What would we remember if the trees were to disappear as well? Would we create a new sacred to which we would kneel? Would we begin to venerate trees turned into relics, making cathedrals a tumulus of our own world ?
Remains is an immersive show about the human footprint on the environment, questioning our vision of nature as a resource or an ornament that tends to eradicate the diversity of living things.
Rooted in a deep concern for climate change and the disappearance of species, Remains aims to bring a sensitive dimension that complements rational public discourse. Carried by a strong visual and sound dramaturgy, at the crossroads of performance, installation and digital arts, Remains aims to offer a potentially transformative experience that questions our relationship with nature.
Inviting spectators to take their place beneath the roots of this monumental tree, the immersive show evokes a world whose past we have protected, but whose present we have forgotten.
Creation : Summer 2026
Conception and creation : Eric Arnal-Burtschy Musical composition : Thomas Turine Technical director : Christophe Van Hove Engineering : Dirk Jaspaert – BAS bvba Scientific advisor – Sound archaeology: Jérôme Buridant – Laboratoire EDYSAN/CNRS Olfactive creation : Géraldine Savary and Léa Broche – URCOM/Université du Havre Support for production, distribution and development : Ad Lib · Artists support Administration : Camille Poulain
A creation by Eric Arnal-Burtschy
Produced by BC Pertendo & Still Tomorrow
Coproduced by Le Théâtre de Liège, Le 9-9 bis, Le Théâtre des Gémeaux – Scène Nationale de Sceaux,Le Kikk Festival, La Comédie – Scène nationale de Clermont-Ferrand, le GMEM, la Biennale NEMO, le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, (ongoing)
With the help of Région Hauts-de-France and DRAC Hauts-de-France.
With the support ofTRAKK, Centre Culturel de Namur, Cube de Garges-lès-Gonesses.
In partnership with laboratory EDYSAN-CNRS and laboratory URCOM-Havre University
Duration
30’ (per loop)
Audience capacity
30
Audience suitability
All audiences
Team on tour
3 to 4
Scenic space
Width
12 m
Depth
12m
Height
11 to 25m
Set up
2 days
Dismantling
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