BITE ME

performance

Collective herman, now KIN Collective, has immersed themselves in the world of vampires. You know them as powerful creatures with eternal life. But throughout history they have also been fearfully kept out of society and demonized. In BITE ME vampires break away from their classic role and claim their right to exist. Can the aesthetics of power be used to not only give our own oppressed identities a voice, but also to celebrate them? How do we use horror aesthetics to challenge oppressive thought patterns and systems?

Meet the vampires who no longer want to live in the shadows. Discover their lair, the place where they prepare for a free existence, outside, in the light. Explore their world full of horror that shows what is beautiful and important to these immortal creatures. Here they celebrate their anger together and you become a witness to their wildest revenge fantasies.

Who are their victims and why do they kill? In BITE ME, these oppressed creatures try to find their voice and free the world from the real monsters.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Strong language, violent images, sexually suggestive scenes and a scene about rape. Duration: 90 minutes

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credits

concept herman | pêrformance Lois Lumonga Brochez, Kenneth Cardon, Alice De Waele, Daan Idelenburg, Sara Lâm and Milan Vandierendonck | end director Isabelle Houdtzagers | sounddesign and music Tom Van Den Brande | decor Nik Naudts and Rosa Schützendorf | Costume Rosa Schützendorf | light Ellie Bryce | movement coach Lisa Groothof en Arnold Put | coproduction Zomer Van Antwerpen and Monty Kultuurfaktorij | funded by the Flemish Government and Stad Antwerpen