[Text available only in English] SHINY TOYS is a festival for auditory, visual and audio-visual art held annually in Germany’s Ruhrgebiet area. SHINY TOYS aims to juxtapose, to connect, to challenge and to surprise. The various activities set to play out over the course of the festival weekend guide the rhythm of the exhibition, set the tempo and exert an influence on the spaces in which they take place, coming together as a whole to create a temporary bubbling hub...