De Materie

About the show

A four-part vocal and orchestral theatrical work. Its sections set the 1581 Act of Abjuration alongside texts on shipbuilding and matter; Hadewijch’s Seventh Vision; writings connected with De Stijl, Piet Mondrian, and Schoenmaekers; and sonnets by Willem Kloos with extracts from Marie Curie’s diary and Nobel speech.