In her latest creation, Dragging the Bone, Warlop talks exegetically about her work and own persona. She does this in a language invented for herself, while you are watching.
If anyone has fostered the idea for Transformers, then that is definitely Miet Warlop - the queen of metamorphosis.
The topics in Dragging the Bone are both autobiographical and universal. Warlop starts from the concepts of will power, enthusiasm and ambition and observes how these propel us, a process that usually occurs intangibly. She imagines how these intangible processes - these vibes and symbols – could coagulate and fuse to form a sculptural entity. Think of the palm of a giant hand, a spacecraft , a tunnel of thought, a prison of the mind or a playground of the soul and the body.
Miet Warlop casts a story into images, transforms it into a shape: a life petrified under the gaze of Medusa.
Language no problem
BE, 2014, 45min.
Performance: Miet Warlop
Sculptures assistance: Barbara Vackier
Set assistance: Colin Temple
Costumes assistance: An Breughelmans and Sofie Durnez
Music: Stefaan Van Leuven and Stephen De Waele
Production and light: Nele Keukelier
Technique: Niels Ieven and Babatte Poncelet
Interns Margré Steensma and Elleke Frijters
Outside eye: Danai Anessiadou and Nicolas Provost
Manager: Carl Gydé
