Confabulations
Diederik Peeters
As part of a live-recorded radio program on the topic of youth mental health, artist Diederik Peeters is also leading an ongoing workshop with young people from the Institut Montsouris and Cerep-Phymenti, asking them the following question: “What kind of desirable futures do we want to build together?
Biographie(s)
Diederik Peeters
A graduate in visual arts, Diederik Peeters is a Belgian artist who quickly turned to the performing arts. He enjoys subverting reality, playing on confusion and shattering all forms of rationality, and pushes the boundaries of theater through his work with set design, sound, and lighting. A committed artist, he is a founding member of Spin, a Brussels-based platform initiated by artists as a space for support and discourse.
Distribution
Touring Cast: Performance by Gitte Hendrikx, Diederik Peeters, Marcos Simões – Stage Manager Igor Galabovski – Sound Christophe Albertijn – Lighting Design & Set Design Henri-Emmanuel Doublier – Production Manager Marine Fontaine – Administration: Elie Agniel & Basile Lemasson / Additional creative team: Performance: Grégoire Blanc, Ode Windels – Sound Design: Alice Spenle – Music Composition: Grégoire Blanc & Lieven – Dousselaere (“Cotard Song” and “Normality Song”) – Textile and Costume Design: Christophe Hefti and Sofie Durnez – Production Management: Ode Windels and Marion Le Guerroué – Artistic Collaboration: Marion Le Guerroué – Dramaturgy: Emmanuelle Nizou & Anna Czapski – External Consultant: Sara Manente – Technical Innovations: Jérôme Dupraz – Artistic Assistant and Photography: Ulysse Potet – Administration: Émilie Legrand – Voices: Boris Belay, Anna Czapski, Catherine Hershey, Emanuelle Nizou, Ulysse Potet, Michel Salustio, and Sam Seraille
Action(s) spécifique(s)
As part of a live-recorded radio show on the topic of youth mental health, artist Diederik Peeters is also leading an ongoing workshop with young people from the Institut Montsouris and Cerep-Phymentin, asking them the following question: “What kind of desirable futures do we want to build together?”
Production
Confabulations premiered on November 26, 25, at the Next Festival / Phénix in Valenciennes.
Produced by SPIN in association with L’amicale
With the support of the Hermès Corporate Foundation
Co-production: BUDA, Kortrijk (BE) – C-TAKT, Pelt (BE) – NEXT Festival (FR/BE) – Le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest (FR) – Perpodium (BE) – Playground (STUK & M, Leuven, BE) – ResidenzSchauspiel, Leipzig (DE) – 3 bis f, Center for Contemporary Arts of National Interest, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
With support from the Belgian federal government’s tax shelter program via Cronos Invest
With support from the Flemish Community
Théâtre de la Cité internationale × Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
