Beeldend theater / Language no Problem

Lotte Boonstra

777.600

For nine days, a glass container full of textiles stands in downtown Den Bosch. In the same nine days, 777,600 of these containers of clothing are dumped or burnt worldwide.

In the container in Den Bosch, creator Lotte Boonstra and textile weaver Lamine Diouf unravel the gigantic textile mountain, from which they weave new fabrics and structures. The process of deconstruction and construction makes visible the usually hidden repetitive physical labour. The project is the starting point of an investigation into the size and scale of human mass. The final weaving forms our collectively worn shell and will later be used in Lotte's performance Human People.

Lotte Boonstra obtained a master's degree in Theatre Costume from the Academy of Antwerp in 2017. As a costume designer and autonomous artist, her work is at the interface between visual art and theatre. She has a fascination for contemporary man in all his grandeur. With her absurd and poetic imagery, she strives to tilt the perspective on ourselves for a brief moment. In the coming years, her ambition is to further explore the intersection between exhibition and performance. During Festival Cement, Lotte will be working together with performer, textile weaver and poet Lamine Diouf.