7 till 13 August 2023

Studio Cité: Peri-sphere XL

Benjamin Vandewalle | BE

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Studio Cité is a collection of all installations and projects by choreographer Benjamin Vandewalle at one place in the city. Between the 7th  and 11th of August, the choreographer will appear on the Parkpodium in the Zuiderpark with his installations Peri-sphere XL and Inter-face.    

 

Location Zuiderpark/Parkpodium, Zuiderpark/Benjamin Vandewalle
Running time 15 min.
Genre Dance, Installation/visual arts

With Studio Cité, Benjamin Vandewalle forms what he calls an art fair, a playground for the human perspective. His installations cause encounters, conversations and the exchange of experiences and ideas.    

 

Studio Cité challenges us to use the senses in a different way when we enter the public space. The way we perceive influences the way we act in that space and how we shape this space. The installations and performances part of Studio Cité force us to observe and experience the space and its surroundings in our own way. The need for interaction is what connects the installations; an audience to activate the installations and to share experiences. 

 

By choreographing our gaze, Benjamin Vandewalle makes us aware of the unseen potential present in public space. He invites us to broaden our view.    

 

Installation
Peri-sphere XL is an installation that works according to a series of small mobile dioramas, through which the viewer perceives reality from weird angles. According to the periscope principle, it does not move in one place but in different places in the public space. The gaze is disconnected from the human body and is now placed on the machinery of the installation. As a spectator you quickly switch from frog's eye to bird's eye view, an unforgettable experience in a fascinating installation that stimulates the imagination.    

 

For adults but also for children from the age of ten.

Fri 11 Aug at 10:00

Credits

Concept and direction Benjamin Vandewalle 
Performance Alice Van Der Wielen, Yentl De Werdt 
Technical coordination Hans Van Wambeke, Jonas Vanhullebusch 
Technical support Bjørn Gunnar Otten 
Technician on tour Pierre Daugy 
Technical ingenieur Joris Festjens 
Composition Yoann Durant, Laryssa Kim 
Sound Gert Aertsen, Leander Schönweger 
Costumes Sofie Durnez 
Graphic design Fien Robbe 
Thanks to Aernout Vandewalle, CB service, Ivan Lucadamo 
Photo Stanislav Dobak

 

Studio Cité, an IN SITU pilotproject, received an creation help of the ACT project, cofounder by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. 
Coproducers Atelier 231 (FR), Festival di Terni (IT), Freedom Festival (UK), La Strada Graz (AT), Lieux publics (FR), Norfolk & Norwich Festival (UK), Østfold kulturutvikling (NO), Oerol Festival (NL), Theater op de Markt (BE), UZ Arts (UK).

Theaterfestival Boulevard thanks:
  • Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch
  • Provincie Noord-Brabant
  • Fonds Podiumkunsten
  • Brabant C
  • VSBfonds
  • Fonds21
  • BankGiro Loterij
  • Cultuurfonds
  • Creative Europe Programme (EU)
  • De Versterking
  • Verkadefabriek
  • Theater aan de Parade
  • Apap
  • Performing Gender
  • Feminist Futures