Part 3 - How to enter a kiss
I want to kiss happily ever after but ‘salivafalls’ and opinionated tongues leave me with no space to dance; no room to bloom with confidence.
When a kiss happens, there’s no space for words anymore. This is my summary of Luce Irigaray‘s final chapter in her book This sex which is not one. ‘Part 3: How to enter a kiss’ is a performance work that negotiates what we know about kissing and provides space to think of and imagine an encounter with another.
How to care about kissing?
How to care?
How to kiss there?
Their?
by Eleana Alexandrou
with performers Anne-May de Lijser, Claudio Ritfeld, Setareh Fatehi
with visual artist Eva Korae
advised by Joachim Robbrecht, Andrea Božić
initial research with Gina Alina Patilea
big thank you to Harco Haagsma and Arie Bults
and with the contribution of Eva Susova, Ahmed El Gendy, Jorge Rodolfo de Hoyos, Ira Melkonyan, Noah Voelker, Abhishek Thapar, Marjolein Roeleveld, Reinier Schimmel, Laura Mentink
produced at Das Graduate School
Photo Credit: Thomas Lenden