Mitch Van

Landeghem &

Carine van Bruggen

New York, the 70s. Underground, punk and new wave, the Factory, heroin, hedonism. And: Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed. She an avant-garde interdisciplinary genius, he the enfant terrible of rock and roll. She niche, he popular. She still alive, he no more. Both iconic and each in their own way defiant, stubborn, loud, sensitive and mysterious. And ultimately lovers.

Mitch Van Landeghem and Carine van Bruggen. They work together, live together and compete. They are jealous, obsessed, bring out the best and worst in each other. They want to make and destroy beautiful things. They lie awake, loving in a life of art and making art in a life of self-mythologizing. They are exactly like Laurie and Lou.

Laurie & Lou is a duet between two young creators and a pseudo-musical portrait of two icons. Above all, it is a wild clusterfuck of four personalities - an equally imagined and heartfelt attempt to become an icon and be iconic together without being in each other's shadow.

Mitch and Carine make up the current young collective of DE HOE, where they previously collaborated on and starred in Opening Night. With Laurie & Lou, they conclude their period with the company.