FOON - dOFt | Piet Van Dycke

Dans & ballet

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" can I connect you? ". More than 50 years ago telephonists at cruising speed Bellers with each other. Creaking conversations came about through a complicated system of cables. According to the strict telephone retirette, the switching ladies themselves were not allowed to laugh or talk to each other. It was even forbidden to whisper and they were certainly not allowed to listen to the telephone conversations. While they brought the world into contact with each other, mutual communication was strictly forbidden. This exciting friction is the starting point for the new DOFT performance phoon.

In foon we follow three telephone operators on the switchboard: channel in and out, more, faster, without stop, never enough. The hunting of the incoming phone calls creates a nervous and impatient atmosphere. The telephonists live in a factory world in which they repeat the same actions. The more they connect others, the more they lose themselves ... The (human) machines get overheated and everything stops. Those who always connect people are forced to connect with each other for the first time. The fear of silence makes way for the power of connection.