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Heart of Darkness

There is a beast in everyone of us, captured in a fragile shell called civilization. Project Wildeman breaks this shell in Heart of Darkness.

The figure Kurtz – once a briljant ghost – steps into the contemporary jungle, where the digital and pshycical are intertwined. Echoes fuse with digital creaks; absurdistic comic pieces turn into disorganized confrontations with the hidden vaults of Kurtz’s hybrid mind. The civilization gets pealed layer by layer.

What remains? A person with a hollow core? A digital consciousness without a body? Or something in between, an enlightened animal with a technological sixth sense?

When & Where?

In 2016, Heart of Darkness could be seen during the Operadagen Rotterdam, Kunsten Op Straat (Zwolle), Over het IJ Festival, Karavaan and Wonderfeel.

Heart of Darkness in the media

“Something you’ve never seen […] The Wildemannen are on their strongest when they’re allowed to use their voices and bodies, distorted and sweaty, their eyes on infinity, searching, as always, for the dark heart of our civilisation .”

de Volkskrant

2018-09-13T17:33:45+00:00

de Volkskrant

“Something you’ve never seen […] The Wildemannen are on their strongest when they’re allowed to use their voices and bodies, distorted and sweaty, their eyes on infinity, searching, as always, for the dark heart of our civilisation .”
“With great dedication, Project Wildeman tries to find a form for the primal forces and the dark caves of humankind: bodily (coached by mime artist Boukje Schweigman), in sound (shimmering electronics with slow rhythmic chimes and of course the own voice expression) and with the graphic projections of Karl Klomp.”

De Theaterkrant

2018-09-13T17:34:33+00:00

De Theaterkrant

“With great dedication, Project Wildeman tries to find a form for the primal forces and the dark caves of humankind: bodily (coached by mime artist Boukje Schweigman), in sound (shimmering electronics with slow rhythmic chimes and of course the own voice expression) and with the graphic projections of Karl Klomp.”
“The psychedelic, dividing theater production Heart of Darkness was one of the cultural highlights of festival Zwolle Unlimited."

De Stentor

2018-09-13T17:36:02+00:00

De Stentor

“The psychedelic, dividing theater production Heart of Darkness was one of the cultural highlights of festival Zwolle Unlimited."
“An overwhelming spectacle full of darkness, jungle sounds and visual effects.”

NRC Handelsblad

4.0
2018-09-13T17:46:22+00:00

NRC Handelsblad

“An overwhelming spectacle full of darkness, jungle sounds and visual effects.”
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In beeld & geluid

Credits Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness is made possible by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds 21, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds / Van Lange Fonds and Molecaten Park De Agnietenberg.


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