BORN FOR NOTHING

Name: BORN FOR NOTHING — Marieke Heerema
Start: 2026-10-05T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-05T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Zaal 3

Marieke Heerema

Mon 5 Oct 20:30 - 21:30

Performance

Mon 5 Oct 2026

20:30 - 21:30

Mon 5 Oct 2026

20:30 - 21:30

Zaal 3, Den Haag

De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-A

Past event

In an abandoned factory hall, workers carry out monotonous rituals: one processes it, another packs it, and a third discards what does not meet the standards. The creatures being created are not regarded as living or valuable, but as products. There is no sense of wonder amongst the factory workers. There is no doubt, no protest – only actions, detachment and automatism.

The performance oscillates between an ecstatic trance and a cold production process. BORN FOR NOTHING lays bare the cold mechanics of endless production, alongside the fragile beauty of nascent life, and poses the question:

What does it mean to no longer see living beings as life, but as something to be consumed?

Part of

Dinner at Zaal 3

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About Marieke Heerema

Marieke’s performances transport the audience to alternative, absurd worlds, where sweet colours clash with the sometimes-grey reality. In these pastel-coloured, dystopian universes, she sketches characters such as the lonely man in a sex robot brothel or the highly productive cow who dreams of a different life. She gives a voice to the forgotten characters, those who are often overlooked.

Together with mimes and artists, she constructs speculative worlds, in which the everyday is slowed down, distorted and reimagined. Always presented in a science-fiction style accompanied by hard-hitting techno beats, Marieke creates performances that raise questions about humanity.