Earth
Earth is an immersive, intimate performance in which the audience brings a cosmos to life through virtual reality and a unique card game.
“... art around a well-thought-out, consistently implemented concept: the cosmic, connecting power of creating and sharing something together.”
Dear Dierckx
Review of EARTH in Pzazz
The performance takes place around a table for four people. Everything starts with a small lump of black clay, which represents your own individual mini-cosmos. In the beginning this cosmos is still empty, dark and cold, but during the performance you start a (mini) Big Bang in your cosmos.
Then, through Virtual Reality glasses, you dive into this cosmos and experience the origin of life and light in this world — from a small shooting star to luminous lines and drawings that come to life.
The VR experience is a precursor to what you will do in the physical world together with the other participants: a dialogue through chalk drawings and interpretations. Using a simple card game, you will transform your table step by step into a temporary cosmic work of art. The sky is the limit, but you will notice that you will come closer together as a group.
We will close with a surprise for each participant. A surprise that will only fully reveal itself days later at home.
In other words, it is an experience that cannot be compared to other theatre performances. It is a game, it is a conversation, it is an experience — which is also unpredictable and therefore never the same twice. This makes it unique and exciting, but also connecting, warm and recognizable.
Credits
Concept and design: Frank&Robbert Robbert&Frank
Animation / VR: Filip Anthonissen
Text / Voice-over: Jonathan Beaton
Music: Boris Zeebroek
Coaching: Klasien van de Zandschulp, Wim Forceville
Production: WUWAO, Wim Forceville
Co-production: R&F F&R VZW, Kunstencentrum Campo (BE), Auawirleben (CH), De Brakke Grond (NL), Reiefestval (BE)
With the support of VAF/MEDIA FUND
Earth
“To the stars and back in no time”
Participant response
presentation of EARTH
Table Dialogues is the long-term project of visual theatre makers Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert in which they design interactive performances in which dialogue, wonder and fun are central. Unique to Table Dialogues is the layered mix of wonderful digital experiences (Virtual Reality, immersive audio) with intimate analogue elements (think of sharing memories, giving gifts, laughing, making fire, listening, creating, trying, etc.). Each experience is named after one natural element and is loosely inspired by Taoist teachings. Connection is the common thread. Together, the Table Dialogues performances form a cycle that takes you through a playful, hallucinatory, philosophical and personal journey. Let your curiosity run wild and enter the world of Robbert&Frank! — The performances Earth and Fire have been finalised and are currently being played and booked. The premiere of Wood is scheduled for mid-2025. Finally, the development of Water and Metal is still in its infancy and is scheduled for 2026 and 2027.
About Table Dialogues
