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Hands Made

Residencies

  • 26.05 > 31.05.2025
  • 05.03 > 06.03.2025

We touch the world, and by tou­ching, we dis­tan­ce our­sel­ves from our sur­roun­dings, or cre­a­te rela­ti­ons­hips of proxi­mi­ty and inti­ma­cy. Increasingly, howe­ver, our touch is medi­a­ted by tech­no­lo­gies that chan­ge the way we expe­rien­ce our­sel­ves and others. Begüm Erciyas explo­res the facul­ty of touch by focu­sing on the hands.

In Hands Made, the visi­tors’ own hands take cen­ter-sta­ge. Separated from the rest of the body, yet in inti­ma­te proxi­mi­ty to each other, they will be the focal point of a spe­cu­la­ti­on on the past and futu­re of hands, of hand­work, and of the sen­se of touch. What have the­se hands been busy with and what will they do in the futu­re? Who or what will they touch?

Hands Made invi­tes us to rethink our rela­ti­on to our hands; to ima­gi­ne their trans­for­ma­ti­on throug­hout his­to­ry and their role in a soci­e­ty to come.

con­cept & regie Begüm Erciyas sound design Lieven Dousselaere sce­no­grap­hy Élodie Dauguet artis­tie­ke samen­wer­king Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, Matthias Meppelink, Britt Hatzius drama­tur­gy Jonas Rutgeerts voices Britt Hatzius (EN, DE), Rosie Sommers (NL), Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias (FR) pro­duc­tie mana­ge­ment Maru Mushtrieva sce­no­gra­fie Studio Zuidervaart dank aan Gaëtan Bulourde, Robert Ochshorn, Chris Armel, Lea Søvsø pro­duc­tie Outline vzw, Begüm Erciyas dis­tri­bu­tie Something Great, www​.some​thing​gre​at​.de copro­duc­tie DeSingel (Antwerp), Tangente St.Pölten Festival für Gegenwartskunst (St.Pölten), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht) resi­den­ties Kunstenwerkplaats (Brussels), Tokyo Arts and Space (Tokyo), La Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk) Met de steun van Flanders State of the Art en het Tanzpraxis-sti­pen­di­um van de Senaatsafdeling voor Cultuur

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