SILKE HUYSMANS & HANNES DEREERE - OUT OF THE BLUE

Two performers sitting at their desk looking up at the projection screen, multiple images are shows, one with an image of the sun, another with the text on it that reads: "We have to exit our bubbles and look at the planet. And say: that's the chall

SILKE HUYSMANS & HANNES DEREERE
(Belgium)

OUT OF THE BLUE

FRI 13 OCTOBER 18:30 - 19:30
SAT 14 OCTOBER 14:30 - 15:30

£14 / £9 (Concessions) + £2 Booking fee
Websters (Directions)

Friday 13th

Saturday 14th

Content note: Environmental issues

Age limit: 16+

ACCESS: CC (Festival Access Page).
The performance is captioned. If you require an access companion ticket for this performance please email molly@takemesomewhere.co.uk.

After their acclaimed performances Mining Stories and Pleasant Island, Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere present the final part of their trilogy on mining. This time they focus on a completely new industry: deep sea mining. With resources on land becoming increasingly scarce and overexploited, mining companies turn towards the ocean. In the Spring of 2021, three ships gather on a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. One of them belongs to the Belgian dredging company DEME-GSR. Four kilometres below the sea surface, their mining robot is scraping the seabed in search of metals. On another ship, an international team of marine biologists and geologists keep a close watch on the operation. A third ship completes the fleet: on board of the renowned Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace activists protest against this potential future industry. From their small apartment in Brussels, Silke and Hannes connect with the three ships through satellite. Each of the ships represents one pillar of the public debate: industry, science and activism. Through a series of interviews and conversations, an intimate portrait of this new industry emerges. How much deeper can mining companies dig, and what are we as humankind actually digging towards?

Silke Huysmans (Brazil, 1989) studied drama at KASK School of Arts Ghent and Hannes Dereere (Belgium, 1990) theatre sciences at Ghent University. With their performances the two Brussels-based makers investigate the use of journalistic and documentary elements within theatre. Underlying their work is extensive field research that they use to shape their projects. Since 2016, they have been working on a trilogy involving a long-term research on mining: Mining Stories (2016), Pleasant Island (2019) and Out of the Blue (2022).

Show Credits: By & with Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere dramaturgy Dries Douibi sound mix Lieven Dousselaere outside eye Pol Heyvaert technique Korneel Coessens, Piet Depoortere, Koen Goossens & Babette Poncelet production CAMPO coproduction Bunker (Ljubljana), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam), Noorderzon - Festival of Performing Arts and Society (Groningen), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zürich), Beursschouwburg & Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris) & Festival d’Automne à Paris (Paris) residencies Kunstenwerkplaats, Pilar, Bara142 (Toestand), De Grote Post, 30CC, GC De Markten & GC Felix Sohie special thanks to John Childs, Henko De Stigter, Patricia Esquete, Iason-Zois Gazis, Jolien Goossens, Matthias Haeckel, An Lambrechts, Ted Nordhaus, Maureen Penjueli, Surabhi Ranganathan, Duygu Sevilgen, Joey Tau, Saskia Van Aalst, Kris Van Nijen, Vincent Van Quickenborne & Annemiek Vink thanks to all conversation partners & the people who helped with the transcriptions

'Out of The Blue'

OUT OF THE BLUE

Try me tease me thrill me trouble me tempt me TAKE ME SOMEWHERE

Try me tease me thrill me trouble me tempt me TAKE ME SOMEWHERE

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