BABOK who

Babok (2005) is a venture of two theatre-makers. The two of them have quite some experience in objecttheatre
and streettheatre. Both were artistic core-members of the visual theatre group Warner & Consorten for several
years. They performed at the most leading festivals and collaborated with different groups and artists all
around the world.

Having this background, the two of them started to devise renewed theatre for the public space. Small
scale projects, accessible to everyone. Performed in an existing reality; people's daily life- environment.

BABOK are:

Carina de Wit:
I'm educated as a teacher in theatre. Since 1996 I've worked as a theatre maker. Up till June 2004 I worked for Warner & Consorten in Amsterdam.
After that I was involved in different art projects, as a costume designer and theatre maker. I give 'site-specific theatre' workshops. My specific skills are: performance, voice and costumes.

The public space is filled with all kinds of invisible rules. In what way
are people conditioned? Is it possible to create new rules, or at least
bend them?

I like to relate to the audience and the public space in challenging ways. And think out different forms of theatre.
As a performer I like to discover and astonish myself. Get surprised about human behaviour, things and their
environment. At the same time hoping that the by-passers who are unaware will also experience something.

Guido Bevers:
Being a visual artist I started to make theatre in 1997. Till November 2003 I was part of Warner and Consorten, Amsterdam. Since then I participated in very different projects as a visual artist, theatermaker and set-builder.
Skills: building objects, mechanics, technics.

I think it is important to put art among people. Nothing is more exciting than performing outside, into the streets. Confronting visitors and casual by-passers with our work, inviting them to react and participate.

Above that, the public space ensures you of an audience of very different individuals. As a maker I'm fascinated
by little mechanics. Robbing domestic appliances from their function, rebuild them and give them a new life.