Being swept away by a perfect storm. Enchanted by powerful visions that mingle with Magritte's dream images. That is Riders on the Storm, a must-experience multimedia performance in the Magritte Room of the Grand Casino Knokke on 12th November 2022. This shamanic total experience is created by Koen Vanmechelen and B-Classic and is part of Koen's Cosmopolitan Renaissance; an out-of-the-box exhibition that unfolds as a total experience this fall in Knokke-Heist.

In the exceptional context of the Casino, under the cloud-blue eye of René Magritte, the spectator becomes part of a unique, multidisciplinary and dazzling installation that plays on all the senses. With haunting musical interventions led by B-Classic, with an three-course lunch specially created by the Boxy's, and with overwhelming word and image interventions by Koen Vanmechelen.

360-degree projections drag you through a perfect storm. A spirited duel between Magritte's "The Enchanted Empire" and Vanmechelen's fantastic mindscapes. In a surreal setting, somewhere between tension and relaxation. It becomes a magical quest along different dimensions; man - animal, water - desert, dark - light, and finally to the beginning of a resurrection. A Big Bang. A revelation. A rebirth leading to a rediscovery of the world. A Cosmopolitan Renaissance can begin.

This performance is part of the Cosmopolitan Renaissance exhibition at Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord. Info.
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Koen Vanmechelen: artist
Music production: B-Classic

with

Hantrax, electronics, piano
Adilia Yip, marimba
Michiel De Malsche, sound design, electronics
Vieze meisje (Maya Mertens), spoken word
Maya Dhondt, piano
Liew Niyokarn, sound designer
Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, vocals
Laurens Mariën, producer, percussion
Aurealma, harp

Catering: Douglas & Boxy's

Program

10h30: doors open + apero
11h30: start performance (incl lunch*)
15h00: end of performance + coffee
15h45: doors close

In co-production with Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord
With the support of Linda & Guy Pieters