22 MAG Utrecht — Mar/Apr 2021
A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE
CONTINUUM
The theatrical installation Continuum, created by multidisciplinary maker Johannes Bellinkx, composer Dennis van Tilburg and theatre-maker Tamar Blom, casts doubt on our fixed ideas about reality. As soon as you walk in, you leave your trusted reality behind and travel into another dimension. A white screen and a combination of elements from cinema, dance, composition, performance and light art are enough to blur the lines between what you see, hear and feel. The experience challenges you to let go of your existing reference frameworks and make room for new perspectives. Perhaps this is exactly what we need at the moment? > 22 to 24 April, Het Huis Utrecht hethuisutrecht.nl theaterkikker.nl
TWO WORLDS
QANDY VS. JOHN
> 27 and 28 March, Het Huis Utrecht hethuisutrecht.nl theaterkikker.nl
MACHINE LEARNING
ANTIBODIES
In recent decades, and particularly during the past year, we are spending more and more time online. This virtual space is regulated by self-learning machines, which use human interaction to improve themselves. We are so intertwined with our technology, that we are no longer sure whether man makes the machine, or the machine makes man. This farreaching technological progress is creating a reality in which our choices are predictable, and our actions computerised. Performance-duo Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot examines the role of the human body in this frictionless world of data. How can we regain our freedom? > 10 to 12 April, Theater Kikker theaterkikker.nl
Photography Wikke van Houwelingen, Knelis, Studio Ski
As part of her degree at HKU University of the Arts, theatremaker Quiah Shilue devised a character named John, a latemiddle-aged, charming gentleman, who always speaks his mind. For her graduation performance, Quiah wrote and performed her solo Qandy: a lewd, honestas-they-come rap queen with a mouth as big as Rihanna’s forehead. In Qandy vs. John, she brings the two characters face-to-face. The performance is in English.
