sculptural, tactile, immersive - theatrical, filmic, technological
The land of no curtains
Worldpremiere at Festival d’Avignon, 9-17 July 2022
and at Cinedans Fest A’dam
(co)produced by Dark Euphoria
Credits: Lunatics and Poets (concept, creative direction, embroidery), Jan Jacobs (visual art - houses), Eori Wakakuwa (cinematography), Elgar Weijtmans (technology), Tymon Bijlhout (sound), Samon Presland (light), Olympia Kotopoulos (live performer), Hanna van der Meer, Arno Verbruggen, Michael Johnson (performers film)
Special thanks: Arja Spronken (colouring houses), Urbainstudio (film), Performance Technology Lab (research), Nienke Rooijakkers (writing), Martin Weijtmans (engineering), Yoeri Treffers (house support), the team of Le Grenier à sel under the direction of Véronique Baton
Funding partners: European Commission - Creative Europe, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts,
Dutch Ambassy France, La Manufacture
and at Cinedans Fest A’dam
(co)produced by Dark Euphoria
Credits: Lunatics and Poets (concept, creative direction, embroidery), Jan Jacobs (visual art - houses), Eori Wakakuwa (cinematography), Elgar Weijtmans (technology), Tymon Bijlhout (sound), Samon Presland (light), Olympia Kotopoulos (live performer), Hanna van der Meer, Arno Verbruggen, Michael Johnson (performers film)
Special thanks: Arja Spronken (colouring houses), Urbainstudio (film), Performance Technology Lab (research), Nienke Rooijakkers (writing), Martin Weijtmans (engineering), Yoeri Treffers (house support), the team of Le Grenier à sel under the direction of Véronique Baton
Funding partners: European Commission - Creative Europe, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts,
Dutch Ambassy France, La Manufacture
The Land of No Curtains emerges as an exploration, transcending the boundaries of mere installation. Blending performance, material artistry and cinematic expression to capture a society's longings, desires, and deepest fears. The Land of No Curtains is a captivating microcosm in which films on holographic screens and delicate embroidered textiles reflect the essence of home—its objects, memories, and daily rhythms. It unravels the threads of significance woven through the mundane, allowing us to give logic to bigger things. This reflection highlights the duality inherent in the concept of a house, simultaneously protective yet vulnerable. Like a delicate dance between the light and darkness of life, and its fragile beauty.
Images: Elgar Weijtmans, Celine Delatte
