just saw this on another blog - just cool.

ZULU SURFRIDERS (a promo) from Carlos Francisco on Vimeo.

U Bahn

overhetij festival site

So whilst in amsterdam, I met up with the guys who run a festival called Overhetj.Check out their website www.overhetij.nl
the site is just over a river from the central station. They give young theatremakers a platform to create site-specific work in very exciting, raw spaces.
Aside from the festival, the area is used by numbers of artists who have begun a Kunstad- an arts city. They create their own work space from inside this huge warehouse that was once used to build ships. It's really exciting to see how they use the space.

jut realised i posted my cows twice

that's cos they were so fabulous and gave me therapy. dis die waarheid people, cow therapy - it's all the rage in the netherlands.

more oerol pics

oerol - lekkerrrr

So I am back in Amsterdam after a fabulous week of trekking around Tercshelling island.
Oerol festival is baie special. En ek het my taal gepraat die hele week - heel goed!!
Almal verstaan - en dit was baie snaaks om in afrikaanse to dink.

everyone says lekker en pragtig as they cycle on their hired bikes around through the forests, beaches, fields of cows, horses, sheep and pigs. En daar is kuns everywhere - art everywhere.
It's really inspiring and I'm very glad to have been there. I met some incredible people, made some very good contacts, saw some fabulous inspiring theatre and chilled out in beautiful scenery - exactly what was needed.

highlights:
- going to see the Peer Group performance.
They'd miked up the surrounding hills and planted various lights around the area. We sat and watched a dance and light show with live music interacting with nature. A full moon rose above a field of cows whilst seagulls flew overhead and a sound - scape echoed over the hills and sand dunes. It was so incredibly beautiful.

- Tuig
A giant wheel situated in the forest. The audience sits on either side of a structure that comes to life revealing how we can get caught up in a nine-to-five world. Beautifully told with minimal text and a set design that comes to life through a series of hanging strings that when pulled reveal a lounge room, a bookshelf and even a gas fire. So concise and beautiful.

Slem Opdrift
Silloughette structures on the beach that are being moved from East to West over the period of the festival. Each figure has a quote about time. When you move the figures, you have to walk backwards draging the figure in the sand. It's s beautiful concept speaking to how we can't tell the future but can keep moving forward leaving traces of ourselves on earth as we do. Amazing.

a cup of chicken soup and some chips

still think the chicken soup in zagreb was the best.. but this one was pretty good too.
I'm roadtesting - pianos and chicken soup.
think i saw people on the amazing race today. bizaare and amusing.