Klein-Zundertse Heikant - Club Sensoria

Come along and dance!

“What if we make an alien rave?” These first figments of imagination of th designers led to a discotheque in the future: Club Sensoria. A nightclub in a futuristic peaceful world where multidimensional and extraterrestial meetings take place.

The self-driving chassis dat Heikant is putting in again, brings the dance floor to street level. The audience will stand face to face with a partying crowd. A bit higher on the float there are several acts, both on the stages as well as floating through the club, with a DJ in the centre: an octopus-like being that processes the light and the sound. This sound will not be a soundscape of two minutes but a well prepared mix that continues as an endless party. Music that is not fitting in a certain genre, simply because that genre does not exist yet. Arjan van Trigt will take care of the music, the direction of the dancing crowd is in the hands of his partnerAnne Mutsters.

Regarding the technique the hamlet is pulling out all the stops. Besides the light and sound techniques mentioned already, also movement is an important aspect of the float. For that matter, especially movements that cause those optical iullusions. By rotating certain forms these forms seem endless or just faster than they really are. Smoke macines will make the show complete.

Also fluorescent colours will play an important part and strengthen the futuristic character. Both the clothing and the float will amply be provided with neon colours. On the places that ask for fluor colours, the designers choose for alternative materials based on their structures and will be provided with neon coloured latex afterwards. The fluorescent colours will be highlighted by UV-lights on the float. Because there are also dark corners on the float this effect wll certainly be visible, although these effects will be strengthened extra on a less sunny corso day.

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This year the designer team of the Heikant consists of no less than nine hamlet members: René Jochems (63), Robin Jochems (35), Karel de Hoon (61), John Marijnissen (54), Tim Dockx (28), Sven vanHoof (26), Ton Huibregts (42), Michiel Namen (25) and Oliver Namen (26). For Ton, Mochiel and Olivier this is their first  design.

Original Dutch Text: Miranda Eiting
Translation: Emile Wassenaar
Photo: Jeanne van Oosterhout

Hamlet Klein-Zundertse Heikant
www.denheikant.nl

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