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Mees van Rijswijk has so far mostly been described as \u201csweet,\u201d \u201ccalm,\u201d and \u201centhusiastic,\u201d an \u201ceveryone\u2019s friend,\u201d a \u201cnice guy, but genuinely nice.\u201d One day, someone even called him \u201charmless.\u201d And that\u2019s when it went wrong, because of course he doesn\u2019t feel taken seriously at all. Since then, Mees has had one big wish: he wants to become furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that goal in mind, he sets out on an adventure. He locks himself in a rage room for a day, learns how to grunt, picks fights, and heads to the Malieveld in the hope of making the greatest protest sign ever. Along the way, he hopes to connect with lots of angry people \u2014 partly to study their craft, partly to discover whether there is something in that anger that connects them. Maybe world peace begins in a mosh pit, or in the meeting of a knuckle and a jaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAAARGH is a musical spoken word performance about a grating, failing search for anger. Through personal texts, songs, and anecdotes, Mees confronts an emotion he has tried to avoid his entire life. AAARGH is not a manual. Not therapy. Not a safe space. It\u2019s not even a word. It\u2019s a radical attempt to remain gentle \u2014 precisely by resisting at full force.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mees van Rijswijk<\/h3>\n

Mees van Rijswijk is a poet, Spoken Word artist, and soft-activist from Leeuwarden.\u00a0Mees believes in the art of simplicity, so…<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n

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