Music
dEUS was only just announced as a frontliner for Motel Mozaique. With former band members Stel Kamil Carlens (Zita Swoon), Danny Mommens (Vive La Fete) and Rudy Trouve as Motel Mozaique regulars (Former member Tim Vanhamel will also be performing this year as a solo act), as well as lead singer Tom Barman constantly grabbing at the turntables after the bands are done, it was only a matter of a pocket revolution before dEUS would get back together and perform at Motel Mozaqiue.
Besides Belgians, there are plenty of other big names. Goldfrapp will present her new understated album Seventh Tree, with fragile songs which contrast with her previous work on Black Cherry and Felt Mountain. Warper Jamie Lidell will bring his band and give a live introduction to his next album JIM.
Singer songwriters like Jana Hunter, who signed on Devendra Banhart's label Gnomonsong, A Fine Frenzy, Mariee Sioux and Simone White will be bringing the folk theme we were getting used to from Motel Mozaique, and besides them, there is too much to list.
Art
Jonas Staal and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei will present 'Forty Years of Boredom', a immersive three dimensional manifesto against the fragmentation of society. Fine artists Justin Wijlers and Rob Scholte will show their reappropriation of news and historic images, and there will be more installation art by Isis Hoos, photography by Ingrid Baars and films by Maartje van Zon and Mostafa Heravi.
Performance
Conny Jansen Danst will be performing Sparring partners, a piece for five dancers inspired by organ music. The sacred organ will be taken a little less seriously as an instrument in the music composed by Jeroen van Vliet.
PIPS:LAB will be there as well, and instead of throwing washing machines at you they will help you die gracefully as well on the internet, by helping you upload your soul to 'DieSpace'.
Film
For the film Into the Wild, Sean Penn adapted the 1996 book by Jon Krakauer, which in turn was based on the diaries of Christopher McCandless. At the age of 24, Chris McCandless left behind the materialistic society for a journey of solitude into the wilderness of Alaska. The film has yet to be released in the Netherlands, and will premiere at Motel Mozaique.
For more information see
www.motelmozaique.nl/2008
Tickets: €30 per day or all weekend for €55