Phobophobia / Philaphilia performance

The project uses artistic processes to expose pain as it resides in the body and how to expel it. The process of ‘discharge' is used as a method to develop escaping trauma into externalised expressions. The process is based around Somatic Experiencing which is a form of therapy aimed at relieving and resolving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The project is designed to resonate not just with extreme examples of PTSD but with fear driven through media saturation of traumatic events. This second-hand experience fear leads to a condition that is singular to our times: the fear of fear.

 

For the Salon Suisse, and in alignment with the general theme of Ataraxia, Marcos Lutyens will invite visitors to take part in a hypnotic journey through the physical location in the body where the fear of fear resides and towards a state of ‘philaphilia,' or the love of love.

 

I am indebted to friends who helped with research via a special survey about the location and dynamics of fear as it resides in the body. Thank you!