Love Songs (veldeke)
A project with nine youngsters between 13 and 23 years old.
Addressing the idea of love.
In the 12th century the 'first'’ German-Dutch speaking poet, Hendrik Van Veldeke, wrote 25 love songs. These songs deal with an idealized and somewhat political form of love. Only the texts were saved; we don't know how they were performed.
In 1873 Arthur Rimbaud wrote: "L’amour est à réinventer, on le sait." (As we know, love needs reinventing.)
In 2008 two philosophers wrote: Nul ne s'essaye vraiment à confronter les différents regards philosophiques sur l'amour, au point que l'on viendrait presque à trouver davantage de profondeur sur le sujet dans les chansons populaires que chez les penseurs contemporains. (LANCELIN, A. and LEMONNIER, M.: Les philosophes et l’amour, EDITIONS J’AILU, Paris, 2008.)
We invented 25 new contemporary love songs blending together philosophy and pop culture.
2013 /
Creation: Michiel Vandevelde
Singers/dancers: Louise Bergez, Willem Herbots, Arthur Hollants, Anna Franziska Jäger, Joanne Van Bastelaere, Jef Raven Van Berckelaer, Evelyne Van Hecke, Mitch Van Landeghem, Marlies Van Wielendaele
Feedback: Peter Missotten, Néstor García Diaz, Dirk De Lathauwer, Roselien Tobbackx, Pieter Nevejans
Production: fABULEUS
Coproduction: TAKT Dommelhof In collaboration with: Musica
With text by: Alain Badiou, Anna Franziska Jager, Arthur Hollants, Arthur Rimbaud, Ayn Rand, Erich Fromm, Evelyne Van Hecke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Bataille, Hannah Arendt, Hendrik Van Veldeke, Jean Luc Godard, Jef Raven Van Berckelaer, Joanne Van Bastelaere, Louise Bergez, Marlies Van Wielendaele, Michael Hardt, Michiel Vandevelde, Mitch Van Landeghem en Willem Herbots
Extra document: You can read the booklet of texts by the performers
here (in Dutch).
2012 — 2021