As We Walk [movie + concert]

In recent years, De Backer has reached the top of the European improvisation scene. In 2017, she founded the changing collective g a b b r o, which aims to improvise in unusual places such as a prison or an old sewage system. For her latest project As We Walk, De Backer walked along the Belgian coastline together with drummer Raf Vertessen and pianist Andreas Bral in the company of a camera crew and ... a camel. A straight line of about sixty-five kilometres.

The film is surprisingly subdued and poetic. In tranquil black-and-white images, we see how the trio improvises on empty beaches, in a church or on a breakwater. Armed with backpacks, winter coats and a wagon, they brave the whooshing North Sea wind and the corrosive beach sand. The film ripples at a slow pace and shows the Belgian coast in all its battered glory.

Following the film, De Backer, Bral and Vertessen will also launch g a b b r o's third album with a live concert.

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MOVIE

music Hanne De Backer, Andreas Bral and Raf Vertessen camera Seppe Van Grieken sound & mixing Christophe Albertijn sound design Yves De Mey editing & direction Hanne De Backer editing assistance Tine Verbist production vzw Backì & Hanne De Backer production assistance Esther Gruyaert and Jonathan Goyvaerts with thanks to Kopi Kofi, VDD Project Development, Ferre Marechal, Kint Pianos, KAAP, Arthur Leloup and Hanne Peetermans

CONCERT

with Hanne De Backer (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet), Andreas Bral (keys) and Raf Vertessen (drums)