Performance, 2023

Subtitle: Interrupted and dashed lines shiver.
Interrupted lines fold like the corner of a tent.
The process begins within a frame, framing tunnels as tunnels are eaten through apples.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, growing deer, flying stag beetle, insect, cocoon, butterfly?
Sliding abdomen over thorax; it’s a cycle, the beginning and the end are always united with each other.

In the performance, the developments from caterpillar to butterfly are visible in abstraction. The caterpillar crawls through tunnels of frames to take bites out of
apples. Postures play a central role. Throughout the performance, an audio recording plays, complementing the movements with sounds and quoting instructions on how to fold a paper deer. Like the caterpillar, the flat paper undergoes a transition. The frames are custom-made to body length and shoe size.

In collaboration with Linde Roza, Nino den Hartog, and Lindsey Soetodrono
Photo’s by Sacha van Mil
With texts from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle and from “Artis Forma” by Gerrit de Moree