a transformative piece, like moving paintings
The people look like flowers at last
A theatre film as well as a live work. Made for the digital Nite Hotel in 2021 on the Poetic Disasters Club and is a co-production with Club Guy & Roni and Noord Nederlands Toneel.
Shown live at Tanzplattform Bern Ballet, Switzerland and at Theater Rotterdam as part of RIDCC Brings Back.
Duration: 30 min.
Cast: William English, Jésula Toussaint Visser/Aya Mitsaki, Rosie Reith, Tatiana Matveeva/Zaneta Kesik, Tatiana Spiewak/Simone Peters, Terencio Douw/Felix Feestra/Sam Corver
Credits: Lunatics and Poets (concept, choreography), Samon Presland (light), Tymon Bijlhout (sound) Lunatics and Poets (costume, set)
Title & Text: Charles Bukowski, E.E. Cummings
Shown live at Tanzplattform Bern Ballet, Switzerland and at Theater Rotterdam as part of RIDCC Brings Back.
Duration: 30 min.
Cast: William English, Jésula Toussaint Visser/Aya Mitsaki, Rosie Reith, Tatiana Matveeva/Zaneta Kesik, Tatiana Spiewak/Simone Peters, Terencio Douw/Felix Feestra/Sam Corver
Credits: Lunatics and Poets (concept, choreography), Samon Presland (light), Tymon Bijlhout (sound) Lunatics and Poets (costume, set)
Title & Text: Charles Bukowski, E.E. Cummings
Perhaps the life we've known thus far is but a fraction of true existence. What lies beyond death remains a mystery—could there be a transitional realm, unfolding in myriad narratives?
This work contemplates the post-death experience. It envisions a transit zone where the memories of diverse individuals unfold through transformative sequences. It commences with an otherworldly forest, culminating in the portrayal of an isolated flower. A composition marked by serenity and tranquility, it is a visually immersive work filled with vulnerability and poetic imagery. The People look like flowers at last becomes a performance that resists defining The End. It borrows its title from Charles Bukowski, resonating with his insight that one must 'die a few times before you can really live'—or perhaps, we sleep forever and die only for a little while.
This work contemplates the post-death experience. It envisions a transit zone where the memories of diverse individuals unfold through transformative sequences. It commences with an otherworldly forest, culminating in the portrayal of an isolated flower. A composition marked by serenity and tranquility, it is a visually immersive work filled with vulnerability and poetic imagery. The People look like flowers at last becomes a performance that resists defining The End. It borrows its title from Charles Bukowski, resonating with his insight that one must 'die a few times before you can really live'—or perhaps, we sleep forever and die only for a little while.
Images: Jésula Toussaint Visser
