Raaklijn

“There are seven other sentries on the island, and my feet can’t be everywhere at once – but my voice can.”

Scattered across the island, visitors embody the seemingly invisible boundary between the festival and the protected nature reserve. “Think of it as a line in the sand: a boundary that is not meant to separate two parts, not to divide, but to forever entwine both sides.” (Karen Barad)

From now on, we call this boundary the tangent (raaklijn). Visitors can approach this threshold at a time of their choosing and take up a sentinel there. Rather than a limitation, the tangent functions as an invitation to stay (here). Raaklijn is a multi-year collaboration between Oerol Festival, SoAP Maastricht and Rita Hoofwijk. Starting in 2025, we will invite a different artist and discipline to approach the tangent for four years.