Radical Space: Wild Card
Composer and pianist Martin Fondse and multidisciplinary artist Femi Dawkins explore the power of the Wild Card: the unpredictable factor, the joker that defies rules and moves freely between structures.
Location The Bookshop
Run time tba
Genre Perspective
Language English
Wild Card
In card games, the Wild Card is the trump card, the symbol of ultimate freedom. It can take on any role, break through playing patterns and bring unexpected twists. In society, the Wild Card fulfils a similar function: it is the thinker, the contrarian, the artist, who questions entrenched ideas and makes room for something new. Radical love, radical hope, anything is possible.
For Wild Card, Martin and Femi dive into a world where acoustic instruments, electronics, spoken word, poetry and visual art merge. Through live sampling and projections of Dawkins' visual work, they enter into dialogue with each other and their surroundings. There is no fixed game plan here – Wild Card brings surprises, improvisation and a constantly shifting perspective.
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In this collaboration between Martin Fondse and Femi Dawkins, the Wild Card becomes a voice: radical, poetic and confrontational. Dawkins' powerful, socially critical texts on justice, the history of slavery and the human search for meaning form a contrasting dialogue with Martin's contemplative and adventurous music. There are no fixed roles here: both take the Wild Card position, moving freely between disciplines and allowing for the unexpected.
Radical Space in The Bookshop
With the arrival of The Bookshop, ITA introduces Radical Space: an initiative that reclaims theatre as a place for solidarity, empathy and artistic innovation. In this space on Leidseplein, we will give a stage to diverse voices and perspectives, exploring the complex legacy of (our) theatre and its social impact.
Following successful programmes such as Keti Koti and City Talks, Radical Space focuses on pressing social issues such as colonialism, class inequality, sexism and transphobia. Here, together with artists, makers and thinkers, we develop interdisciplinary projects that provide space for critical artistic commentary.
