Veerle Baetens & Bo Spaenc - Here, I as empress - Molenstraat 103/Bus 5

Minnie Maes is the smallest, grayest gray mouse. She leaves no traces, so minimal is Minnie. In a world that is becoming increasingly harder and uglier — or “harder-ly” as she says — Minnie withdraws. In Molenstraat 103 bus 5 she is Empress and she wields the scepter. Here she burns her mousiness and her mood rules. And otherwise: head off. But may she spit fire in a world that is already burning? Or does she then become what she abhors: a hunter, a chaser, a colonist? Does she become that man on an imperialistic victory march, with only scorched earth in his wake? And who heals the wounds then? Veerle Baetens and Bo Spaenc search for a possible answer. In this musical monologue about loneliness, power, and doubt, Veerle Minnie gives a voice. Bo’s music weaves through her words and forms a second voice in Minnie’s universe.