The Theatre Festival : A Piece of Time / Nick Steur / Stichting SoAP

A square of tens metronomes marks the playing surface. A glossy, heavy pendulum hangs in the middle of a triangular frame, modeled after the pyramid of Giza. The slow, flowing swing of the pendulum is crossed by the ticking of the metronomes: straight, grim and chaotic.

In a shifting play of image, sound and a slow onset silence Nick Steur allows different types of time perception interact, resulting in a memorable, magical in its simplicity.

Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once – John Wheeler

Nick Steur (° 1982) graduated in 2011 decreased as a performer at the Theatre Academy in Maastricht. He is a performance artist with a special and very own handwriting: poetic, earthy, expressive, intuitive and mystical. He creates worlds that are grounded in a timeless reality dictated by natural laws. His work is at the intersection of art and theater. Every performance is a unique event by the interplay of performers, audience and the elements.

Since 2011, Nick has created several solo shows including FREEZE !, TRIP and split, and he collaborated with artists like Merlin Twaalfhoven and Peter Missotten. As part of the project location Borderline in collaboration with the Park he 3km white rope, a performance about an abandoned brick factory near Turnhout.

Nick Steur won several awards, including the ITs Festival in Amsterdam, Theatre by the Sea in Ostend and the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. A piece of time has also been nominated for the BNG New Theatre Prize in the Netherlands.