CHAOS - MAKING SENSE OF AN ENDING
In collaboration with Thomas Ryckewaert and his team, I searched for the best way to pour his theater work 'Chaos' into images so that outsiders are stimulated to want to see his work.
In Chaos - making sense of an ending, biologist and actor Thomas Ryckewaert tries to make sense of the events of recent years: the sudden death of his father, the lockdown, ecological disasters and a growing defeatism. Backed by math, ecology, science fiction, diary entries and Playstation games, Thomas battles his demons.
In Chaos, the boundaries between the intimate and the global, between inner and outer worlds, between reality and madness are blurred. Can scientific models bring solace to a cluttered and unpredictable pla- net? Can you simultaneously mourn a loved one and the end of the world? Is there poetry in theory? And what about theater?
CREDITS
Direction, text, performance: Thomas Ryckewaert
With an excerpt from ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare
Voices: Abigail Abraham, Gene Bervoets
Dramaturgy: Kristof Van Baarle
Scenography: Erki De Vries
Light: Luc Shaltin
Sound: Marijn Ottenhof
Video: Kurt D’Haeseleer
Costumes: Andrea Kränzlin
Performance advice: Oscar Van Rompay
Technical management: Lucas Van de Voorde
Assistent director: Sibran Sampers
Production management: Valerie De Visscher, Robin Appels
Production: Platform 0090
Coproduction: deSingel, International Arts Centre, Viernulvier, C-TAKT, Het Laatste Bedrijf