{"id":3192,"date":"2019-05-10T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T09:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hogefronten.nl\/?page_id=3192"},"modified":"2020-01-13T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:50:23","slug":"about-still","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hogefronten.nl\/en\/about-still\/","title":{"rendered":"About STILL."},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”about-still”][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”inhoud_kolom”][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]The four-year theatrical project STIL. features a series of performances by Hoge Fronten \/ Lieke Benders, with a different silent theme each year.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]

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I visualize us all moving in a steady stream; flowing ever forward, faster and faster. Progress. Are our eyes open to the things around us? What would happen if we stopped? If we took a moment to be still? To quietly reflect on all that movement around us? Sometimes, the insights you gain in stillness put more into motion than hurtling forward without reflection.<\/h5><\/blockquote><\/p>\n

(Lieke Benders)<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]Everything has to move forward, get better, go faster. If you’re not moving forward, you’re falling behind. But what is the value of stillness in today’s society? What are its strengths and its weaknesses? Stillness is a state of mind. Lieke Benders is fascinated by people who choose to or are forced to stand still in society.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column el_class=”inhoud_kolom”][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

STILL.themas<\/h1>\n

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Over the course of four years, she and her team will devote themselves entirely to this theme. Benders uses her brief encounters and laboratory sessions to examine the theme from different angles and perspectives, with the ultimate aim of creating a unified whole. The work itself ranges from videos and short performances to audience input, installations, and images \u2013 all depending on the type of encounter. She documents her discoveries through performances, exhibitions, silent happenings, and collections of events, thereby taking her audience with her on her four-year journey. The different projects will ultimately be merged into one travelling exhibition to be performed at different locations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Read STILL.booklet<\/h2>\n

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