Earth is an immersive performance in which the audience brings a cosmos to life through virtual reality and a unique card game.
“Earth is immersive art around a well-thought-out, consistently implemented concept: the cosmic, connecting power of making and sharing something together.”
Lieve Dierckx
Review of EARTH in Pzazz
“It felt like some kind of catharsis.”
Participant response
Presentation EARTH
Credits
Concept, direction, scenography: 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
Co-production: R&F F&R VZW, Kunstencentrum Campo (BE), Auawirleben (CH), De Brakke Grond (NL), Reiefestval (BE)
Supported by VAF/MEDIA FUND
The performance takes place around a table for four. Everything starts with a small lump of black clay, representing your own individual mini cosmos. In the beginning this cosmos is still empty, dark and cold, but during the performance you will start a (mini) Big Bang in your cosmos.
You then dive into this cosmos through Virtual Reality glasses and experience the emergence of life and light in this world - from a tiny shooting star to luminous lines and drawings that come to life.
The VR experience foreshadows what you do next in the physical world together with the other participants: a dialogue through chalk drawings and interpretations. Using a simple card game, step by step, together you will transform your table into a temporary cosmic work of art. In doing so, the sky is the limit, but you will find that as a group you will come closer together.
We conclude with a surprise for each participant. A surprise that will only fully reveal itself days (maybe years) later at home.
In other words, it is an experience that cannot be compared to other theatrical performances. It is a play, it is a conversation, it is an experience - which, moreover, is unpredictable and therefore never the same twice. This makes it unique and exciting, but also connective, warm and recognizable.
Earth
Table Dialogues
is a long-term project by visual theater artists Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert. It is a collective name for several immersive performances in which dialogue, a sense of wonder and playfulness are central.
Unique to Table Dialogues is the effective mix of wonderful digital experiences (Virtual Reality, immersive audio) with intimate analog elements (sharing memories, walking together, drinking tea, giving presents, making fire, drawing, etc.).
Each experience is named after a 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 step into the world of Robbert&Frank!
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The performances Earth, Fire and Wood have been finalized and are currently being played and booked. Don't hesitate to contact our spreading partner GOOD COMPANY for booking info and a full playlist (caroline@goodcompany.be).
The development of Water and Metal is still in its infancy and is planned for 2026 and 2027.
