Antwerp
The performance takes place in an installation. We descend into the hypnotic power of a marine microcosm, until the rhetoric softens and justifies the colonisation of this unspoilt area. The industry tells one side of the story. Other worldviews express connectedness, with nature, with water; they show alternative relationships with the planet's so-called “resources”.
Like a tactile portal, the performance combines text, scent, image and sound. A sensory and critical experience that reveals the tensions between oceanic fascination and extractivist violence.
The ending is open, the unthinkable is within reach.
Concept, direction and performance: Greet Brauwers, Raf Custers
Dramaturgical advice: Kris Verdonck, Christel Simons
Sound design: Greet Brauwers, Gillis Van der Wee, Ioana Mandrescu
Lighting design: Caroline Mathieu
Tech: Koen De Saeger
Voice actor: Morgan Freeman
Ceramic sculptures: Lot Lemm, Greet Brauwers
Branding object, buoys: Recyclart
Steel sound bench: Xander Houben (Dommelhof)
Wooden timeline object: Jeronimo Ponce, Bert Maesen (Dommelhof)
Translation: Alain Ayers
Support for residency: GC De Markten, Ten Noey, De Platoo, Werktank, Needcompany, Arquipélago, C-Takt
Coproducer: C-Takt
With the support of: the Flemish Government, the National Lottery, VGC
