BEETLE
Agenda
Brussels
Breda
Brussels
Ghent
De Internationale Keuze 2010
Rotterdam
Theater der Welt 2010
Essen
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“He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments [...]. However violently he forced himself toward his right side he always rolled onto his back again. He tried it at least a hundred times, shutting his eyes to keep from seeing his struggling legs, and only desisted when he began to feel in his side a faint dull ache he had never felt before. [...] a brown fluid issued from his mouth…” From: 'The Metamorphoses' by Franz Kafka
BEETLE
BEETLE is a giant, two-hour long nighttime projection displayed on a wall in the centre of a city. The projection is ‘on a loop’ and thus lasts until morning; like a painting only to be seen by a few passers-by. The image shows the metamorphosis from larva to beetle of the Dynastes Hercules, one of the largest and strongest insects in the world. The beetle puts up an heroic struggle to break out of its harness, after which it lands on its feet. Knowing that 2 out of 10 beetles die of exhaustion during this metamorphosis, we can see that this really is a struggle of life and death.
BEETLE is part of the 'circuit installation' K, a Society (2010) but can also be shown on its own.
Credits
Concept & direction: Kris Verdonck
Dramaturgy: Marianne Van Kerkhoven (Kaaitheater)
Camera and editing: Vincent Pinckaers
Sound design: Thomas Turine
Light design: Luc Schaltin (Kaaitheater)
Technical coordination: Colin Legras / Luc Schaltin (Kaaitheater)
Construction: Sylvain Spinoit
Image processing: Massimiliano Simbula
Multimedia programmation: Felix Luque
Production: A Two Dogs Company
Production manager: Hendrik De Smedt
Administrator: Han De Meulemeester
Coproduction: Theater der Welt 2010 (DE), Transdigital (Interreg), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (BE), Productiehuis Rotterdam / Rotterdamse Schouwburg (NL), Kaaitheater (BE)
In partnership with: Schauspiel Essen (DE), Le manège.mons (BE) en Technocité (BE) in het kader van Transdigital
With the support of: the Flemish Authorities, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), the Brussels Capital Region
Delivery beetle: Line Besard & Tom Schoutte