Thomas Quartier [DE/BE]

Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude

Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude
Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude

27.10.2017

How can we deal with finitude? By living with death. How can that be real? By performing death. In this lecture Thomas Quartier – a Benedictine monk and professor for Ritual and Monastic Studies at KU Leuven – ritually links life and death by reflecting on music, embodiment and transcendence.

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Our Daily Death - Opening Night

Our Daily Death  - Opening Night
Our Daily Death  - Opening Night
Kaaistudio's
Wed 25.10.17

Our contemporary Western culture generally looks on death and dying with fear and denial. In Our Daily Death, we are examining the other side of the coin by welcoming artists and scientists who consider death to be part of our daily life.

IN/FINITY

IN/FINITY
IN/FINITY
Kaaistudio's
Thu 26.10.17

The Kaaitheater is supporting the three-year artistic-participative project IN/FINITY by TOPAZ, in which artists and the guests/patients at the centre engage in dialogue on the theme of (in)finity.

Claire Croizé & Etienne Guilloteau

Mer-

dance music

Mer-
Mer-
Kaaitheater
Fri 27.10.17

Five dancers and five musicians perform a polyphonic piece about death and saying goodbye. Nevertheless, there is also space for lightness. From the moment you are born, death is constantly approaching: life in freefall. By acknowledging death, Croizé and Guilloteau aim to celebrate life to the full.

Robert Steijn

Walk Into Nothingness

ritual

Walk Into Nothingness
Walk Into Nothingness
Kaaistudio's
Wed 25.10 - Fri 27.10.17

In Buddhist monasteries, people learn through meditation to look at life from the perspective of their own mortality. Robert Steijn has turned this meditative practice into a ritual. Together, you will walk around the city, as though you were taking this walk for the last time.

VIDEO: 7PM TALK by Thomas Quartier

Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude

VIDEO: 7PM TALK by Thomas Quartier
VIDEO: 7PM TALK by Thomas Quartier

Video

Tue 07.11.17

How can we deal with finitude? By living with death. How can that be real? By performing death. In this lecture Thomas Quartier – a Benedictine monk and professor for Ritual and Monastic Studies at KU Leuven – ritually links life and death by reflecting on music, embodiment and transcendence.