URTĖ GROBLYTĖ & JUDITH DHONDT / A LOVELY CONSTRUCTION SITE

A collaboration between Urtė Groblytė & Judith Dhondt that branches into two performances (A LOVELY CONSTRUCTION SITE and Dust) and is bound together by a shared reading and writing practice. Together they have created a soil to let their performative works bloom out off.

A LOVELY CONSTRUCTION SITE

I hold it my love don’t worry I am only hovering and it’s so quiet shh it’s oh so dark in my organs and then I am gone I need you to hold me baby for me to be gone I hold it I love it I love me with it if not my bones you wouldn’t be so love me in little slices cut me open so I keep bleeding and I am a body less is endless notice me take my hand what are we? Strangers when hands estranged un-break the heart if that’s what you call it Knowing oh my beloved chainsaw if only I could melt your heart

The project, which started as in memoriam to the tree, now lingers between disgust with and attraction to the tool that hurts. By working with a dangerous object, we question a desire that leaves you gone, alloyed with fear and excitement. And so we meet in a chain-full place - through flesh and voice - taste of metal. We converse with the object and metaphor of the chainsaw, till the distinction disappears.

Credits
Created by Urtė Groblytė & Judith Dhondt
In collaboration with: Eleni Roberts, Iris Donders
Performed by: Urtė, Judith, Iris, Eleni
Mentors: Dolores Hulan, Stefa Govaert
Music: Lorenzo Higueras
Dramaturgy: Antoine Dupuy Larbre
Assistance/scenography: Vladimir Babinchuk Outerelo
Special thanks to: Philomène Jander, Eva Galmel, Désirée Cerocién, Ching Shu Huang

Biography Urtė Groblytė
Biography Judith Dhondt

A playlist that contains music that inspired the piece, or was used in one way or the other:
A specific mix of the artist 6ela, which became an important inspiration for the piece
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SAT 1.06 + SUN 2.06, 2024 / 7:30pm
A LOVELY CONSTRUCTION SITE is part of a double bill with Echoes of Contemplation: Bathing Under Bombs
You always buy a ticket for 2 performances
Tickets: pay what you can € 5/8/12 - suggested price € 8
Venue: Kaaistudios - Rue Notre Dame du Sommeil 81 O.L.V. van Vaakstraat, 1000 Brussels
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