Theatermakers, acteurs, kunstenaars en dansers worden hard getroffen door de maatregelen van de overheid om het coronavirus onder controle te houden. Wat voor impact hebben de maatregelen op de jonge kunstenaars van de Piket Kunstprijzen? Deel 25: Casper Vandeputte.
Sarah Murphy (winnaar, dans 2015) blikt na vijf jaar Piket Kunstprijzen terug. “Door het winnen van de Piket Kunstprijs ben ik minder gestrest en kan ik in alle rust mijn projecten kiezen.”
Schilderkunst-genomineerde (2015) Romy Muijrers kan zich haar nominatie voor de Piket Kunstprijzen nog goed herinneren. “De nominatie was een enorme verrassing, omdat ik pas net kwam kijken en net was afgestudeerd aan de kunstacademie.”
Regisseur Casper Vandeputte, oud-toneelgenomineerde van de Piket Kunstprijzen in 2015, regisseert Citizen K. De voorstelling gaat op zaterdag 6 april in première in Theater aan het Spui in Den Haag en gaat daarna op tournee.
De Piket Kunstprijzen bestaan vijf jaar. Speciaal voor dit jubileum blikt oud-juryvoorzitter (2014/2015) Rinus Sprong terug op het voorzitterschap. Lees verder
The Piket Art Prizes doesn’t only like to hand out prizes, we also like to keep an eye on our winners and nominees. This way, we know what they have been up to and what’s still to come. Check out all the activities, exhibitions and performances of our winners and nominees of 2014, 2015 and 2016. Lees verder
De Piket Kunstprijzen deelt niet alleen prijzen uit, maar houdt hun winnaars en genomineerden ook graag nauwlettend in de gaten. Zo weten we wat voor mooie dingen zij nog op stapel hebben staan. Dit is wat de lichting van 2015 heeft gedaan en nog voor ons in petto heeft. Lees verder
Verdict of the jury: Lennart Lahuis treats the concept of visibility in an inventive way, playing with the amount of information he grants to the viewer, and the time he takes to relinquish it. Both the disposable images he hides behind a layer of wax and his floor projects, apparently consisting of nothing but water, demand a certain effort on the side of the viewer. The effect, however, is all the more forceful. The image fades or, quite literally, evaporates, leaving the viewer with its ghost. In this way he forces us to think about what we are actually seeing. By using this conceptual approach Lahuis consciously limits his creative scope.
Verdict of the Jury: It is evident that the Canadian Sarah Murphy is a talented and hard worker. Her movement is striking; she truly employs her whole body. Murphy uses every fibre, and manages to enchant her audience without effort. She is able to draw the viewer into her vast imagination, and has a large array of dance styles at her disposal. Like no other, Murphy is able to integrate emotion and feeling into her performance. Her ability to enrich her emotions with expressive detail is intriguing. Murphy’s expressiveness genuinely touched the jury.
Verdict of the Jury: Nik van den Berg is enormously talented. It is small wonder that he was already nominated last year. At that time he made an impression with his Parade performance, where he amply demonstrated his ability to seduce his audience with his extravagant stage personality. Over the past year, he managed to develop even further. Van den Berg possesses a clear artistic signature and is able to change gear at a moment’s notice. He can really twist the audience round his finger. The jury hopes van den Berg will continue to look for new layers as an actor, maker and performer, and will find collaborators who will challenge him. It also hopes he will enlarge his palette as a solo performer in such a way as to help him find new substance and meaning, and engage his audience artistically as well as intellectually.
