(2007)

Imagine paradise was a real place-
What would it look like?
Could you describe it in detail?
How would you feel there?
Would there be any other people?

This project was based on the commission of Springdance Festival and Theater Kikker to curate an event in Theater Kikker during the Utrecht Uitfeest on the 9th of September. I invited about 100 people that I knew to write down their ideas on paradise. I got 34 responses that I composed into a musical manifesto for a better place. Read by performer Hester van Hasselt to the soundscore of electronis musician Tom Tlalim, accompanied by baroque composer Marin Marais, the public was invited to stay for as long as they wanted in the installation during the course of four hours.

the people involved

Idea, installation and text-editing: Nicole Beutler
Translation and reading: Hester van Hasselt
Music: Tom Tlalim, Marin Marais
Light and installation: Minna Tiikkainen
Production: Jacinta Blauw
Supported by: Springdance, Theater Kikker, LISA
With many thanks to: De Appel, Amsterdam en Dance Unlimited / AHK, Inge Koks, Fleur van Bokhoven and Pieta Koopman
With contributions from: Sabina Holzer, Corrina Manara, Daan Simons, Mandra Waback, David Fischer, Silvia, Sara Ercoli, Violetta Perra, Eva Meyer-Keller, Minna Tiikkainen, Gerindo Kartadinata, Guillem Mont de Palol, Coordt Linke, Klaartje Wouters, Katy Hernan, Katy’s moeder, Martin Beutler, Esther Snelder, Zoe, Camilla Milena Ulrich, Julia Gensel, Aimer Pérez Galí, Katie Duck, Chad Dembski, Marysia Stoklosa, Samira Kafala, Djahan Mazhari Perez, Tom Tlalim, Gilles Gentner, Vanessa Paterson, Susanne Marx, Juan Dominguez, Laurens van der Heijden, Inez Almeida