Hartstocht
Photo René Louman.
Photo René Louman.
Photo René Louman.
Hartstocht is a theatrical bus tour allowing the spectators to experience an inverted world. They are transported through the city in a VW bus with blacked-out windows and an open roof. Mirrors are attached at waist height of spectators, and produces the effect of a city ‘sliding by underneath them’. The visitors see the bottom of buildings, churches, trees and clouds passing by. A text delivered through headphones makes it an associative performance about releasing control.
Hartstocht is a theatrical bus tour allowing the spectators to experience an inverted world. They are transported through the city in a VW bus with blacked-out windows and an open roof. Mirrors are attached at waist height of spectators, and produces the effect of a city ‘sliding by underneath them’. The visitors see the bottom of buildings, churches, trees and clouds passing by. A text delivered through headphones makes it an associative performance about releasing control.
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Press
"Hartstocht is as original as it is breath-taking."
'Een dagje koteren in Brugge’ ('A day pottering around in Bruges'), Annelies De Waele voor De Morgen (3 april 2002)Read the review (in Dutch)
"It is wonderful that in a time when everything has already been thought of someone can offer the audience such a totally new experience with such a simple intervention."
'Hartstocht. Een theatrale bustocht' ('Hartstocht. A theatrical bustour'), Marian Buijs for De Volkskrant (15 August 2004)Read the review (in Dutch)
"It shows you the essence of what art is about, the insight that the world can be viewed in a way you have never decided to do yourself. You must continually review that decision."
‘Hartstocht - Van Geffen & Verhoeven’ ('Passion – Van Geffen & Verhoeven'), AdV on www.moose.nl (13 August 2003)Read the reviews (in Dutch)
Credits
concept Roos van Geffen en Dries Verhoeven
co-director (edition 2011) Marjolein Frijling
bus driver Ronny Lambrechts