Decoratelier

EXHIBIT
This exhibit is free to visit in visitor blocks of 45 minutes. 
Entry: 4 bubbles of 2 contacts. 

Modern spaces for conventional theatre 

In the installation 'INFINI 1-17', using several stage sets but no actors, scenographer Jozef Wouters explores the possibilities and limitations of a conventional theatre setting. He asked an eclectic group of creators – ranging from theatre makers and choreographers to writers and visual artists – what kinds of spaces audiences should be able to encounter in today’s theatre.

In addition to painted backdrops (‘infinis’), contemporary media also help to conjure concrete, virtual and imaginary spaces in the theatre: the coast of Lesbos, negative space, a city skyline seen from inside a game, an endless forest of palm trees... Wouters exhibits these imaginary spaces in a unique museum setting. 

'INFINI 1-17' shows all of these spaces in sequence, with the theatrical machinery running at full speed and subverting our perspective over and over again. At the moment there are 17 works in the collection, 15 of which will be shown in the exhibit. This show fires the collective imagination with spatial experimentation, radical illusion and boundless magic.