With this work, artist Cocky Eek and theater maker Boukje Schweigman create a disorienting journey in which light, material, sound, and architectural form merge; a total experience in a magical and alienating world. Sound artist Machinefabriek is creating a new, spellbinding soundscape for this work that accompanies the visitor on their journey.

Beacon Marrum/Vlieland: CURVE is the second Hi-Lo Beacon to be included in ITGWO's arts program, following Beacon Vlieland: SIN▲TθPIUM by Heleen Blanken in 2023. The work will first be on view at Het Lage Noorden starting June 21, and will relocate to Vlieland for its finissage, where it will be exhibited during the festival weekend from August 29 to September 1.

Het Lage Noorden has rapidly grown into an important residency and arts venue in the North. With this project, we are laying the foundation for a sustainable collaboration in the near future.

About Cocky Eek
Cocky Eek is a visual artist and designer. She creates spatial installations where the visitor does not merely move through the space, but above all becomes part of a moving space. Her preferred materials are wind and air, with which she creates spatial compositions, flight experiments, and voluminous fluid forms. Cocky regularly collaborates with Schweigman&. For instance, she designed the inflatable structure for Blaas in 2013 and created the scenography for Spectrum in 2020, in which, as with Blaas and Curve, a white space takes center stage.

About Schweigman&
Schweigman& is an Utrecht-based theater company under the artistic direction of Boukje Schweigman. Over the past 20 years, she has developed a unique approach within the performing arts. As a visitor, you enter wondrous worlds where a play on the senses is performed. In performances, installations, and educational programs, Schweigman& places the body and physical experience at the core—both for the performer and the audience. Schweigman&'s working method has yielded an extensive body of work with a distinct signature. Performances take place both domestically and internationally and have been awarded multiple prizes.

About Machinefabriek
Machinefabriek is an alias of musician and sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt. His music combines elements of ambient, noise, minimalism, drone, field recordings, and electro-acoustic experiments. The music can be understood as an attempt to create sonic environments in which the listener can dwell. In addition to his own installation work, he has collaborated with numerous international musicians and filmmakers and composed music for several dance performances.

The arts program of Into The Great Wide Open is made possible with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL and De Versterking.