Sex & Death (and the Internet)

How old do you feel today? Do you think there is an expiry date to your sexuality? When was the last time you thought about death?

‘Sex’ and ‘Death’ are topics that preoccupy us a lot of the time. Yet talking openly and intimately about these subjects is often avoided, especially with people over 70.

Internationally acclaimed for her intergenerational participatory performances, artist Samara Hersch, has created a rare and unexpected encounter that puts you face to face, in a private space, with an older perfect stranger and invites you into a profound and unpredictable conversation about life’s essential questions.

This unique and touching experience will probe you to think differently about your own body and the body in front of you, which, like the performance itself, are in a constant state of transformation.

Concept & Direction: Samara Hersch

Associate Artist and Dramaturgy: Bec Reid

Associate Artist and Translator: Guilia Quadrelli (Italian version for Milano Triennale)

Photographer & Collaborating Artist: Ponch Hawkes

Website Design: Forde & Nicol

Sound Design (Australian version): Marco Cher-Gibbard

Technical Assistant: Matthias Schack- Arnott

Spatial Design: Nevo Bar

Produced by: Freya Waterson

Photo Credit: Ponch Hawkes ( and background by Forde and Nicol)

Performance Images:  © Triennale Milano. Photo by Lorenza Daverio

 

“What happened felt like a kind of deep communion”. – William Peterson, The Conversation 

“This participatory performance is one of a kind”. – Natalie Carfora, COLLAGE Adelaide 

“A wonderfully intimate and fear-free experience”. – David Grybowski, The Barefoot Review