The big Turning

Welkom op het plein
of eigenlijk sta je nog aan de rand, misschien zoals je vroeger
aan de rand van het zwembad stond

 ‘Plein’ is verwant aan het Engelse woord ‘plain’
‘gewoon’ of ‘eenvoudig’
terwijl ‘plein’ in het Frans ‘vol’ of ‘compleet’ betekent 

‘piano’ – ‘zacht’
‘plano’ – ‘vlak’
‘plenty’ – ‘overvloed’

Welkom aan de rand van deze eenvoudige, platte, zachte, vlakke overvloed

Imagine standing on a square in your city and never moving from your spot. That from now on you would only turn around your axis, like a Sufi dancer. That you would no longer hold onto anything with your gaze, but let the square flow right through you, like music.

The Big Turning is an exploration of a different way of perceiving. The work brings you into a new relationship with the central square in your city. It is a poetic philosophical radio play that makes you part of a collective movement. It is a gentle protest against a hurried, goal-oriented, polarized way of being.

Marie Groothof and Emke Idema bring together their expertise from interactive theater, mime, and literature to develop a new form that questions public space: a form of immersive theater from which you look at your surroundings.