News: 13-2-2017 WORM Residency at Hull City of Culture 2017

1e. Aankondiging – WORM Goes to HULL

(NL) WORM – Instituut voor Avantgardistische Recreatie te Rotterdam, zal in juni een meerdaags programma verzorgen in Hull, de Europese culturele hoofdstad van 2017. Op uitnodiging van Hull zal WORM van 23 tot en met 25 juni neerstrijken in de Engelse havenstad. Net als in Rotterdam zal WORM kunstenaars, filmmakers, muzikanten, DJ’s, performers en sprekers presenteren die in woord, beeld, geluid en gebaar recht doen aan de Avantgardistische Staat die WORM heet.

(EN) WORM, Rotterdam’s Institute for Avantgardistic Recreation, is delighted to announce that it will represent Rotterdam at the Hull, City of Culture festival, 2017. The weekend residency will take place 23-25 June at Humber Street Galleries in the city centre. WORM’s artists, filmmakers, musicians, DJ’s and performers will host a series of workshops and events, showcasing the talent currently driving the progressive underground culture of Hull’s ‘sister city’. Expect alternative club events, multimedia installations, theatre and workshops; celebrating the unique atmosphere of Rotterdam’s avant-garde.

Hull COC website – https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/worm-festival/

Digital photo collage of a ship smashing into Hull's Aquatic Centre and causing a huge fireball. In the background, one stanchion of the Humber bridge collapses. Various tropical fish leap out of Humber and the sky is pink as a consequence. On the ship, a sailor with a Huilie face salutes. On the Aquatic Centre, two aliens from UBIK stand and look out. Image made to commemorate WORM's week in Hull, UK, as a resident during Hull's City of Culture 2017.