Programme 2022

Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere / CAMPO

Out of the Blue

Programma soort: Main programme
Genre: Theatre
Herkomst: Brussels/Gent, Belgium

In this third piece in a trilogy about our human relationship with mining, Huysmans and Dereere seek to capture a pivotal moment within the moral and environmental dilemmas around deep sea mineral resources.

Entrance

€ 12,-

Duration

60 minutes

Language

Dutch/English spoken, English/Dutch subtitels

Location

Grand Theatre

Accessibility

This performance might be limited in accessibility.

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How deep should we go?

We keep on digging deeper and deeper, reaching for more, but does mankind really know where it’s heading? How much deeper can the mining companies keep digging and what are the challenges and risks? What possibilities are for the taking? After their successful performances Mining Stories (in 2017 at Noorderzon and in 2018 winner of the ZKB Patronage Prize of the Zürich Theatre Spectacle in Switzerland) and Pleasant Island the Flemish theatre makers Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere present the final part of their trilogy about the mining industry.

This time focussing on a completely new sector of this industry: deep sea mining. Now that natural resources on land are becoming increasingly scarce, mining companies are starting to explore the oceans. Through a series of interviews and talks with the three pillars of public debate – industry, science and activism (Greenpeace) – an intimate portrait of a rising industry emerges. This performance is a sublime attempt to capture a potentially pivotal moment in earth’s history in Earth’s history.

With follow-up discussion on the 20th of August at 4 p.m.

After the land, shall we now also plunder the ocean? In conversation with scientists, companies and activists, the duo finds out.

Author: Charlotte Desomviele Occupation: De Standard

Thursday 18 August

Available times

21:00

Friday 19 August

Available times

21:00

Saturday 20 August

Available times

21:00

About the artist

Silke Huysmans (Brazil, 1989) studied drama at KASK School of Arts Ghent and Hannes Dereere (Belgium, 1990) theater sciences at Ghent University. With their performances, the Brussels makers investigate the use of journalistic and documentary elements within the theatre. Their work is based on extensive field research with which they shape their projects. Since 2016 they have been working on a trilogy in which they conduct a lengthy research on mining.

The first part Mining Stories premiered in 2016. A performance about one of the largest ecological mining disasters in recent history. For this Silke returned together with Hannes to the place where she grew up in Brazil.

Their second part, Pleasant Island, followed in 2019. In this the duo took the viewer through the documentation of their stay on Naura. An island where, after decades of colonization and mining, the water is literally on their lips due to the rising sea level.

Credits
From & with | Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere
Dramaturgy | Dries Douibi
Sound Mixing | Lieven Dosselaere
Technique | Korneel Coessens, Piet Depoortere, Koen Goossens & Babette Poncelet
Production | CAMPO
Co-production | Bunker (Ljubljana), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam), Noorderzon – Festival of Performing Arts & Society (Groningen), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zurich), Beursschouwburg & Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris ) & Festival d'Automne à Paris (Paris)