Prime Care

In the woods, two figures stand wrapped from shoulder to waist in a 130-metre-long piece of coloured cloth, tied around a tree. The tree holds them upright, enabling them to stand together over time and offering care without longing or expectation.

Eventually, the two figures leave in different forms, each having been relieved of a dozen metres of cloth and having cleared a path back to the beginning. During this slow unravelling, the audience becomes enclosed within the textile, physically and perceptually drawn into the process.

One performer responds by singing, while the other recites ‘I like to be a tree’. A gentle melody enters the space repeatedly, weaving voice, text and presence together.

Curated by the collective PEP-IN-GEN

Performed with Geertje van Duijnhoven, mezzo soprano

Produced with the support of Den Boom, Lier

Photography by Hilde Vets and Fanny Zaman

With thanks to Astrid Slingerland, Paul Anckaerts, Fanny Zaman, Katie Verstockt, Jos De Gruyter, Hilde Van Hove and Erlinde Peeters