How changeable and fluid are we? How do we tangle with each other and the world? Lake Life is a collaborative game, a puzzle, and a celebration – step in with two feet and maybe leave with three. The game is transformative, imaginary and real. The audience is invited to explore unprecedented spaces, a dreamlike world of imaginary bodies and self-transformation, where altered senses become palpable and the boundaries of identity are fluid. While the socio-physical fragility created by the pandemic may be experienced differently by young and old, the (re)discovery of trust, fun, and free imagination is a collective concern. How can we break free from the roles we’re expected to play in the outside world? What connects us all? Perhaps it’s the possibility of imagining a new world where we can reinvent our ways from scratch…
Lake Life
a project by Kate McIntosh
in collaboration with Arantxa Martinez
visual installation Nadia Lauro
sound Eric Desjeux
light design Eduardo Abdala
artistic advice Harun Morrison, Sarah Parolin, Tim Etchells
sound research Charo Calvo
technical direction Koen De Saeger
in collaboration with Tatiana Carret
studio assistance Maria O’Herce, Ashley Van Pouke
drawings Dari Gatti
cards Marzia Dalfini
harness Karolien Nuyttens
voices Manah Depauw, Anja Müller
general management Sarah Parolin
production management Niamh Moroney
administration Laura Deschepper, Elie Agniel
a production by SPIN (Brussels), Backbone Berlin GbR (Berlin)
coproduced by Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), BRONKS (Brussels), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Viernulvier Kunstencentrum (Gent), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Festival d’Automne à Paris (Paris), T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers Centre Dramatique National (Gennevilliers), MDT (Stockholm), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), SCHÄXPIR Festival (Linz), figuren.theater.festival (Erlangen), Teatro Municipal do Porto (Porto).
funded by Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)
residency GC Pianofabriek (Brussels)
thanks to Hans Bryssinck, Diederik Peeters, Laura Deschepper, Anna Rispoli, Marnie Slater, Caroline Daish, Britt Hatzius, Sheena McGrandles, Barbara Greiner, Frida Laux
special thanks to all the volunteer audiences who helped us in the process, and Sabine Zahn & Joshua Rutter for loaning the practice "Ghost Head" from the Unwritten Library
premiere May 18th, 2023 kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
Lake Life draws on elements of the science-fiction character Odo and the species of Changelings, who feature in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 - 1999) a science fiction television series. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is based on Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek. It was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, on Brandon Tartikoff's request, and produced by Paramount Pictures. Lake Life is fanfiction, it is intended for non-for-profit contexts only. All the rights of the original Star Trek: Deep Space Nine story belong to Paramount.
