Confrontation Through Art (Therapy)
AKA the question game
Play it with your lover, play it with your foe. Play it with your mother, play it with a stranger! An intimacy game for two!
Enter into this sacred space at your own risk, for either you come out with a "soul connection" or alone watching the burning bridge.
Originally I made up this game to have an honest conversation with some mediocre asshole that I was in a "situationship" with. Guess what?! It worked out great!... Just kidding.
But once I refined the rules I put it on a test run in an abandoned house in Lofuo, near Troodos mountain, as the final presentation of Xarkis Festival Artist Residency, 2017, as part of Kral çıplak / Critique and the Cypriot summer / Ήνταμπου κάμνουμεν δαμέ.
The house had no roof, and only the main door was left standing. I shamelessly gave appointments to all five participants and each session was recorded with a voice recorder (for black mailing purposes of course! - she said fearfully assuming whoever is reading this has a sense of humour).
Since I am a big believer of the power of rituals, having jasmine, burning coffee to keep the mosquitos away and closing the session with a hug became the norm.
This work has been relocated in various spaces and still holds a special place in my heart. Each time performed with new rituals and adopted to the environment of the happenings, exhibitions and events.
PS. It's a great game to play on a second date, get to know a stranger, deepen your preexisting relations with someone or with parents (especially if you want to find out that your parents are humans too and had completely different lives before having you)
