Festival Belluard Bollwerk International 2012: RETOX

The term retoxification is normally used when a person resumes the consumption of addictive substances after undergoing detoxification. In a society where ‘feel good’ is compelling, relaxation has become imbedded in our neoliberal system, green tea is promoted rather than water, and the vast choice of wellness activities creates stress, the Festival Belluard Bollwerk International considered it is time to RETOX and get out of our comfort zone. Not to start binge drinking all together at our new cocktail bar, but to reinvent, restore, refresh, revitalize, renew, relocate and regenerate art, culture, politics and ecology. To stretch out the tension between something you don’t want to see and something that is irresistible, to ethically challenge the audience. To return to one single action or practice, as a counterpoint to the hierarchy of knowledge we are confronted with in our society, or to propose playful or radical visionary strategies for a new world. From June 29th til July 7th 2012 there will be theatre, music, performance, car tuning and lots of cocktails in Fribourg, Switzerland. With new creations by Martin Schick; Damir Todorovic; GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN; Teatro Ojo; Keith Lim; Stéphane Montavon, Gilles Lepore & Antoine Chessex. And also: Harald & Erik Thys; Nick Steur; Serde; Pieter De Buysser & Hans Op De Beeck; 2b company; Davis Freeman; Brian Holmes; Renzo Martens; Jonathan Kemp, Martin Howse & Ryan Jordon; Institute for Human Activities; Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek; Yael Bartana; Gisèle Vienne; The Inspector Cluzo.  Plus: extremely delicious food in our KITCHAIN, memorable parties and exclusive cocktails.