaetón. Her artistic work is characterized by activism and performance, decolonial and feminist practices. As part of her first residency, Moesha 13 will present a new work!
The Online Residency Programme of dgtl fmnsm is run in cooperation with HELLERAU European Centre for the Arts and the SHAPE platform. And made possible through co-financing by the European Union, the German-Czech Future Fund and the City of Dresden.
26.06. – 02.07. Anna Fries THE HOST
03.07. – 09.07. Animistic Beliefs & Jeisson Drenth