Petite Diva et Le Janet

Seppe Claerbout
Thu 15 Aug - Sun 1 Sep
Music centre De Bijloke, Gent
Bijloke Wonderland - Tuin

Program

De installatie in De Cabine op het Bijlokeveld is elke dag open tijdens Wonderland (do - zo van 10:00 tot 21:00).

The circus as a diva seeking for attention. In 'Petite Diva et Le Janet', Seppe Claerbout tries to recreate a circus-like environment to catch the attention of possible visitors. People recognize the colours and shapes and perhaps expect to enter a happy place full of entertainment.

Nevertheless, this place does not function as a spectale, it is rather a place of shame and misery. Expression as an unintentional act for people to look and laugh at. Petit Diva is a tent-shaped inflatable character who’s present inside De Kabine, which functions as a temporarycircus tent itself. When deflated, Petite Diva tries to blend in. While inflating, she asks for all possible attention of the present people. Or does she not? It is a game of hide and seek, of shouting and whispering. Can you ignore her, or is she too present for you?

The other character in the room, is called Le Janet. It is an extroverted figure who tries to communicate with Petite Diva. Le Janet is the product of personal experience. It is a digital being trapped in an old TV, capable of transforming. Some could think Petite Diva is the body and Le Janet is the mind.

Seppe Claerbout invites people to enter De Cabine and see/hear the conversations between the two characters. Is their a narrative to unravel? Why are they present in a circus-like environment? Are they allowed to laugh?

'Petite Diva et Le Janet' is a follow-up on a performance Claerbout made earlier this year. It is a research to narrating an exhibition/installation while using the present elements as performers.

 

Credits

Seppe Claerbout

KASK & Conservatorium i.s.m. STAM


KASK & Conservatorium presenteert muziek, theater, performance en beeldende kunst van studenten in de binnentuin, in een voormalige electriciteitscabine, in een historische tapijtenzaal van STAM en op de bühnes van LOD en International Opera Academy. 

Tijdens de drie Wonderlandweekends passeren op deze locaties een theatervoorstelling over verlangen, een slapstick-performance, een performance-opera met een tenor, pianist en danseres, een installatie in openlucht en eentje die een spel speelt met verstoppen, en tot slot hedendaagse interpretaties van muziekcomposities en kamermuziek.

Raadpleeg hier het KASK & Conservatorium-programma