Paper Planes II

Name: Paper Planes II — Pankaj Tiwari & Nick Verstand
Start: 2024-11-22T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Frascati

Pankaj Tiwari & Nick Verstand

Fri 22 Nov ’24 20:30

Who is allowed to fly and whose dreams must remain on the ground?

Fri 22 Nov ’24

20:30

Fri 22 Nov ’24

20:30

Frascati

Frascati 1

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Paper Planes II is a poetic political reflection on climate change and the relationship between the West and the global south, about diverse realities, about dreams, about shame. For some, the airplane is a symbol of mindless overconsumption and for others, it is a vessel of dreams. Who is allowed to fly and whose dreams must remain on the ground?

15.000 paperplanes are folded by Pankaj Tiwari over a year and a half symbolizing the 15.000 euros required from non-EU citizens to be able to apply for a European student visa. Together with Nick Verstand he transformed the planes into an instillation.

Surrounded by the 15,000 paper planes, the audience is confronted with the ethics of flying in a globalized world. Questioning capitalist conceptions of environmental justice through installation, storytelling, poetic reflections, and experimental sound, Paper Planes II is a quest for a desirable future, away from oversimplified narratives.

Duration: 60 min
Spoken language: English

Credits

concept Pankaj Tiwari & Nick Verstand text, performance Pankaj Tiwari installation design Nick Verstand interlocutor Michiel Vandevelde outside eye Sophie Becker & Maria Dogahe sound design Maraijn Cinjee software development Wes Broersen production Wout Panis & Jose Rosenzweig text advisor Francesca Lazzeri production assistant Sankrit Kulmanochawong & Nick van der Woude production Stichting Studio Current & Studio Nick Verstand coproduction Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stimulerings Fonds, SPIELART Theatre Festival, DE SINGEL Antwerp, Amsterdam Funds for the Arts residenties Grand Theatre Groningen, Gessnerallee Zürich, HELLERAU - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste

About the makers

Pankaj Tiwari is a contemporary artist, performance maker, and curator from Balrampour, India. He is currently based in Amsterdam. His works bring Eastern perspectives into the Western discourse on socio-political issues. Between 2020-23, he works as a curator for Gessnerallee Zurich. He currently works as an Artistic Director for Stichting Studio Current, Amsterdam.

Pankaj's works have been invited presented at Kaaitheater Brussels('24), DeSingel Antwerp('23,24), SpielArt Munich('23), Holland Festival('23), Belluard Bollwerk Fribourg('23), Zurcher Theatre Spektakel Zurich ('20 & '23), University of Minnesota (21-23), wpZimmer Antwerp('23), radialsystem Berlin ('22), Santarcangelo Festival Italy('21) performingborderslive UK('20), Grand theatre Groningen(NL) and Veem House for Performance (NL) etc..

Nick Verstand is a contemporary artist researching human perception through spatial audiovisual compositions. His autonomous installations and live performances investigate the frontier between the material and the immaterial and are created through collaborative design processes aimed at breaking down social
boundaries. Nick has exhibited and performed at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Shed (NYC), Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai, CHN), National Opera & Ballet (NL), STRP Festival, Design Society (CHN), Paris Couture Week (FR), SXSW (USA), Dekmantel Festival, Art Central Hong Kong, MTV VMAs (NYC), Design Museum Gent (BE), Iceland Airwaves (IS) and collaborated with artists such as Iris van Herpen, Björk, Lykke Li, Eefje de Visser, Charlotte Adigéry, Doja Cat, Fatima Yamaha and Suzanne Ciani.