Art as a battlefield
Hitler was rejected twice by the art academy. Beuys, on the other hand, welcomed everyone into his class. Silke van Kamp brings the two together on a felt hillside landscape, where a crackling clash erupts over the power of art. With humor, courage, and a hefty dose of discomfort.
The idea originated in 2022 during a walking holiday in Scotland with writer Jip Vuik. Together with writer Willem de Wolf, they wrote the text in a writers’ room. What started with the question “What is the power of art?” turned out to be more relevant than expected. Silke: “During the creation process, fascism and nationalism gained so much ground that it ultimately became more about that than I initially suspected.”
What the press says
Theaterkrant immediately declared the performance to be Critic's Choice. Reviewer Moos van den Broek praises the performances of Ghysels and Van der Waal and sees a playful plea for art as a free space that simultaneously looks critically at the art world itself.
