LOUD / Farida Amadou, Louis Vanhaverbeke

Name: LOUD / Farida Amadou, Louis Vanhaverbeke — Soil Biographies
Start: 2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-30T21:10:00+01:00
Location: De Vooruit

Soil Biographies

VIERNULVIER & LOUD

Wed 28.10

20:00 - 21:10

De Vooruit, Gent

Domzaal

Tickets

Thu 29.10

20:00 - 21:10

De Vooruit, Gent

Domzaal

Tickets

Fri 30.10

20:00 - 21:10

CANCELED

De Vooruit, Gent

Domzaal

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What hidden lives lie buried in the ground?

'Soil Biographies' is about the subconscious, growth, hidden life, and the ground beneath our feet and the voices that rise from it. The two versatile artists Louis Vanhaverbeke and Farida Amadou create a sensory sound performance in which they engage in a musical conversation with the earth. Louis found stability in agriculture after a period of mental disarray.

Louis Vanhaverbeke has created works and toured internationally with performances such as Kokito, The Bike Piece, MULTIVERSE, and Mikado Remix. For years, he disappeared from the spotlight but is now fully back. Louis found stability in agriculture after a period of mental disarray, where he rediscovered his love for theater.

"Farmers are also artists; both believe in creative power."
Louis Vanhaverbeke in De Standaard

Farida Amadou, a bassist in the improvisation scene, approaches sound as a physical force. She seeks ways to connect with oneself, with others, and with the earth through sound. She has collaborated with artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Thurston Moore, Moor Mother, Linda Sharrock, and Marc Ribot. She regularly performs internationally, works on new albums, and delves into audiovisual performance forms and community-oriented workshops.

Together, they build a playground where the earth serves as both backdrop, instrument, and collaborator. They unearth hidden feelings, lost objects, and many emotions that often just fail to see the light. Between beauty and dirt, a breathing and enchanting landscape of sound and transformation emerges. 'Soil Biographies' invites the audience to listen together, dig into ourselves, and re-ground ourselves.

In English with Dutch subtitles

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Farida Amadou

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Louis Vanhaverbeke

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Credits

Concept, music and performance: Farida Amadou, Louis Vanhaverbeke - Concept and dramaturgy: Dries Douibi - Preliminary artistic research i.c.w.: Melissa Mabesoone - Sound design and engineering: Arthur De Vuyst - Lighting design and engineering: Remco Wuyts - Execution scenography: Simon Van den Abeele - Production: LOUD muziektheater - Co-production: DE SINGEL (Antwerp), kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER (Ghent), Theaterfestival Boulevard ('s-Hertogenbosch), Kaaitheater (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Perpodium - Residencies: TalentLAB - Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, Kunstenwerkplaats - With the support of: the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF