Stop blaming your mother.
We are all lonely.
We are born alone and we will die alone.
But what if this is not the case? What if these ideas prevent us from seeking radical intimacy?
In AUTUMN RUPTURE, we see two characters relating to their loneliness side by side. In a confusing whirlwind of thoughts, conversation and emotions, they move through a landscape of different rooms.
Along the way, they encounter stuck ideas and desires; and the question of how to shape them. Who knows why we want what we want?And what if language is inadequate? When does the body take over?
Solitude here is like a walled garden that can overgrow; where even the weeds have a value, and where care and attention matter.
A place where the time of feelings never lasts forever, but changes shape like the seasons. And the one who invents the story invents the world. So always welcome someone into the home of your loneliness.
without darkness
nothing comes to birth
as without light
nothing flowers
– Maureen Murdock
credits
By and with: Ella Boomsma and Leila Benchorf
Music: Kiki Abels
Outside eye: Maria de Cort
Dramaturgy: Jonas Istace
Scenography: Lars Uten
Mentors: Khadija El Kharraz Alami & Timeau de Keyser
Image: Hooman Jeddy & Maria de Cort
Thanks to: Bardia Mohammad, Simon De Winne, Maryam Sserwamukoko, Rinus Martha Chaerle, Gudrun Moreau, Frederik Le Roy, Carolina Maciel de França, Bauke Lievens, Emma Verstraete, KASK DRAMA, LOD, CAMPO Victoria, LaGeste, De Kazematten, Yelena Schmitz & Kunsthumaniora Brussel
Based on texts by: Ali Smith, Olivia Laing, Sheila Heti, Virginie Despentes, Rebecca Solnit, Katherine Angel, Susan Sontag, Maureen Murdock, Miranda July, Big&Little Edie Beale.