2009 was the Darwin Year: 200 years ago, Charles Darwin was born. 150 years ago, On the Origin of Species was published. Time for a party: Darwin Trilogy. A triptych of science, installation and theater.

PART I – SCIENCE

Six scientists give a lecture in the theater: a cosmologist, a biologist, a geologist, a neuroscientist, a philosopher and an A.I. researcher. Each of them researches the influence of Darwin on their specific field. A concluding debate is held with all scientists on November 24, 2009: the 150th birthday of the publication of On the Origin of Species.

PART II – INSTALLATION

The sound recordings of the scientific lectures is combined with the scenographic research for part III: Theater. Opening: November 24, 2009. Monty, Antwerp.

PART III – THEATER: Homo sapiens.

The human species is dropped into an environment stripped of its usual coordinates. Suddenly, it finds itself in a white, clinical, ever-shifting universe—nudged, observed, perhaps even toyed with by forces it barely understands.

Homo sapiens. What does it want? What does it fear? What keeps it busy between cradle and grave? How does it perform itself when the scenery refuses to cooperate?

Homo sapiens is a playful attempt to stage the strangeness of our own species. Sound, scenography, and light conspire to create a wordless theatrical experiment. Somewhere between laboratory, playground, and existential comedy.