I am a tree - Jozefien Mombaerts & Joeri Cnapelinckx

A musical literary road trip Ik ben een boom (I am a tree) is an intimate, exploratory journey into masculinity, fatherhood, and the legacy of our (fore)fathers. When Wanneer Jozefien Mombaerts becomes a mother to a son, she unexpectedly hits hard against the structures of the patriarchy and the persistent role models that determine our imagination. What does it mean today to raise a boy? Where do we find alternatives to the loudest voices in the debate? And which old father images do we carry with us unconsciously: the father who is silent louder than he breathes, the emotionally unavailable father, the drunk father? Through the female gaze, she tries to break open the imagination surrounding masculinity, while at the same time speaking honestly about her own fears, desires, and doubts. Together with Joeri Cnapelinckx, she makes this musical literary road trip. He always succeeds in creating the right atmosphere according to the dramaturgical need or suggesting the answer to unanswered questions through sound and music. Everything that is not said in the text is given a place in this way. Can we imagine another man — and do we dare to give him the space to grow?