Land

The Space Between / Katharina Smets, Ingrid Leonard & Inne Eysermans

10x10 collaboration with Voor?uit

Thu 25 Nov - Fri 25 Feb

theater

25 Nov

25 Feb

Only events in our venues
25 Nov

20:00

Première

LOD Studio, Gent (BE)

LOD

Past event
26 Nov

20:00

LOD Studio, Gent (BE)

LOD

Past event
27 Nov

20:00

LOD Studio, Gent (BE)

LOD

Past event
1 Dec

20:00

On tour,

30 CC - Leuven (BE)

Past event
2 Dec

20:00

On tour,

30 CC - Leuven (BE)

Past event
3 Dec

20:30

Kunstencentrum Nona - Mechelen (BE)

Past event
23 Feb

20:00

On tour,

de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam (NL)

Past event
24 Feb

20:00

On tour,

de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam (NL)

Past event
25 Feb

20:00

On tour,

CC Ter Vesten - Beveren (BE)

Past event

So there came a day, when I was asked to welcome
A trio of women, from the country of Belgium
Full of skill and excitement and keen intellect
They had come to America, anxious to connect

With their fellow country-folk who, in the old day
Created a new homeland at the Cadieux Café
But to their surprise there were many odd tropes
Like looking at Belgium through kaleidoscopes

And soon they found out, they had much more to learn
About this Black city, and my real concern
Was that they come to know, while they’re on their hustle,
That the story’s more, than just bowling and mussels

Marsha Music

With LAND, podcast producer Katharina Smets, sound artist Inne Eysermans and video artist Ingrid Leonard focus their gaze on a small Belgian immigrant community in Detroit. Their ancestors left Belgium hoping for a better life. Now they use old games, traditions and rituals in their own way. Together with Detroit artists Marsha Music, Wayne Juuni, and Desmond Love, we follow a group of Belgian-Americans in the middle of this superdiverse city. How do they hold on to their roots?

As part of 10x10, a collaboration between LOD music theatre and Kunstencentrum Voo?uit.

In het kader van 10x10, een samenwerking tussen LOD muziektheater en Kunstencentrum Voo?uit.

Credits

concept & text Katharina Smets concept & image Ingrid Leonard concept & sound/music Inne Eysermans poetry & guidance Marsha Music cinematography poem & locations Detroit Desmond Love location sound mixer & location scouting Detroit Wayne Juuni production Juliet Hinely set design & construction Samyra Moumouh & Hans Demeulenaere graphic design Mo Neuharth light design & technical assistance Jannes Dierynck / Brecht Beuselinck technical advice Gertjan Biasino translations Lies Lavrijsen & Nathalie Tabury management Klein Verzet VZW coproduction LOD muziektheater, Kunstencentrum Vooruit & C-TAKT with the support of the Flemish Government

special thanks to Selm Wenselaers, Jerome Lemenu, Anna Marie Vanneste Swarthout, Maurice Vanneste, Cheryl Heckla, Margaret Roets & the Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans, Marc Tirikian, Ron Devos & the Belgian Feather Bowling Club van het Cadieux Café