In a dynamic exploration of the intersection between poetry and music, this project brings these two art forms closer together, balancing on their various points of connection. Recorded at the Roode Bioscoop, the project features compositions fully based on poetry, as well as scripts written for alternating moments of text and music. Additionally, free improvisations will be performed during the poems that lend themselves best to this format. Poet Willemijn van den Geest seeks to create a bridge between the inner and outer worlds through her language, not shying away from personifying the external world or abstracting the internal one. Her work moves between humor and seriousness in this search. The childlike, pure perception is tapped into, giving names to the ordinary, while an adult voice speaks from the daily reality, attempting to reconcile the weight of existence with this idiosyncratic worldview.

Credits:

• Poetry — Willemijn van den Geest
• Trumpet — Thijs van den Geest
• Piano — Máté Lachegyi
• Contrabass — Pedro Ivo Ferreira
• Drums — Floris van Elderen
• Works in Video:
  • Het is niet dat ik vaak hemels mis — Willemijn van den Geest (poem)
  • Zwarte tuinen — Thijs van den Geest
  • Het is niet dat ik vaak hemels mis — Pedro Ivo Ferreira (composition)
  • Klimops nog klimmen — Máté Lachegyi
• Video — Eva Heinsbroek
• Audio — Philip ten Brink
• Video Editing — Max Baggerman
• Producers — Isla Van Hout, Martijn Grootendorst