NOTCH09 Festival is the 4th installment of the NOrdic + CHinese Festival. This is the only local festival to be run simultaneously in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the '09 NOTCH festival aims to promote new thinking and cross-disciplinary work in art, music, design and architecture through exchanges between creative talents in China and Nordic countries.
NOTCH09 theme: ID-ENTITY digs the emerging scene of individuals with multiple identities that create their own micro entities by leveraging the online and digital means. NOTCH09 forecasts “ID-ENITTY” will become the next wave of the creative economy.
To echo the theme of ID-entity, Shanghai will organize varies of events including concerts and exhibitions during the period between 27th October and 28th November. The performance of Nordic artists will also make a pre-promotion for the Shanghai World EXPO 2010.
NOTCH09 Shanghai (27th Oct. – 28th Nov.)
Audio-Visual Concerts I
Mao Livehouse Shanghai - Building 32, 570 W. Huaihai Rd (in Red Town)
Tue. 27th Oct. (8pm -10pm)
Food (Norway), Moha! (Norway), VJ Pekka (Norway)
Ticket Price: RMB 40
Audio-Visual Concerts II
Mao Livehouse Shanghai
Wed. 30th Oct. (9pm - 2am)
Biosphere (Norway), Morten Riis (Denmark), La Belle Indifference (Denmark), Andreas Tilliander (Sweden), Ecrola(Finland)
Ticket Price: RMB 60
Audio-Visual Concerts III
Mao Livehouse Shanghai
Thu. 31st Oct. (10pm - 1am)
Rumpistol (Denmark), TBC (Sweden), Karsten Pflum (Denmark)
Ticket Price: Free (Halloween Special Offer)
Audio-Visual Concerts IV
Mao Livehouse Shanghai
Wed. 4th Nov. (8pm – midnight)
Uusi Fantasia (Finland), Eero Johannes (Finland), Pekka Finland (Finland), Ost & Kjex (Norway)
Ticket Price: RMB 40
Outdoor concerts
Jin Qiao International Plaza - Junction of Zhangyang Road and Jin Qiao Road
Fri. 13th Nov. (8pm - 10pm) and Sat. 14th Nov. (8pm - 10pm)
Mental Overdrive (Norway), Femme Digitale (Norway) // Nordic DJ + Local DJ
Ticket Price: Free
ID-entity Design & Art Exhibition
Jin Qiao International Plaza
12th Nov. – end Nov.
Ticket Price: Free
Festival Pass: RMB 120 access to all concerts + one free drink for each night.
Official website: www.notch09.com