These Birds are Flying to the North (ALL)

Serge Verstockt & ChampdAction

Sun 13 Apr / 11:00 - Sun 25 May / 20:00

Sun 13 Apr ’25

Sun 25 May ’25

From 11:00

Sun 13 Apr ’25

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Sun 25 May ’25

From 11:00

Park (first floor)

Amare

Free walk in

Immerse yourself in the liveliest of aviaries! The sound of your footsteps will trigger a bird’s tweet, setting off another and another and so on. These unique and unusual birds have come from far to enchant and interact with you, so don’t disappoint them. Step into their world, but be quick, before they fly off again!

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Programme

Serge Verstockt uses 100 caged mecanical birds and let them interact with the audience.

The installation These Birds are Flying to the North by Belgian composer Serge Verstockt consists of 48 caged mechanical birds. They react to each person's voice and express their joy with cheerful chirping. Once one of them has kicked off the concert, the others join in, and the result can be a pretty decent bird cacophony. This wonderful installation has been touring since 2013, to the delight of audiences everywhere.

Normally, birds are flying to the South because it gets too cold here in wintertime. But these birds are special: they are flying to the cold North to sing their song in the snow.

The birds were integrated in a participative way in Hold Your Horses, the first Grand Opéra de Trash by Verstockt and ChampdAction that premiered in 2013. The birds will now lead their own life in this installation project and other spin-off projects. You can encounter these wonderful birds from the Far East in all sorts of unusual places.

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