Fake news
The home base on Mars is eagerly awaiting the first images.
There is of course little positive to show, but in order not to disappoint viewers at home, they decide to send fake news. With their stock of objects found on earth, they will play cozy and colorful scenes, live in front of the camera. The two lose themselves in childlike play, bizarre images, surprising metamorphoses and poetic atmospheres.
When the connection with Mars is suddenly lost, they go in search of what could have happened to the earth and unexpectedly discover life. Or would that be fake news they make for themselves…?

Live animation theatre
On the stage is a full equipped animation studio in which the players make the video that is sent to Mars. They create the images live and visible for the audience. The spectators see the film and the making of at the same time! They are confronted with the difference between the video images, projected on a large screen, and what actually happens in the studio. It is fake news 2.0

Gérard Schiphorst and Marije van der Sande of TAMTAM have been using live video animation in their theater performances for years and travelled the world with it. They are now taking it  a step further by using live mixing on stage and a three camera set-up. They are bringing together the realm of their visual art, theatre, music and video-animation in one amazing show.

Memories Of The Future is a performance without text but with an intriguing soundtrack and an overload of stunning images.

From the press: “The stage design is powerful…It is a pleasure to watch the miniature set: manufactured with great attention to detail they evoke nightmarish associations. Memories will haunt your mind for a long time.” The world of puppetry