Cummings and goings, Eric Thielemans, Josse De Pauw, Kris Defoort

Poems by E. E. Cummings, performed by celebrated actor Josse De Pauw, accompanied and supported by searching percussion, stuttering grooves, and melodic drumming by Eric Thielemans and the music of composer-pianist Kris Defoort, who moves between composition and improvisation. Three unique voices. Performing, searching, singing, speaking, talking. Cummings' work was progressive due to his experiments with form, syntax, and language. The poet invented his own words and gave existing words a personal meaning. He saw the poem simultaneously as a visual object on the page and as a text that must be read and recited. In “Cummings and goings”, Eric Thielemans, Josse De Pauw, and Kris Defoort also add their own meaning to his groundbreaking work through musical interpretation. “Cummings and goings” is performed as a concert where every performer wears headphones. The result is introverted yet expressive, as if the audience is allowed to be present at the intimate setting of a recording session.