1. INTRO & BIO

2. PROJECTS

2.1. KHOR I, Floriade World Expo, Venlo (NL), 2012

2.2. KHOR II, Cultura Nova, Heerlen (NL), 2014

2.3. HALL01, During Tefaf, Maastricht (NL), 2014

2.4. HALL02, plan14-Parcours, Köln (D), 2014

2.5. HALL03, Biënnale Interieur, Kortrijk (B), 2014

3. INFO & REVIEWS

PRESS KIT by TAAT

Theatre as Architecture Architecture as Theatre

During their successful cooperation for KHOR I (a DIYtheatre installation for the Worldexpo Floriade 2012) Dutch theatre maker Gert-Jan Stam and Belgian architect Breg Horemans discovered how their respective disciplines could challenge and enrich each other. They founded TAAT, a collective operating on the cutting edge of theater, architecture, visual art and design. Taking the complex relationship between theater and architecture as a star-ting point TAAT focusses on developing ‘architectural dramaturgy’: architectural settings that allow for a theatrical performer-specta-tor interaction.

Gert-Jan Stam (*1972) / Theatre makerGert-Jan studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Amster-dam School of Writing (NL). His plays have received international recognition and were translated into different languages inclu- ding Czech, Croatian, Arabic and Japanese.

Breg Horemans (*1985) / ArchitectBreg studied Architecture at St-Lucas Gent (B) and worked as an architect at Wiel Arets Architects. He is active in the field of architecture, scenography, exhibition design and public art works.

1. INTRO & BIO

HALL01, Maastricht 2014

KHOR I, Venlo 2012

HALL 01, Venlo 2014

KHOR II, Heerlen 2014

HALL03, Kortrijk 2014

2. PROJECTS

KHOR I is a theatre installation set in a matching pavilion. It is a play for four people. The installation consists of 40 wheels, one wheel for each page of the play in four different languages.

KHOR I is about movement and meditation. The script, in four different languages, is incorporated in an installation based on the mechanism of Buddhist ‘prayer wheels’. In order to read the text, the participants move from one wheel to the next thus ‘perfor-ming’ the play and at the same time a sort of a slow, almost medi-tative circle dance around the installation.

With its monumental quality, Khor finds a common ground between theatre, architecture and the visual arts. The pavilion, designed by Breg Horemans, is as much an essential part of the installation as is the script. It provides a setting for the play that is both intimate and in touch with the surroundings. Architectural elements are used to introduce the visitors to the play they are about to per-form.

KHOR I was developed for the Floriade 2012 in Venlo, the Nether-lands. The text of the play was offered in Dutch, English, German and the local Limburg dialect. Khor I was available for an interna-

tional audience of 2 million people, every day during the expo.

/ Context: Floriade World Expo, Venlo

/ Period: 5th April - 7th October 2012

/ Partners: Huis van Bourgondïe, Arcadis

/ Photography: Sina Maleki

2.1. KHOR I

Appearing as a monumental building kit on the town square KHOR II takes the idea of Do-It-Yourself theatre to the next level. The local community can build this small theatre over the course of one day and use it as a theatre, a discussion platform and a meeting place. But above all it functions as a theatre play linking architectural and social positions to dramatic characters.

KHOR II addresses issues regarding the sharing of knowledge, re-sources and responsibility and evokes a new sense of direct de-mocracy.

Winner of the 2014 Dioraphte Award.

/ Context: Cultura Nova Heerlen

/ Location: Burgemeester van Grunsvenplein, Heerlen

/ Period: August 30th - October 7th 2014

/ Partners: Creative Industries Fund NL and Provincie Limburg

/ Photography: Zenka

2.2. KHOR II

HALL01 is the first in the series of 32 sub projects that work to-wards the building that is a theatre play and the theatre play that is a building (HALL03).

HALL01 is presented at the SAM decorfabriek, a large industrial space once used by Mosa, a tile producing company, which also served as the setting for the HALL01 workshops. TAAT brought to-gether local architects and theatre makers to work on the theme of how architecture can influence the experience of time. Part of the workshops was an interactive lecture by visionary Frank den Oudsten on the theme of Narrative Space and an improvisation performance by artist Nick Steur. You can find a report of the TATA01 workshops here.

/ Context: During TEFAF

/ Location: SAM decorfabriek, Meerssenerweg 215, Maastricht (NL)

/ Period: March 14th – 23rd 2014

/ Partners: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Bureau Europa, Provincie Lim-burg, Artburo Limburg, Stichting SoAP, C/O, TAKT/ Dommelhof and C-Mine Genk.

/ Photography: Joao Morgado

2.3. HALL01

HALL02 is the second in the series of 32 sub projects that work to-wards the building that is a theatre play and the theatre play that is a building (HALL33).

HALL02 was be presented at St.Michaelskirche am Brüsselerplatz in Cologne (DE). During the Festival Theaterszene Europa TAAT brought together local architects and theatre makers to work on the theme of Initiation. This two day workshop started at the church for a first series of interventions, a meeting with Pfarrer Bussmann, a lecture by Dutch theatre maker Roos van Geffen and a presentation and workshop by Dutch theatre maker Emke Idema.

/ Context: Season Opening Studiobühneköln, plan14 parcours, and Theaternacht Köln

/ Location: St.Michaelskirche am Brüsselerplatz, Cologne (DE).

/ Period: September 19th- October 3rd 2014, Theaternacht Oc-tober 2nd

/ Partners: Studiobühneköln, Art&Amen, planproject, Theaternacht Köln and TAKT/Dommelhof, Stichting SoAP, Creative Industries Fund NL, Stichting SoAP and Provincie Limburg.

/ Photography: Zenka

2.4. HALL02

A Do-It-Yourself theater play by TAAT

HALL03 is the third in the series of 32 sub projects that works to-wards the building that is a theatre play and the theatre play that is a building (HALL33).

HALL03 was presented at the old horse stables of the Broelmuse-um, during Biënnale Interieur. The workshop process takes place during the build up period, where we will work together with stu-dents of the VTI in Kortrijk. During HALL03, a series of masterclass-es were presented with Iwan Brioc (UK), Alexander Römer (D) and Jozef Wouters (B).

/ Context: Biënnale Interieur, Kortrijk

/ Location: Paardestallen Broelmuseum, Broelkaai 6, Kortrijk

/ Period: October 17th - October 26th 2014

/ Partners: Kunstencentrum BUDA, Biënnale Interieur, Stichting SoAP, Creative Industries Fund NL, Provincie Limburg.

/ Photography: Marcel Moonen

2.5. HALL03

HALL33 PRESS QUOTES

‘An amazing experience.’ Kölnische Rundschau, 23-9-14

‘a minimalistic experience voor curious people, you will either shrugging your shoulders or charged with your own associations.’ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, 23-09-14

‘HALL02 is an intrigiung and captivating play of social relations […] which has a lot more to say than Gregor Schneiders installation [Neuerburgstrasse 21].’ Choices, Oktober 2014.

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3. INFO & REVIEWS

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