{"id":6314,"date":"2021-03-01T15:06:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orange-cat-584307.hostingersite.com\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=6314"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:16:58","slug":"the-dating-project-first-date","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/en\/projects\/the-dating-project-first-date\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dating Project: First Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>First Date<\/em> is a concept that falls under the ongoing <em>THE DATING PROJECT <\/em>created by Dan Mussett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a re-enactment of a first date between two strangers who are meeting each other for the first time. Blurring the line between real life and performance, two participants are prompted to follow a series of instructions. By following these instructions, the participants slowly begin to discover each other, and as they do so start to play out a situation familiar to us all, of getting to know a stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>EXTRA INFO<\/summary>\n<p>Project year: 2021<br>Language: English<br>Project type: interactive concept<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>CREDITS<\/summary>\n<p><em>The Dating Project is<\/em> Dan Mussett, Michael Strebel, Barbara T\u2019Jonck, Vincent Van Dijk &amp; Bianca Zueneli<br><em>Executive producer<\/em> wpZimmer<br><em>Co-production by<\/em> C-TAKT, KAAP, De Studio, Europalia Arts Festival: Trains and Tracks, Storm op Komst, Bozar &amp; Brakke Grond<br><em>Special thanks to<\/em> Tuning People, GRIP, Andreas Fleck, Zehra Proch, Pauline Scharmann, Rubina Pabani, Laurent Delom, MAXLab, CREATIE, Beatrice Peadrini and all the participants who have taken part in the many &amp; many try-outs<br><em>With the support of<\/em> the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, City of Antwerp, Flemish Government Activiteiten Premie<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>PROJECT DATES<\/summary>\n<p>06\/03\/2021, 15:00h, Bar Leon, Antwerp (BE)<br>19\/05\/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)<br>20\/05\/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)<br>21\/05\/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)<br>22\/05\/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6315,"template":"","class_list":["post-6314","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dating Project: First Date - wpZimmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dating Project: First Date - wpZimmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Date is a concept that falls under the ongoing THE DATING PROJECT created by Dan Mussett. 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