{"id":11676,"date":"2019-04-17T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=11676"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:42:52","slug":"our-times","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/en\/projects\/our-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Thinking does not play well in an image-based culture. There is not much to see in it. It is not a performing art. &#8211; Neil Postman, &#8216;Amusing ourselves to death&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What role is allotted to thinking in our time? Every day, we are inundated with images and fragments of text. Absorbing all this information is a time-consuming business and reduces our thinking to storage and processing. In this storm of impressions, Michiel Vandevelde pauses to think about the state of thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our times<\/em> takes as its starting point a discussion between the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy and the curator Daniel Tyradillis, as well as dance material from popular video clips. With this contrasting material, three dancers seek out the conflict between profundity and superficiality. This not only serves as a critique of our time, but is also an attempt to create new ways of thinking. In an exuberant choreography with reappropriated dance, fragments of text and bizarre music, Vandevelde creates space and time that go beyond the imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/ourtimes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/ourtimes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/ourtimes-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/ourtimes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concept &amp; choreography: Michiel Vandevelde<br>Performers: Nestor Garcia Diaz, Jara Vlaeminckx, Michiel Vandevelde<br>Set &amp; light: Michiel Vandevelde, Tom Bruwier<br>Feedback: Dries Douibi, Esther Severi, Kristof van Baarle<br>Technique: Tom Bruwier<br>Graphic design publication: Ward Heirwegh<br>Proof reading: Bryana Fritz, Katie Vickers, Antoon Vandevelde, Tom Bruwier<br>Production: Disagree vzw<br>Co-production: STUK, Kaaitheater, Vooruit (in the frame of DNA co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union), wpZimmer<br>Residencies: Bains Connective, STUK, Vooruit, Kaaitheater, wpZimmer<br>With the support of the Flemish Authorities<br>International distribution: Something Great<br>Financial management: Klein Verzet vzw<br>Special thanks to Alina L. Popa and all the great people that have given feedback along the way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11676","projects","type-projects","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our Times - wpZimmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/en\/projects\/our-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Times - wpZimmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;Thinking does not play well in an image-based culture. There is not much to see in it. 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