Holle Haven

An unseen glitzy version of Paul Van Ostaijen's classic, adapted to  a corona context, for spoken word, mezzo-soprano & prepared piano.  

The creation of Holle Haven started in a full - first - lockdown; four artists at four locations. At the request of De Buren, Gaea Schoeters rewrote Paul Van Ostaijen's poem Holle Haven for the Infected City project. Through a process of co-creation, improvisation and composition, this new Holle Haven grew into a performance in which the singing gives a voice to Van Ostaijen, the spoken word text colours the contemporary context and the piano shapes the city. 

Holle Haven is part of a research project in which these four artists critically examine the traditional creative processes of interdisciplinary (music theatre) productions together. At the same time they explore the boundaries of spoken word and contemporary classical music, trying to stretch the boundaries of these genres through these cross-pollinations to arrive at a kind of slam 2.0

Credits

• co-creation • Gaea Schoeters / Annelies Van Parys / Lies Colman / Els Mondelaers
• Composition • Annelies Van Parys
• Text • Gaea Schoeters
• Cast • Annelies Van Parys / Gaea Schoeters / Lies Colman / Els Mondelaers
• Direction • Sjaron Minailo
• Video • Sébastien Van Malleghem