We live in times of polycrisis: where a future of stability and progress was once promised, all the systems around us – and within us – now seem on the verge of collapse. The human survival instinct is ill-equipped to deal with today’s challenges; our brains are overwhelmed by constant stimulation. In the performance opera NOISE, Club Gewalt asks: How can our senses learn to cope with the continuous hum of apocalyptic forecasts? How do we create meaning for a future that promises no prosperity?
Club Gewalt is a music-based performance collective from Rotterdam. Rooted in rage fueled by injustice and love for togetherness, they make, compose, produce and perform their own work: ranging from feminist punk-christmas musicals and introspective killjoy opera’s about institutional racism, to disruptive club nights in museums and political slutpop concerts. Always highly skilled, musical, playful and somehow awkward. Club Gewalt is addicted to crowds and, on the eve of the apocalypse, they sing their lungs out in an attempt to unlock an alternative timeline.
