What is big fish factory?

INTRODUCTION

Big Fish Factory is a foundation dedicated to promoting artistic projects that are innovative and progressive in the field of contemporary and performing arts.
We are the foundation that produces STROMING. We work together with local, national and international partners to promote artistic crossover art in the North-Netherlands. We focus on innovation and interdisciplinary work by producing events, concerts and expositions; but also producing residencies, artist exchanges and lectures/workshops.

Big Fish Factory draws its name from David Lynch’s book “Catching the Big Fish”, where he highlights the idea that the most significant ideas can be found in deeper waters. Simply put, we work hard to turn these meaningful ideas into reality.

MISSION STATEMENT

At Big Fish Factory, we push the boundaries of art by presenting it in an innovative and interdisciplinary way. Our mission is to create a bridge between contemporary audiences and tomorrow’s culture through novel and thought-provoking art productions. Our focus is on art-music, installation and crossover art that is experimental, multidisciplinary, and hybrid in nature.

We believe that the existing art infrastructure in the North-Netherlands has not yet fully embraced these dynamic art forms, so it is our goal to bring more quirkiness and diversity to our art scene. We do this in two ways specifically under the name STROMING:

1) by producing events, concerts and expositions in collaboration and co-curation with local partners.
2) by stimulating an artistic throughput in Groningen and region with residencies, artist exchanges and lectures/workshops in local art academies with national and international partners.

ORIGIN
In 2018, a group of recent art school graduates from Iceland, Germany, and the Netherlands came together to organize the Tut Töt Tuð showcase festival in Groningen. Their goal was to continue investing in the sense of community and inspiration they experienced in art school, as well as to counteract the potential artistic isolation of entering the professional art industry alone. The festival was a two-day art exhibition at the Grand Theatre in Groningen, featuring bold, quirky and innovative works from each country. The event provided the ground for continued collaboration and exchange among the participants, even to this day. It is these principles of collaboration and exchange that are the core of how Big Fish Factory operates today.