Collectief Het Paradijs op Boring Festival 2024

End time performance is flexible, be on time.

Why do we act the way we do? Why is it so difficult for humanity to learn from our mistakes. Where are we now and what would it look like if we did things completely differently? For this 3 hour performance we zoom in on civilization, on history, on the present and we look at civilization in the future. Where does the need for civilization come from today and what role has religion played in this? If you lived a hundred years ago, you were in a completely different time. Where faith was on a different pedestal and we showed gratitude for our evening meal, now we already complain when flash delivery drivers do not deliver your groceries within 10 minutes.

The performance De Beschaving is a physical iconoclasm, a succession of controversial thoughts, an absurd representation of human history in which we question ourselves and the audience what actually is civilized and whether this is desirable at all. In the Van Beinum Hall of De Philharmonie, Het Paradijs creates a place where space will be continuously transformed by those who call themselves civilization.

Collective Het Paradijs is characterized by the large amount of absurd images, their inexhaustible energy and high physicality. A 4-hour performance exclusively made for this festival and can only be seen here at the Boring Festival in Haarlem.