Belly of the Whale: Day 3 in Rotterdam
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Fri 4th of December: 17:00- 22:00 + performance night: 20:00 Upon this threshold, the very edge of what is known and observable, lies the event horizon, a liminal zone of magnified abilities. The only being that resides there unchanged is a beast of lovecraftian dimension. It waits for you, mouth wide open, saliva pooling at the back. You are warned of a sacral journey, a pilgrimage bringing a radical change in your core. As the beast swallows, warmth of its stomach embraces you, the acid melting your skin, flesh and bones, allowing for complete and total metamorphosis. I cannot tell you what happens next, as I do not know how you emerge. But the transformation has already begun, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. It is within the context of our own contemporary world, full of seemingly never-ending local and global crises, that the Belly of the Whale invites us to linger in the murky waters of metamorphosis. We all come into this world the same way: we are thrown into it. The world does not stop for us – it goes on, and on, and on. Our current reality is built on our history as a species, as a collective, and as an ecosystem. We can only hope to steer it towards our greatest dreams, but we keep on finding ourselves in the midst of extreme economic inequality, unregulated technological advancements, perpetual environmental injustice… And strangely, we find ourselves more disconnected than ever. What if these dark times we live in actually reveal that we are inside the belly of the whale? That we are being swerved by things happening around us: not exactly knowing how we ended up here, not sure what happens next. What happens when you open up your eyes to this truth? What do you find inside the whale? What do you find inside yourself? Swallowed by the unknown, this story is as old as art and religion go. In the myth of Jonah (Yunus), he too is swallowed by a large sea creature, and survives in its stomach for three days and three nights. He is spat out onto…
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