In Todd Haynes’ film Safe (1995), a woman suffers from increasingly intense allergic reactions that ultimately make her life almost unliveable. It is unclear whether she is a victim or an attention-seeking manipulator. As both a concert and a performance, SAFE starts from the film to sketch an image of contemporary hypersensitivity: join Julie Pfleiderer and the Ictus ensemble on an immersive journey that will stimulate all your senses. What starts as a concert gradually evolves into a sophisticated live audio play. The contemporary Western world wants to find explanations for everything. But what can we do about phenomena, fields, and blind spots to which we cannot provided definitive answers?
17:00
20:30
Direction & conceptJULIE PFLEIDERER
Composition & conceptOXANA OMELCHUK
Live performance & conceptCAROLINE DAISH
MusiciansTOM PAUWELS (GUITAR), GERRIT NULENS (PERCUSSION), HANNA KÖLBEL (CELLO)
ChoreographyCHRISTINE DE SMEDT
Sound DesignALEX FOSTIER, WITH THANKS TO QUENTIN MEURISSE
set, costume & lightJOCHEN SCHMITT-THELEN
ProductionICTUS & KUNSTENWERKPLAATS PIANOFABRIEK BRUSSELS
CopresentationKAAITHEATER, LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT