Weapons
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Raya and Iris meet during a “clean-up day,” each holding a trash bag. They strike up a conversation about Finnish cases and Cleopatra. They fall in love. They start a family and build a life together. As the world outside their home grows increasingly grim, questions about safety, threats, and responsibility suddenly intrude on their relationship, now that Raya has been offered a job in the defense sector. What seems abstract on the world stage takes on increasingly concrete forms in their lives. What if the quest for safety actually puts pressure on the very thing you most want to protect?
The Netherlands is investing billions in defense, …
Raya and Iris meet during a “clean-up day,” each holding a trash bag. They strike up a conversation about Finnish cases and Cleopatra. They fall in love. They start a family and build a life together. As the world outside their home grows increasingly grim, questions about safety, threats, and responsibility suddenly intrude on their relationship, now that Raya has been offered a job in the defense sector. What seems abstract on the world stage takes on increasingly concrete forms in their lives. What if the quest for safety actually puts pressure on the very thing you most want to protect?
The Netherlands is investing billions in defense, further expanding its own arms industry, and selling weapons all over the world. At the same time, we are confronted daily with war, genocide, and increasing geopolitical tensions. The question of what security costs is more urgent than ever. In *Wapens*, the vast reality of geopolitics literally enters the living room: a compelling and intimate story, driven by an unpredictable musical presence. A sensitive performance about love, security, and the price of protection.
For this presentation, Firma Mes and Nic Bruckman Projects delved into the Dutch defense industry and the international arms trade. The creators visited, among other places, Europe’s largest arms fair and spoke with people working in and around the arms industry.
When
- Friday, January 22, 2027 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Buy tickets