DECORATELIER JOZEF WOUTERS - ‘INFINI 1-19’
The project 'INFINI' by Decoratelier started in May 2016 at the KVS in Brussels during Kunstenfestivaldesarts and has been evolving ever since.
Decoratelier
Artistic direction: Jozef Wouters
Dramaturgy: Jeroen Peeters
Technical direction: Menno Vandevelde
Stage management: Michiel Soete
Stage: Siemen Van Gaubergen, Tom De Langhe
Light: Sarah Feyen
Sound: Wout Clarysse
Thanks to Rebekka de Wit, Dries Douibi, Begüm Erciyas, Bruno Forment, Jan Goossens, Leen Hammenecker, Sebastien Hendrickx, Chris Keulemans, Jisun Kim, Celine van der Poel, Arkadi Zaïdes
Production: Damaged Goods vzw
INFINI 1-19 was realized with the support of the Flemish Authorities
Jozef Wouters is artist in residence at Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER in Ghent (BE)
List of infini’s in order of appearance
Michiel Soete
INFINI #3: Seldom real
Created by Michiel Soete and Marlies Jacques
Music: Michiel Soete
Crew Arizona: Scott Thybony, Tony Lee, Michael Vincent, Dean Taylor
Inspired by the work and writings of James Turrell
Thanks to Sara Sampelayo, Bas Devos, Mathijs Soete
Duration: 12 min.
Michiel Soete (b. 1986) is a performance maker and musician based in Brussels.
Sis Matthé
INFINI #6
Created by Sis Matthé and Jozef Wouters
Text and performance: Sis Matthé
German translation: Lotte Hammond
English translation: Trevor Perri
Set painting: Thierry Bosquet
Lighting design: Ken Hioco
Printed with the generous support of Agfa Gevaert and TVE Reclame Producties
Thanks to Bruno Forment, Hennie van Osch, Paul Adriaensen, Julia Akkermans
Duration: 10 min.
Sis Matthé (b. 1980) is a writer and musician based in Antwerp.
Anna Rispoli
INFINI #9: Intervallo
Created by Anna Rispoli
Voice recording: David Chaloiti
Performers Tunis: Farouk ‘Maraja’ Ouerghi, Houcni Jouini, Yosri Saidi
Made with backdrops from the stock of De Munt/La Monnaie (painted by Patrick Van Tricht: Nature morte d’après Abraham Mignon) and from the Flemish Commercial Broadcasting company VTM
Music: Intervallo della RAI (Pietro Domenico Paradisi, Toccata in La maggiore per arpa, 1754)
In collaboration with Dream City – Multidisciplinary Biennal of Contemporary Art in Public Space (Tunis)
Thanks to Lilia Benromdhane, Aya Rebadi, Béatrice Dunoyer, Hamza Bouzouida, Franky Goethals, Alexandra Houbrechts, Nathalie Salaméro, David Chaloiti, Atelier Peinture Théâtre de la Monnaie
Duration: 10 min.
Anna Rispoli (b. 1974) is an Italian artist based in Brussels Her research revolves around a multiplicity of mental landscapes: from the fictional images created by distance, forced proximity, or longing, to the oriented projections of city branding.
Wim Cuyvers
INFINI #8
Text: Wim Cuyvers
German translation: Lotte Hammond
English translation: Alison Mouthaan
Graphic design: Ward Heirwegh
Duration: 22 min.
Wim Cuyvers (b. 1958) is a speleologist, architect, writer and forester. Since 2009 he has devoted his time to a single non-project: the Montavoix shelter in the forest next to Saint-Claude, France.
Benny Claessens
INFINI #15
Created by Benny Claessens and Jozef Wouters
Music: Irma Thomas, Time is on my side (1964)
Duration: 4 min.
Benny Claessens (b. 1981) is an actor and director based in Berlin.
Thomas Bellinck
INFINI #7: Simple as ABC #1: Man vs. machine
Created by Thomas Bellinck
Field research: Thomas Bellinck and Jozef Wouters
Music: Alfred Schnittke, Clowns und Kinder (1976), Märchen der Wanderungen (1982)
Thanks to Grégoire Chamayou and Ewa Moncure
Duration: 10 min.
Thomas Bellinck (b. 1983) is a Brussels-based artist. He has created several documentary plays which address different types of systemic violence, and has built a historical-futuristic museum about life in the former European Union.
Bryana Fritz
INFINI #16
Created and performed by Bryana Fritz
Duration: 14 min
Bryana Fritz is a choreographer, dancer, and writer. She works at the intersection between poetry and performance often in duet with the user interface of OS X. Her work is fed by a continued interest in medieval literature, fanfiction, media studies, and histories of illiteracy.
Rimah Jabr
INFINI #5Created by Rimah Jabr
Text and performance: Rimah Jabr
Image: Carlo Galli di Bibbiena, Bosco di Palme (1754)
Digital image editing: Afreux and Stijn Maes
Lighting design: Ken Hioco
Thanks to Bruno Forment
Duration: 9 min.
Rimah Jabr (b. 1980) is a Palestinian playwright, theatre director and writer based in Nablus and Toronto.
Jozef Wouters
INFINI #12
Created by Jozef Wouters
Text: Jaime Gil de Biedma
Duration: 5 min.
Jozef Wouters (b. 1986) is a Brussels-based scenographer. He designs and negotiates space in various contexts and constellations
Amanda Piña
INFINI #18: Pres 22 Fries Aziatiek
Created by Amanda Piña
In collaboration with Rolando Vázquez
Music: Léo Delibes, Duo des fleurs from Lakmé (1883)
Original set: Forêt asiatique (1921) by Albert Dubosq for Stadschouwburg Kortrijk
Duration: 14 min.
Amanda Piña is a Mexican-Chilean-Austrian artist and cultural worker living between Vienna and Mexico City. Her work is concerned with the decolonization of art, focusing on the political and social power of movement.
Michiel Vandevelde
INFINI #4: Annex
Created by Michiel Vandevelde
Feedback: Dries Douibi
Texts: Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, Jean-Luc Godard, Hito Steyerl, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro and Michiel Vandevelde
German translation: Isolde Schmitt
Duration: 8 min.
Michiel Vandevelde (b. 1990) is based in Brussels and works as a choreographer, dancer, editor and curator. His artistic work consists of actions in public space, performances and installations.
Rodrigo Sobarzo
INFINI #14: Ne†
Created by Rodrigo Sobarzo
Music: Yung Lean, Ghostrider (2015)
Duration: 7 min.
Rodrigo Sobarzo de Larraechea (b. 1982) is a Chilean choreographer and performer based in Santiago de Chile. His work has a strong interest in materiality and subcultural production, and seeks to invite viewers to participate in visual introspection