The story of a collision.
In collaboration with Garance
Picard.
On the 2nd of September 2021, Garance Picard and I were on our way to Antwerp with the Maya to take part in the show NowBelgiumNow organised by LLS Paleis. Around
midnight, we were sailing fast on the Scheldt while approaching the nuclear power plant of Doel. A
tanker was gaining on us in this particularly narrow fraction of the river. We decided to leave the
channel to give her way but in this specific spot there was no space at all outside the marked
route. Our boat hit a rock.
We were lucky, the tide was high and only the keel of Maya has been hit but it. Nevertheless, we
had to do something about this traumatic event before leaving again for a few weeks of travel on the
sea.
We decided to go where we hit the rock to search and find it using a small sailing dinghy.
We then brought the elements of this story to the show before kissing goodbyes to the city.
Curated by Stella Lohaus and Ulrike Lindmayr
Picture of the performance by Jade Kerremans and pictures of the show by Fabrice Picard
