PHOTO: © Reinout Hiel

MIET WARLOP Inhale Delirium Exhale

In the organizer's words:

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The latest coup from the Belgian visual art theater maker: a landscape painting with three thousand running meters of fabric, stage wind and ambiguous humor.

Whenever living fuse boxes exploded, foam sausages flooded the stage or performances reached the sweaty heights of competitive sport at the summer festival over the past twelve years, it was usually a work by Belgian stage artist Miet Warlop. Her anarchic spectacles of color and form are sell-out hits on European stages and push the boundaries of theater in the direction of rock concerts and visual art. This is why Warlop will also be designing the Belgian pavilion at the next Venice Art Biennale (in the immediate vicinity of the Austrian pavilion, which will also be staged by another summer festival icon, Florentina Holzinger). Miet Warlop is now coming to Hamburg with her latest work, an ode to fantasy and art with six performers and three kilometers of fabric. Mountains and landscapes are created out of nothing, colorful and moved by stage storms, cloths wrap themselves around bodies, sometimes brutally, sometimes lovingly. In this way, Warlop creates overwhelming images that reflect the inner turmoil of her creative process and are nothing less than a cathartic cleansing ritual for the medium of theater.

EN

The latest theatrical coup by Belgium's queen of sensory intoxication: three thousand running meters of fabric, exuberant imagery, humor, and mythological references collide on stage.

For over a decade, whenever fuse boxes exploded, foam flooded stages, or performance resembled competitive sports at the Summer Festival, it was likely the work of Belgian theater maverick Miet Warlop. Her anarchic, color-charged spectacles are sold-out hits across Europe, blurring the lines between theater, rock concert, and visual art. It's no surprise she's been chosen to represent Belgium at the next Venice Art Biennale (just steps away from Austria's pavilion by fellow Summer Festival favorite Florentina Holzinger). Warlop now returns with her latest piece: an ode to fantasy and art featuring six performers and seven kilometers of fabric. From nothing, landscapes and mountains emerge; winds twist vivid cloth around bodies - sometimes tender, sometimes violent. Warlop conjures overwhelming, dreamlike images that reflect the storm of her creative process, offering nothing less than a cathartic cleansing ritual for the art of theater itself.
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Price information:

9-38 Euro (50% reduced with festival ticket)

Location

Kampnagel Jarrestraße 20 22303 Hamburg

Organizer | Festival

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