Preview – People Don’t See Things

Globally, approximately five hundred academics specialise in the study of genocide. They create a map that predicts genocides, reconstruct the emotional life in concentration camps and bring us concepts like perpetrator-victim-cycles, implicated subjects or post-genocidal societies. These people study the events that few dare to confront in such detail, and place them within the framework of humanity itself.
In 2027, Splendor musician Andrea Voets and her company Resonate Productions will make the existential dimension of comparative, global genocide studies physically palpable, by creating an evening of electronic music and visuals in which 11 genocide scholars are the stars of the night. They are present on film and speak to the highest academic standards: every word they say has been peer-reviewed.

After years of preparation, the edit of their interviews is now ready. We are organising a viewing of these interviews -without music-, to feel the effect it has on people for the first time in a shared room.
The interviews have been conducted and edited by Andrea Voets in her usual style: a deep dissection towards the core of their thinking and its moral implications for all humans, without steering to any particular conclusion.
The scholars draw the universal principles that fuel mass murder into the here and the now, without exploiting any gruesome images or mining any personal trauma.

Join us this evening to learn from them for the first time, and talk with the artists and each other afterwards about what you have experienced during the viewing.

-Repertoire
The evening will consist of the 12 scenes with the following titles:
1. Genocide
2. Winning Team
3. Fear/Trust
4. Good People
5. Opportunity
6. Techniques
7. Choice
8. Death
9. Ethical Loneliness
10. Courts
11. Graves
12. Life

You can enter and exit freely during the evening. Latecomers will be let in at the start of each scene, up until the start of scene 7.
The evening starts at 19u30, around 21u30 we will have seen all the scenes and after that, there will be enough time to have a drink and talk about what we have just witnessed together.
If during the viewing you feel the need to step out and talk to someone: Andrea will step outside with you.

The scholars speak in English and there will be no subtitles.
Making any sort of recordings is strictly not allowed.

Andrea Voets: musical journalism
9 genocide-scholars on film

A documentary about the method of musical journalism:

-A 40-100 word snappy description of the concert or set for PR and newsletters
Globally, approximately five hundred academics specialise in the study of genocide. They study the events that few dare to confront in such detail, and place them within the framework of humanity itself.
Splendor-musicians Andrea Voets interviewed these genocide scholars, leading up to the production People Don’t See Things that will premiere in 2027. This evening is the first public viewing of these interviews.
-Relevant URLs of the performers and the group including (if possible) two video clips on youtube/vimeo.

Read all about what we do in this essay by Bregje Hofstede in De Correspondent:
Dutch or English.

-Please attach in email or send via WeTransfer at least one photo*
(focus of the photo in the middle)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wWfHa1Om35WGDlmOmeWWrXXhuzBuPQ3Q?usp=drive_link

-Do you need the grand piano? And do you need it tuned?
no
-Tech list including and the name of your technician if you have one.
I’ll bring one intern to help me with doors/setup hall/sound. We’ll use the beamer and PA.

-Ticket price (hosting: 70% is for you / 30% for Splendor // rental: 100% is for you)
Please note: we charge €1 administration costs for every sold ticket
-Regular price: € 7,5
-CJP subscribers usually get a reduced rate: € 5
-Same is true for Splendor Members: € 5
-Students (are usually €5, but that is up to you): € 5
-Would you like to open your concert for members of We Are Public (you will receive (70% of) 50% of the regular price)? YES
Your arriving Time in Splendor: 18u
Starting Time concert: 19u30
Intermission? No but free in-and-out for visitors (they need to be able to leave the room if it gets too much) => I’ll talk with River what that means for bar. I think River would want to see the tapes as well, we can just monitor when someone goes outside and go with them.
Ending Time concert: 21u30
Anything else we need to know?
I’ll be very strict on the no-phones policy. Still figuring out if we’ll actually take the phones or not.