When asses.masses plays Ghent, the donkeys speak Flemish
Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim’s seven-hour game for a theater audience reaches VIERNULVIER, in a translation the room ends up reading aloud.
- When
- Nov. 7, 2026, 1 to 10 p.m.
- Where
- VIERNULVIER, De Vooruit (Domzaal), Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, Ghent
- Cost
- 13.50 to 33 euros, snacks and a meal included
“asses.masses is coming to GHENT in Flemish!” So says the announcement the show posted to Instagram on October 7, and the last two words are the news. On Saturday, November 7, at 1 p.m., Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim’s game about a herd of unemployed donkeys takes over the Domzaal at VIERNULVIER, the arts center in Ghent’s De Vooruit building, and holds it until about 10 p.m.: one controller, a room of strangers, 10 episodes, four intermissions, dinner included.
From the asses.masses teaser: one player at a time steps up to the controller while the herd watches. The full teaser, with sound, is on the makers’ site.
If Ghent is out of reach, the herd plays Lisbon on October 24 and 25, the MCA Chicago on November 8, Dublin’s Beta Festival on November 14, and Belfort, France, on January 30.
asses.masses in six frames: the herd on the move, the farm from above, Mecca City, two of the 3D worlds the story drifts into, and the audience between episodes in Berlin in 2024. Images via Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim.
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