Waisting Potential
Performance at Coming-Soon Space (Antwerp)
18 April 2025
Waisting potential is a performance spanning 5,5 hours in which I hang from the ceiling of the pop-up space ‘coming soon’. Armed with a booklet of texts, which I wrote in the last six months of living with my parents, I tried confronting myself.
A Britney mic, closed door, lots of windosws, set of cameras and a speaker outside set the stage for some dangling, stretching and backbending. A scriptless performance focused on just hanging in there.
The full performance was streamed on the Coming Soon Youtube channel.
Whilst rewatching this performance I noticed my outer layer as a person more than ever. That’s why I tell people who ask about the hanging that it was mainly confrontational. Where I perceived ‘me’ as a tender person who comes across a bit discombobulated, I watched a fiercer version of myself with a long neck and a head portruding horizontaly from it’s shoulders. As if trying to get ahead all the time.
Most of my texts were written in dutch with some exeptions in English. in between readings I played the harmonica in ... (forgot which key have to wait until my dad is back and look for it) and some songs through my phone.
Setlist:
Tekst over de dood van F
Yumeji's theme- Shigeru Umebayashi
Tekst over de hoornaar en de jongens van god
Opname van vieze man op de trein
Opname van gitaarspel
Kumbaya my lord- Helmut Lotti
Tekst Frozen.
Do you wanna build a snowman- Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee mon
Een stukje van Bevroren hart- frozen Cast
Tekst over school en lesgeven
Spelleke spelen
Instagram post
Tekst over analyse en financiele stress
De bom- Doe maar
Is dit Alles- Doe maar
Tekst over thesis wensen en linguistiek?
Tekst over geloven in black friday.
Tekst over Don Johnson
Heartbeat- Don Johnson
Tekst over analyse liefde en verliefd zijn
Truism 4 dummies- Headache
Things behind things- Bon Iver
Ik en mezelf- Fred A
Tekst Water lillies blowing up.
Save that shit- Chief keef
Tekst ove niet meer in assistentie geloven.
Pingu- the silver screen orchestra
Lazrag Saani- Cheb Mami
Tekst over rijstkoker
Garden Botanum- these trails
Tekst liefste dagboek.
Mondharmonica
Tekst Heroine
Killing in the name- Rage against the machine
Pie jesu- Malakai Bayoh
Lesje goede vrijdag
Tekst Shopenhauer.religion emotion?
Say Hello to Allah- Aphex twin, Black Lung
Tekst over passiviteit
Prince of doom- Frank Dukes
Everything is peaceful love- Bon Iver
Rockman- Mk. gee
Bone Apple Tea- Miink
Tekst over geloven en weer niet geloven
Rasta Got soul- Fantan Mojah
La petit amazon- Lio
Tekst over taking pride
Pipi break
Nog is tekst over de hoornaar en paterkes
Strawberry skies- Games
If only I could wait- Bon Iver
The coffee cola song- Francis Bebey
Tekst over civilization VI
Harmonica intermezzo
Eu vou pro baile de Gaiola- MC Kevin o Chris
Tekst over don Johnson
Tekst Lime green leash
Sabali- Amadou & Mariam
Nog is new year Frozen tekst
Nog is tekst over school en lesgeven
Nog is thesis tekst
Nog is tekst over de dood van F
Nog is tekst Analyse einde J
Kusini- Bamba Pana
Kaval Sviri- Bulgarian state television female choir
ホーリーゴースト (holy ghost)- Christtt
New healer- Croatian Amor
Nog is tekst over heroine en geloof
All good things- Nelly furtado
