For Forest Silent Gathering, a group of audience members meet inside a forest at sunset and follow a soundtrack through headphones. An audio-social architecture is created, in which one can possibly be alone together. Changing distances invite to find new proximities. Absent figures become protagonists. As the communal space takes shape and transforms, Forest Silent Gathering makes us reflect on the bonds between people, forests and histories. What is it that keeps us together?
Direction: Begüm Erciyas
Realised with: Matthias Meppelink, Jean-Baptiste Veyret Logerias, Maru Mushtrieva
Sound Design: Eric Desjeux
Dramaturgy: David Weber-Krebs & Jonas Rutgeerts
Research: Ayşe Orhon, Sara Manente
Prop design: Günbike Erdemir
Production: Hiros
Co-production: deSingel, STUK, Arcadia 2022, PACT Zollverein, Platform 0090, Kunstenwerkplaats, Münchner Kammerspiele
With the support of: Vlaamse Overheid
Thanks to: Homo Novus Festival, Musica Impulscentrum voor Muziek
27-30 April 2022 Premiere at Carta Festival, DeSingel, Antwerp
25-26 May 2022 Performances at Hear Here Festival, STUK, Leuven
8-10, 12-13 July 2022 Performances at Munich Kammerspiele
1 September 2022 Performance at Meakusma Festival, Eupen
April 2023 Performances at Kaaitheater, Brussels