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photographing movement, space and time as expressed through performing arts, scenography, architecture and landscape.

Jaume Plensa – Fundación Telefónica
2025.02
Madrid, Spain

Photographs of the exhibition Materia Interior by Jaume Plensa at Fundación Telefónica, Madrid. (©Laura Van Severen / Estudio Bernadó)


Isaac
2025.03
Barcelona, Spain

Photos for the poster of the theatre piece Isaac by Companyia La Rara
Barzakh
2024.11
Gent, Belgium

The Arabic word barzakh refers to a border space between two worlds in which deceased souls must wait in a state of sleep for a final judgment before they can travel further. It is a recognisable situation for people who are awaiting trial in pre-trial detention, as becomes apparent from conversations between them and theatre maker Thomas Bellinck. During workshops in some Belgian prisons, they write a new performance together and determine what is presented on stage. The opera repertoire serves as a starting point: in operas we often see criminal acts and incarceration in a romanticised way, but does this correspond to reality? Composer Osama Abdulrasol translates the material from the workshops into music for singers and chamber orchestra. Barzakh questions the world views that emerge from operas and takes a critical look at the prison system.
 
Glitch Witch
2024.10
Toulouse, France

choreographer Meg Stuart, dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, and composer/musician Mieko Suzuki meet in a sparklingly desolate, enigmatically burned-out landscape. Moving within and beyond the personal histories imprinted on their bodies, they glide and glitch between different possible worlds—between above and below, between the before and after of every passing moment.

A collaboration between Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods and Dance On Ensemble. 
 
Modesta (play of language and lips)
2024.09
Gent, Belgium

In this work, this play of language and lips, five performers search for Modesta. Who is she? A fantasy, a character whose allure relies on the possibility of her being real, tangible. A young girl who grows up by learning how to turn pain into pleasure. A woman who twists the rules of language and social convention. A sphinx-like character, mysterious, because we cannot grasp the source of her agility. Modesta emerges in many guises, through words and movement, and asks us to follow her. 

concept, text & direction Anna Franziska Jäger & Nathan Ooms  performed by Christine De Smedt, Anna Franziska Jäger, Arthur Loontjens, Nathan Ooms & Rosie Sommers