STERVELINGEN (MORTALS)

Marte developed the audio work Stervelingen for the literary journal De Gids.

For this audio piece, Marte engages in conversation with people reinventing themselves after a near-death experience. Those who return from the other side often leave their former identity behind: our carefully constructed poses and masks fall away. In this way, a near-death experience creates the ultimate moment to reshape the 'self'. Who is this person who gets to go on living? What remains after the fall? And who do we want to be, when given the chance to start over? With these conversations, Boneschansker explores whether a near-end might just be the ideal beginning. She collaborated on this work with Matthías Sigurðsson (music) and Arno Peeters (sound mixing).

You can listen to Stervelingen below or via the podcast Sprekende Letteren.