WANDERWELLE PERFORMS HÄXAN (1922): FILM INCL. LIVE SCORE

After a sold-out performance at Paradiso, LAB111 invites you once again to experience a special screening of Häxan (1922), the iconic silent horror classic, brought to life with a mesmerizing live soundtrack by Wanderwelle.

About Häxan (1922)

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages and early modern era suffered from the same ills as psychiatric patients diagnosed with hysteria in the film’s own time. Far from a dry dissertation on the topic, the film itself is a witches’ brew of the scary, the gross, and the darkly humorous. Christensen’s mix-and-match approach to genre anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema.

About Wanderwelle

The Amsterdam-based collective Wanderwelle consists of Alexander Bartels and Phil van Dulm. Their work covers a wide range of artistic disciplines, including experimental music, live performances, film, video installations, writing, and photography. Wanderwelle has gained recognition for their vinyl releases and live performances, which have taken place in venues such as Koninklijk Theater Carré. Their debut film, The Four Nightmares (2023), facilitated by the Eye Filmmuseum, was selected for both the Gouden Kalf Competition (2023) and the Debut Competition (2023) at the Netherlands Film Festival. At the Amsterdam City Archives, Wanderwelle’s exhibition Phantasmopolis, featuring their haunting photomontages that explore Amsterdam’s ghostly past, is on display until April 20th.