Practical Information for the easily overstimulated
Below you find a list with specific clarification about the incentives per performance. You can always retreat to the chill-out space (rustruimte). Or if you have any questions, ask at the information desk.
A photographer and videographer will also be present during the festival, if you object to this please inform a member of staff at the info desk.
Chill-Out Space/ Rustruimte
- Audience seating: The audience can sit on a couch, cushions, beanbags, or a chair.
- There are fidgets, soundproof headphones, pen, and paper for your use.
- There is a projection of fishes to watch.
- The room is slightly lavender scented.
- There is a light scent of lavender
If every rock is a hole
Amparo González Sola
- Audience seating: The audience is seated on a row of cushions on two sides of the podium.
- There are bright lights and moments of full darkness, the audience remains visible throughout the performance.
- There are several moments of silence .
- The performer moves close to the audience, but there is no physical contact.
- Upper body nudity.
Borderline Visible
Ant Hampton
- Audience seating: The audience is seated throughout the space, quite close together.
- The audience are asked to hold and flip through a book.
- It can become quite dark in the space.
Binnenste buiten
Boukje Schweigman en Johannes Bellinkx
- Audience seating: The audience is seated on a bench.
- To reach the performance location you have to go up two flights of stairs, this performance is not wheelchair accessible.
- Audiences are physically touched by the work and asked to physically participate.
- There is an even pressure on your body.
- The audience is asked to remove their shoes.
- Constant personal guidance and check ins.
A Play of Space
Elke van der Kelen
- Audience seating: The audience is free to walk through the space / sit / lie on the floor.
- Soft transitions of light, it may occasionally feel too dark for some, but it never becomes intentionally frightening.
- There are mechanical sounds of the robots coming out of the walls, these are mixed with creaking sounds, sometimes buzzing sounds. The level of this is quite quiet.
- The audience may walk in and out freely, decide for themselves how long they stay, how much they move, whether they prefer to stand to the side or move among the slow-moving walls. One may be very close or just far away from the walls, one may touch them gently if desired. We only ask that you do not block the movement of the walls.
Glowachrome
Evelien Cammaert
- Audience seating: The audience is free to walk through the space / sit on the floor.
- Not fully dark, but at times predominantly dark.
- The light changes suddenly.
- There are many different overlapping sounds.
- Audiences may walk in and out on their own initiative.
Davul
Huseyin Umayiz
- Audience seating: The audience stands /sits on the ground, and is free to move throughout the space.
- There are chairs available upon request.
- Loud sounds throughout the performance .
- Large plates hang with microfoons that capture the vibrations and enhance them.
Sonic Potion
Justine Grillet
- Audience seating: The audience is seated in a circle around the performer.
- There are self made instruments and the sound is connected to speakers.
- The audience is not asked to participate further than just watching.
- The audience is free too leave during the performance.
Do you want a happy ending?
Kim Snauwaert and Jolien Naeyaert
Massage-performance
- Audience seating: The audience is lying down on a massage table.
- The audience is physically touched .
- The audience is asked to undress, in private, down to their underwear.
Installation-version
- Audience seating: The audience can move throughout the space.
- There are sound showers.
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Myrthe van der Mark
- Audience seating: The audience is seated in chairs.
- The light changes suddenly and it can be completely dark.
- The sound changes suddenly, and there are many different, overlapping sounds.
- Smell is possibly an element in the work.
- The audience is asked to verbally participate.
- There is live music.
- The themes of grief and loss are discussed.
Basically
Nikima Jagudajev
- Audience seating: The audience is able to walk/sit freely throughout the space.
- Audience is offered food and drinks throughout the performance. Food ingredients are communicated.
- There are sudden loud noises, throughout the piece the audio is very loud, the sound changes suddenly and there are many different sounds at the same time.
- The audience can decide to which degree they will participate: they can be physically touched, they are asked to touch objects, they can verbally participate, they can physically participate.
A Plant Based Company
Questions Collective
- Audience seating: The audience can move freeley throughout the space. There is no seating.
- Pink lighting
- There are many calm overlapping sounds.
- The audience is asked to touch objects, however they can decide their own level of participation .
- Smell of Hyacinths.
LOEI
Questions Collective
- Audience seating: The audience is seated in chairs.
- The audience is asked to participate verbally; they are asked to sing back sounds, this is done as a group and not individually.
- Possible mentions of animal abuse, no visuals .
Still a bird
Rebecca Lenaerts
- The performer is wearing a costume made of real bird feathers .
- The performer lies, and moves slowly through different spots in the foyer.
- The audience does not have to engage with the performance.
Kook Workshops ter voorbereiding op het einde van de wereld.
Sien Vanmaele
- Audience seating: The audience is seated in chairs.
- The performance is very quiet and meditative but plays on sensory stimuli, which most people experience as pleasant (warm water, nice smells, ...).
- The performance plays on all the senses, mainly taste and smell, there is tasting, smelling, eating and cooking with the hands, a dip is served on the wrists of the participants, they have to roll their own balls of hummus, touch herbs, so some interaction is expected, you work in groups of 3 so you also have to share with 3 certain objects and ingredients.
- The Climate will be addressed as a topic.
SNOBS
- Audience seating: The audience can move freely throughout the space, there are different seating options present.
- There are needles present in one space on the first floor.
- Bodily Fluids (soap made of urine), possible smell.
- Smell is an element of the offered food, possible allergens are clearly labeled on site.
- From 21:00 there will be music .
