Instinct #20 | I feel you like the moon feels the earth

Instinct #21 | I feel you like the moon feels the earth
with Ahmed El Gendy
for LGBTQIA+
Free Admission

For Instinct #20, Ahmed El Gendy I feel you like the moon feels the earth, a 20-minute performance (spoken in English) that traces a memory of proximity, silence, and the charged tenderness of being led.
The work starts from a simple confession—“I did not want to sleep upstairs because it was cold, and I did not dare to sleep next to him.”—and opens into a recounting of a 24-hour encounter with a stranger in Amsterdam, lived without words.

I feel you like the moon feels the earth
performance – 20 minutes
spoken language in English
“I did not want to sleep upstairs because it was cold, and I did not dare to sleep next to him.”
As the audience pass me from hand to hand, I recount my memory of a long encounter with a stranger in Amsterdam. I spent 24 hours in silence with him, allowing him to lead the day, at his home and outside, while I quietly followed.
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Für Instinct #20 präsentiert Ahmed El Gendy I feel you like the moon feels the earth, eine 20-minütige Performance (auf Englisch gesprochen), die einer Erinnerung an Nähe, Stille und der aufgeladenen Zärtlichkeit des Sich-Führen-Lassens nachspürt.
Die Arbeit beginnt mit einer einfachen Feststellung: „Ich wollte nicht oben schlafen, weil es kalt war, und ich wagte nicht, neben ihm zu schlafen.“—und öffnet sich zu einer Erzählung einer 24-stündigen Begegnung mit einem Fremden in Amsterdam, die ohne Worte gelebt wurde.