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Not Standing/Alexander Vantournhout

Frames
VIERNULVIER

An exercise in looking through frames

Imagine a burglar who steals only the frames of the artworks in your home, but not the works themselves. How would you then look at the art? This is a question the French philosopher Jacques Derrida once posed. In 'Frames', Alexander Vantournhout turns the question around. If you frame something, does it then become a work of art?

'Frames' explores that one element of theater that is usually left untouched: the frame through which the audience looks. What happens if you detach that frame from the theater and place it outdoors? 'Frames' invites the audience to take a walk and explore the boundaries of theater and perspective.

The dance company Not Standing literally takes you out of the theater and directs your gaze not only to the four performers hanging and climbing in those frames, but also to everything around them: the horizon, the sky, and the other viewers.

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© Bart Grietens
© Bart Grietens

Concept & choreography: Alexander Vantournhout
Created with & performed by: Chia-Hung Chung, Axel Guérin, Emmi Väisänen 
& Alexander Vantournhout
 
Dramaturgy: Sébastien Hendrickx & Rudi Laermans
Research collaborators: Charlotte Cétaire, Mélusine Lavinet-Drouet, Petra Steindl 
& Esse Vanderbruggen
Costumes: Patty Eggerickx assisted by: Coline Paquet and Isabelle Airaud. Prints: Daniel Henry Studio
Constructors: Willy Cauwelier, Bram Dobbelaere
 
Tour planning: Frans Brood Productions
Company management: Esther Maas

Technical team: Bram Vandeghinste, Bert Van Dijck, Lukas Vanhoutte
Technical team on tour: Bram Vandeghinste, Bert Van Dijck, Siebe Coorevits, Lukas Vanhoutte
Production & tour management: Janne Coonen & Kiki Verschueren
Communication: Kiki Verschueren
 
Production: Not Standing
 
Co-production: Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER Ghent (BE), De Hallen van Schaarbeek (BE), Le CENTQUATRE (Paris),  Le Carreau Scène nationale de Forbach et de l'Est mosellan (FR), Scène nationale Carré‑Colonnes Blanquefort (FR)
 
Realized with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, via Flanders Tax Shelter.
 
Alexander Vantournhout is an artist-in-residence at Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER in Ghent and an associated artist of le CENTQUATRE in Paris. Alexander Vantournhout is a cultural ambassador of the City of Roeselare and is supported by the Flemish government and Fondation BNP Paribas for the development of his projects.