Mira Verhoeve x Dirk Vaessen

Building a House or Digging a Hole

‘Building a House or Digging a Hole’ can be described as an interdisciplinary, physical and disorienting presentation on the border of design and performance. How does the body experience a space? And can one influence the other? Inspired by mazes and the strong yet fragile nature of paper, Dirk and Mira present their research in which they ask questions on the search for identity and the manufacturability of a utopia. Through movement improvisations, material research and excursions to the marl quarries of Maastricht, they try to get a better insight in what you can find between a sharp folded edge and a soft crease, between looking and finding, between houses and holes.

Mira Verhoeve is an interdisciplinary performer who addresses themes of affect, radical care and consolation. Through poetry, performance and theory she tries to reconstruct the relation between the personal and the political. Dirk Vaessen is a designer who creates concepts and items for and around the human body. With his work he likes to advocate for an exploration of identity outside of societal norms and expectations. In this first collaboration, Mira and Dirk come together in their love for a playful approach of simple shapes and accessible materials, centering the vulnerable human body in their designs and performances. 

Friday 15 November + Saturday 16 November
12:00 – 17:00 | Exhibition: Mira Verhoeve x Dirk Vaessen
Performance: 17:00 - 18:00
Free access