By entering the hidden network of relations woven between its four performers this performance bids to make visible historical and professional implications of these connections but instead finds a deep, built-up disconnection.
Ehsan Hemat, born in Shiraz and based in Brussels for several years, came up with a concept where different generations meet on stage. He invited, among others, his uncle Asghar: a classically trained actor from Iran who, in his seventies, represents a very different spirit of the time than his younger cousin who now lives and works in Belgium. In this way the production becomes a reflection in time – of evolutions versus traditions within the arts, but also in life in general.
concept & direction: Ehsan Hemat
in collaboration with: Keyvan Sarreshteh, Ali Asghar Dashti
performance: Asghar Hemmat, Ehsan Hemat, Ali Asghar Dashti, Keyvan Sarreshteh
video: Julie De Clercq
light design: Marco Bertozzi
sound: Roeland Luyten
production: Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre
coproduction: KVS, C-takt, NTGent, developed with the support of laGeste