This performance unfolds the intricate and deeply emotional journey of grief, portraying the overwhelming desire to reconnect with a lost loved one. It navigates the tension between longing and suffocation, the yearning to be near them, to hold onto their presence, until it becomes almost unbearable.

Each layer of clothing put on, piece by piece, represents an intimate attempt to inhabit their essence, to embody the memory of their physical form. This ritualistic act reflects the delicate balance between a profound closeness and an encroaching weight, capturing the paradox of grief: the pursuit of solace that simultaneously amplifies the absence. Through this delicate layering, the performance evokes the push and pull between the comfort of familiarity and the pain of a reality where the loved one no longer exists in the same tangible way.

Close Again, video performance, 15 minutes, 2024

(Photography by Adjo van Emous)

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