Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere / CAMPO

Out of the Blue

Belgium

In spring 2021, three ships met in the Pacific Ocean: The first – belonging to the Belgian deep sea mining company Deme­-GSR – was scanning the seabed for metals with a robot. On the second ship, scientists monitored the operations. On board the third boat – the «Rainbow Warrior III» of Greenpeace – there were activists fighting against the capitalisation of the seas. In «Out of the Blue», the two Brussels­-based artists Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere reconstruct this encounter. In order to find out what risks mining companies are willing to take on their hunt for resources, Huysmans and Dereere conducted interviews with crew members of the three ships. They have con­densed the material into an evocative piece of documentary theatre which raises a question concerning us all: how far are we prepared to go to satisfy our hunger for more?

Since 2016, Huysmans and Dereere have examined the current development of the mining industry. «Out of the Blue» follows «Mining Sto­ries», winner of the 2018 ZKB Patronage Prize, and «Pleasant Island». It marks the end of a trilogy on an industry extremely important to the global economy, which gradually runs out of natural re­ sources. (se)

Simple words

In 2021, three boats meet in the Pacific Ocean. One of them belongs to a mining company, which uses robots to find precious metals on the sea ground. The second boat belongs to scientists. And the third belongs to Greenpeace activists. The artists Silke Huysmann and Hannes Dereere have talked with different people about those three boats. And they have asked themselves: What happens if people always want more?

Artistic direction and cast

Von & mitSilke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere
DramaturgieDries Douibi
SounddesignLieven Dousselaere
TechnikKorneel Coessens, Piet Depoortere, Koen Goossens, Babette Poncelet
ÜbertitelDr. Jeremy Gaines (deutsche Überset zung), Leen De Broe (Operator)
FotosKira Kynd


Production

ProduktionCAMPO
KoproduktionBunker (Ljubljana), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam), Noor derzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Beursschouwburg & Kunsten festivaldesarts (Brüssel), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Le Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Festival d’Automne à Paris
ResidenzenKunstenwerkplaats, Pilar, Bara 142 (Toestand), De Grote Post, 30CC, GC De Markten, GC Felix Sohie
Besonderen Dankan 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
Dankan alle Gesprächspartner*innen und Personen, die bei der Transkription geholfen haben
Premiere19. Mai 2022, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brüssel)

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Documentary Theatre, Deep Sea Mining

Swiss Premiere, Co-production

Duration

1 hrs.

Language

English

Surtitles

German

Age

14 years plus

An inclusive event

accessible with wheelchair with subtitle with inductive hearing loop

Sound inductively amplified

POST-PERFORMANCE TALKS

with Die Voyeur*innen Zürich, Sun 28.8, 22.15 hrs. Informationen & registration

 

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