The Production.
Directorial Vision
"I FINK U FREEKY," DIE ANTWOORD
Die Antwoord is a rap-rave group from South Africa. Formed in 2007, the band is known for incorporating Zef Counter-Culture into their gritty aesthetic. Zef can be described as modern and trashy, appropriating out-of-date cultural elements into contemporary expression. From the Afrikaans word, “common,” zef embodies the lower-middle class culture. To Die Antwoord’s Yolandi “Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style.” This movement is apparent in Die Antwoord’s music video, “I FINK U FREEKY.” Monochromatic scenes of destruction saturate the piece. The artists are featured, but the landscape catches viewers’ attention, transporting them to a place of contradiction, of decay through a modern medium and technological timbres.
Director Robert G. Anderson embraces the eerie, post-apocalyptic drama of the Zef culture in Krannert Center’s prodcution of The Tempest. Through techniques of salvage, the essence of “old” is experienced with the present. Anderson also uses five actors to embody one Ariel, filling the vastness of the Colwell stage. The inspiration of the Zef connects to the text throughout. The space in Tempest is wild and inhabited by abnormal beings, much like what the culture tries to mimic. Both aesthetics challenge conventions of beauty and environment. Each unearth a magic from within the audience.
Directorial Vision
"I FINK U FREEKY," DIE ANTWOORD
Die Antwoord is a rap-rave group from South Africa. Formed in 2007, the band is known for incorporating Zef Counter-Culture into their gritty aesthetic. Zef can be described as modern and trashy, appropriating out-of-date cultural elements into contemporary expression. From the Afrikaans word, “common,” zef embodies the lower-middle class culture. To Die Antwoord’s Yolandi “Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style.” This movement is apparent in Die Antwoord’s music video, “I FINK U FREEKY.” Monochromatic scenes of destruction saturate the piece. The artists are featured, but the landscape catches viewers’ attention, transporting them to a place of contradiction, of decay through a modern medium and technological timbres.
Director Robert G. Anderson embraces the eerie, post-apocalyptic drama of the Zef culture in Krannert Center’s prodcution of The Tempest. Through techniques of salvage, the essence of “old” is experienced with the present. Anderson also uses five actors to embody one Ariel, filling the vastness of the Colwell stage. The inspiration of the Zef connects to the text throughout. The space in Tempest is wild and inhabited by abnormal beings, much like what the culture tries to mimic. Both aesthetics challenge conventions of beauty and environment. Each unearth a magic from within the audience.