A thick green soup from which impossible creatures seem to appear and disappear, a toxic gumbo in which suggestions and stories seem to hide.
A year ago, Abattoir Fermé went on a roadtrip through the states of Georgia, Louisiana and Missisippi. The many impressions, phantasies and snaphots they collected became the inspiration for this new creation, in which the company tries to unearth the American memory that lies buried in the deep southern mud.
Knowing Abattoir Fermé however, do not expect a dry travel diary... Rather, the raw documentary material is transformed, subverted, filtered and mystified through the lens of director Stef Lernous and co. Using an almost cinematic language (with voice-overs, filmic cutting etc. ), GHOST is an immersive, visual trip featuring mysterious characters and wandering spirits, enigmatic extracts from secret conversations, and an amazing musical soundtrack by Kreng.
Like previous work from the company, GHOST is a performance that slowly crawls under your skin and covers the strange territories between melancholy and horror, between recognition and Befremdung.
Director: Stef Lernous
Actors: Kirsten Pieters, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Chiel van Berkel, Çağlar Yiğitoğulları
Music: Kreng
Light and scenography: Stef Lernous & Sven Van Kuijk
Production: Abattoir Fermé
Co-production: Platform 0090, NONA, GarajIstanbul, Vooruit
Duration: 1h40'
Looking for the perfect programme for a single evening? Combine the performance of Ghost on 30/11 by Abattoir Fermé with the music of Terakaft. For the occasion there's a special price, €15. In collaboration with Autumn Falls.
Combiticket Ghost & Terakaft.
