Performance

Dan Mussett — The Dating Project - First Date

An original date in STUK guided by uncanny smartphone instructions.

➤ STUK Reception (start)
➤ Thursday 19 September: 19:00 → 00:00 (ongoing)
➤ Friday 20 september: 19:00 → 00:00 (ongoing)
➤ Duration: 30’
➤ In English
➤ Interactive (2 people). As a participant you will physically move.
➤ Smartphones are provided for the performance. For this you will need to temporarily hand over your own phone or ID-card as a deposit.

An original date in STUK? In First Date, you experience a date by following a series of instructions on your smartphone. What unfolds is an uncanny mimicry of modern day conversation in which smartphones are always hyperpresent. First Date prompts participants to play with how they present themselves to another person in this climate.

Are concepts like ‘intimacy’ and ‘authenticity’ even possible anymore in our screen-oriented culture? Or can technology offer us ways of forming closer connections with each other?

CREDITS

concept, direction & script Dan Mussett concept & technique Vincent Van Dijck script, dramaturgy & scenography Barbara T’Jonck script, communication & social media Bianca Zueneli graphic design Michael Strebel music Robin S - Show Me Love, Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone', Sigur Ros- Hoppípolla executive producer wpZimmer co-production C-TAKT, KAAP, De Studio, Europalia Arts Festival: Trains and Tracks, Storm op Komst, Bozar, Brakke Grond with the support of Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, City of Antwerp, Flemish Government Activiteiten Premie thanks to Tuning People, GRIP, Andreas Fleck, Zehra Proch, Pauline Scharmann, Rubina Pabani, Laurent Delom, MAXLab, CREATIE, Beatrice Peadrini and all the participants who have taken part in the many, many try-outs.