Serge Verstockt - ChampdAction

In ‘HRZSCHMRZ’, Verstockt and ChampdAction focus on love. At the request of the KlaraFestival. And this in combination with a questioning of the virtual world.
We share our most intimate moments – births, happiness and unhappiness – so that our virtual ‘friends’ can empathize with our fortunes. For some, however, life on the internet goes much further. This applies in extreme form to hikikomori, a growing group of Japanese gamers. They reside permanently in their room, refusing to leave, and fulfil all their daily needs through the Internet: from 3D sex games to an ardent desire to marry an avatar. Is this virtual love a modern version of medieval courtly love? Are the hikikomori the knights of our time?

‘HRZSCHMRZ’ balances between two worlds: apart from the virtual action heroes, internet angels and avatars, there are musicians of flesh and blood. Troubadour Guido Belcanto shares the stage with classical, free jazz and pop musicians who sing of love from Perotinus through Buddy Holly to Belgian new beat.