Plunge into a wardrobe in a Brussels hotel and surrender to a ritual. Or is it an advanced fancy dress party?
The German designer and performance artist Helena Dietrich lays out the significance of the symbolism that is embedded in our style of clothing (and by extension our identity). She confronts us with the dynamic of our choices, questioning if they could be rooted in a collective sub-conscious and in what way cultural parameters direct our imagination.
The audience turns into a personage, miming their own lifestyles, swimming or drowning in a pool of references and memories where the border between the self and the copy is blurring.
The video that will arise out of the performance will be screened in december as part of the festival working title Platform #8.
Helena Dietrich is working and living in Brussels. After her Master in European Media (on self-representation in the postfordism) at the University of Portsmouth, she started studying at a.pass in Brussels, a postgraduate programme for performance arts and scenography. Becoming Lili is the extended result of her research project at a.pass.
In English
DE, duration: 1,5h
Practicalities!
This project takes Dietrich to various hotel rooms and in October she’ll be stopping at our place. Each day 6 people can participate in this one-to-one performance. It consists of 3 steps that have to be taken one after the other in order to unfold its whole impact. Please make the appointments beforehand through tickets@beursschouwburg.be, by telephone (+32 2 550 03 50) or at reception.
Starting Hour Sessions:
10:30 - 12:00
12:30 - 14:00
14:30 - 16:00
17:00 - 18:30
19:00 - 20:30
21:00 - 22:30
Concept & performance: Helena Dietrich
Mentors: Bart van den Eynde, Jean-Paul Lespagnard
Music-mix: Zen Jefferson
Dramaturg: Vladimir Miller
photography: Quentin de Wespelaere
costume rental: Nathalie Lermytte
Volunteers: Mavi Veloso, Emilie Beffara
Co-production: Workspace Brussels & Beursschouwburg
Supported by: Nadine and Bains Connective
Thanks to Hotel Bloom http://www.hotelbloom.com http://www.facebook.com/hotelbloom
