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Cat Toys 

A costume that is also a musical instrument



Cat Toys Performance at Korzo Theatre 



Cat Toys is the end product of the ‘Soundscape’ IST Class at KABK presented at Korzo theatre in the Hague. The costume aims to break the silhouette of the body through the mix of materials used, the movements, and the light-shadows relationship during the performance.






Electronics of the sound


Cat Toys highlights how the body carries the costume and the instrument. Even if different bodies carried the same outfit and performed the same moves, the sound resulting and the way the costume acts will be different. It is a celebration of the unpredictability and originality of human actions.





Excerpt of performance at Korzo Theatre


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“Beautiful example of an inventive project and at the same time great expressiveness, made with minimal resources. A wonderful final completion as a performance, which can be open to a future; exploring its presence in a collaboration.”

~Gert Dumbar & Brecht Hoffmann, IST Project Feedback






Soundscape class’s Spring festival Announcement on Korzo Theatre’s website 






Cat Toys on the cover of the Royal Conservatoire’s Study Guide 2022/23, and on the cover of ‘Dumbar Now!’ chapter from Gert Dumbar’s New Book ‘Gentleman Mavrick of Dutch Design’




Cat Toys as part of Madame Jambon @ Korzo Theatre


“Madame Jambon is the synergetic result of the Individual Study Trajectory (IST) Soundscape, an academy-wide collaboration project between the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. The performance is a part of KC's Spring festival.


Soundscape is inspired by the famous Triadisches ballet by Oskar Schlemmer, teacher at the Bauhaus. The participating students of Soundscape were invited to co-design non-existing, wearable, musical instruments, and compose sound and music for these instruments.”

~KABK website

 


Design, direction and production:

Tala Abdalhadi


Preformer:

Marie Lucy Vital 


Guidance:

Gert Dumbar – KABK*; Martijn Padding - KONCON**;

Brecht Hoffmann – KABK; Yannis Kyriakides – KONCON; Dienand Christe – KABK;

Photographer:
Alex Schröder


*KABK: The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague 
**KONCON: The Royal Conservatory of The Hague