I am a tree

Ik ben een boom is an intimate, exploratory journey into masculinity, fatherhood, and the legacy of our (fore)fathers. Wanneer Jozefien Mombaerts becomes a mother to a son, she unexpectedly bumps 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 around masculinity, while at the same time speaking honestly about her own fears, desires, and doubts. Sound and music Together with Joeri Cnapelinckx, she makes this musical literary road trip. Jozefien worked both for Een Pleidooi for Suicide and for You are it together with Joeri Cnapelinckx as a musician. Joeri always succeeds in creating the right atmosphere or suggesting the answer to unanswered questions through sound and music according to the dramaturgical need. Everything that is not said in the text gets a place in this way. He does not make a soundtrack that serves the performance, he helps create the world for the story. Can we imagine another man and do we dare to give him the space to grow? ------------------------- This performance is part of the theme Man man man. A program about masculinity in all its forms. Boys, men, fathers, and sons are at a tipping point. Old images of men are being questioned, while new forms of masculinity are still developing. In this program, we explore questions and answers to come together to a healthy, inclusive, and free way to be a man.