Beloved artist Schweigman& returns to Den Bosch this August with a site-specific performance. The Utrecht-based company has previously appeared at Boulevard with the performances Eros [2022] and Binnenste Buiten [2024]. This year, the company celebrates its 20th anniversary, and together with visual artist Zoro Feigl, percussion group HIIIT, and instrument maker and composer Gemma Luz Bosch, they have created a performance that invites you to return to the essence.

Body, landscape and live music

For Klei, Zoro Feigl created an terrene and unpredictable clay landscape. In it, the performers of Schweigman& surrender to the rhythm, vibrancy, weight, and transience of the clay. At times, clay and body merge, and the clay feels safe and familiar. At other times, it becomes a struggle. The larger forces of the landscape seem to take over. Percussionists from HIIIT play Gemma Luz Bosch's ceramic instruments, creating a soundscape of clay and water.

"This time calls for us to come together, to listen to what needs to be heard and felt from the depths of our existence. How do we listen again to the signals of our bodies and the earth?" – Boukje Schweigman

Klei is a search for the ancient connection between humans and clay, in all its beauty, struggle, and wonder. The performance is an invitation to return to the essence. How do we relate to our body? And to the land we live on?

Immerse yourself in the musical and sensory world of clay.