• Friday, 21Sunday, 30 June, 2019

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FESTIVAL PASS 14€

21.06 - 30.06.19

KRIS VERDONCK

Dancer #3

© Reinout Hiel

DANCER #3, 2010

MIXED MEDIA OBJECT

 

We see a robot trying to stand up straight; he always falls down again, but never gives up. He endures this process of trial and error cheerfully and indefatigably. The machine gets to know its own potential. The energy of this automaton is infectious. His clumsiness and constant failure display the optimism of a clown who’s always tripping over. The artist and theatre-maker Kris Verdonck quite often combines his fascination with machines with images and concepts that owe a lot to science fiction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCEPT & DIRECTION: KRIS VERDONCK; DRAMATURGY: MARIANNE VAN KERKHOVEN ORIGINAL CREATION (2010): CONSTRUCTION: SYLVAIN SPINOIT, ATELIER 26, STEVEN BLUM; SOFTWARE & ELECTRONICS: FELIX LUQUE; SOUND DESIGN: THOMAS TURINE; LIGHT DESIGN: LUC SCHALTIN (KAAITHEATER), KRIS VERDONCK PRODUCTION MANAGER: HENDRIK DE SMEDT; PRODUCTION: MARGARITA PRODUCTION FOR STILLLAB VZW; TECHNICAL COORDINATION: COLIN LEGRAS; COPRODUCERS: KAAITHEATER (BE), KUNSTENCENTRUM VOORUIT (BE), BUDA KUNSTENCENTRUM (BE), LE MANÈGE.MONS/CECN (BE), TRANSDIG- ITAL/TECHNOCITÉ (BE); PROJECT INITIATED BY: LA CHARTREUSE (FR) IN THE FRAME OF ITS RESEARCH ON ROBOTS AND THEATRE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: JEAN-JACQUES CASSIMAN, DIRK DE RIDDER, PHILIPPE FRAISSE, JEAN PAUL VAN BENDEGEM, DIRK VAN HULLE; WITH THE SUPPORT OF: THE FLEMISH AUTHORITIES, THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY COMMISSION; THANKS TO: ATELIER 26, ACAPELLA DIGITAL VOICE, ARNE VANNESTE, LIRMM (FR), LUC STEELS