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Opus Apparatus

Boris Van Severen & Jonas Vermeulen / Compagnie Cecilia, LOD & CAMPO
Wed 26 Nov - Tue 12 May
26 Nov
-
12 May

Ziggy Stardust meets Frankenstein in an energetic theatre concert that explores the boundaries of visual theatre. 

After The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy and The only way is UP, Boris Van Severen and Jonas Vermeulen are getting back together for their third concert theatre production. This time, it will be a chronicle inspired by social issues, exploring the fascinating yet challenging relationship between humans and technology, as well as between creators and their creations.  

Is our urge to create inexhaustible? When will we reach its limits? Do endless innovations generate real solutions, or are they seeds for new dilemmas?  

In times of artificial intelligence, machine learning and expansionism, Opus Apparatus tells a highly topical story about a community of driven people who have to relate to an entity they cannot control, which they have created by chance and which interacts with them in ever more layered ways. 

Boris Van Severen and Jonas Vermeulen found this theme in David Bowie’s work, which was largely inspired by the 1960s space race, especially in his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Not only because of the music, but also the idea of a prophet destined to bring salvation is immensely evocative. On the other hand, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein fits seamlessly with the desire for a story about a human creation that gains the upper hand and ushers in its downfall.

“Look out at your children 
See their faces in golden rays 
Don't kid yourself, they belong to you 
They're the start of the coming race 
The Earth is a bitch, we've finished our news 
Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use” 

David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things 

Duration: 70 mins.

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Credits

concept Boris Van Severen & Jonas Vermeulen performance Boris Van Severen, Jonas Vermeulen, Ephraïm Cielen, Sarah Yu Zeebroek & Caro Abutoh coaching & dramaturgy Louise Van den Eede & Daan Borloo light design Babette Poncelet sound design Saul Mombaerts visual design & video mapping Gertjan Biasino costume design Joëlle Meerbergen visuals Jaak De Digitale (Bart Winckers) production coordination Eva De Wolf technical coordination Nic Roseeuw production Boris Van Severen & Jonas Vermeulen coproduction CAMPO, LOD, Compagnie Cecilia & Perpodium with the support of the Flemish government & the tax shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest

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