Simple as ABC
Started in 2015, Simple as ABC is a series of performances and installations that throw a spotlight on the European Union’s border regime. Across the series, Thomas wrestles with the ease of travel his Belgian passport gives him — and the border violence it hides. Each episode is shaped by encounters with EU officials, police officers, smugglers, journalists, aid workers, and people forced to cross EU borders without official authorisation.
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The museum of human-hunting
Simple as ABC #4, #6 & #8 | 2019 - 2026
an audio installation, unraveling present-day practices of humans hunting other humans within the context of the EU’s border policies
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The voice of fingers
Simple as ABC #7 | 2023
a theatre piece excavating the colonial history and unsettling present of fingerprinting as a technology for controlling human movement
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Mobility management machine
Simple as ABC #5 | 2021
a lecture-performance about 5 years of encounters with border guards, people smugglers and experts who have been subjected to the EU external border
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The wild hunt
Simple as ABC #3 | 2019
an audio performance, conjuring up a yet-to-be-built museum of human-hunting, curated by experts from around the Mediterranean
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Keep calm and validate
Simple as ABC #2| 2017
an interview-based musical about how the digitisation of border control is reshaping the way EU officials speak about unrecognised citizens
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Man versus machine
Simple as ABC #1 | 2015
a theatrical essay about the so-called 'electronic nose' and other border detection technology
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National anthemn
2009