International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
Homo Desperatus (video version)
4, 8, 9, 10 September
17:00-21:00, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory |
5 September
15:00-23:00, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory |
6 September
15:00-21:00, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory |
Free entrance
6 September 15:00-21:00, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory | Free entrance
The video work documents a scenographic installation by Dries Verhoeven exhibiting 44 display cases with true-to-life scale models of human suffering: Fukushima’s nuclear reactor, the parliament building in Kiev, a drug clinic in Germany, a collapsed clothing factory in Bangladesh. Each display case is inhabited by an ant colony. Through Homo Desperatus, Dries invites and challenges visitors to observe the suffering of our time and reflect on their own role in this, from a distance.
The film is part of the expanded performance space and scenography programme Shared Space: Music, Weather, Politics, supported by EU programme Culture.
About artist
Berlin based Dutch scenographer and theatre maker Dries Verhoeven’s work is best known for site-specific or location-based theatre and installations where the spectator is involved in a dynamic relationship to the performer. His work is highly distinctive in combining unusual, visually poetic, theatrical experiences with a critical view of contemporary cultural norms and society. Recent projects are co-produced with both museums and international festivals across Europe.
Credits
Idea, concept: Dries Verhoeven
Artistic assistance: Cindy Moorman
Production: Saskia Schoenmaker
Technical realisation: Roel Evenhuis
Model builder: Roel Huisman
Modellers: Arthur van der Laaken, Carl Wesselius, Edwin de Koning, Erik van de Wijdeven, Ernesto Yelamos, Felipe Gonzalez Cabezas, Felix Dorst, Fleur Verhoeff, Kiki van der Hart, Leon Steuernthal, Lidia Vadja, Lynn Ewalts, Nadja Turlings, Persi Ioannidou, Stefanie Bonte, Theodora Chatzi Rodopoulou, Yukina Uitenboogaart and Wendy Wassink
In conjunction with Stedelijk Museum ’s Hertogenbosch and Theaterfestival Boulevard
Premiere in ’s Hertogenbosch, 2014
4, 8, 9, 10
September
17:00 - 21:00
5
September
15:00 - 23:00
6
September
15:00 - 21:00
Free entrance
Language
No text
Duration
25 min / Work can be seen at any time during the opening hours
Address
Former 'Boļševička' textile factory
Work is included in the programme of White Night festival
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