SAM (Stop Annoying Me) is a sensory performance in which film, live music, and performance come together in a powerful experience about identity, trauma, and neurodiversity.
Memories, fears, and feelings of alienation come back to life when past and present flow into one another. What follows is an intense inner journey in which mental struggle, trauma, and recovery become palpable.
During O., SAM takes on a unique form in dialogue with the exhibition Autonomous by Ine Gevers (Stichting Niet Normaal) at Brutus, which centers on neurodiversity. Performance and exhibition together form one continuous experience. After the 25-minute performance, the audience moves from the performance space into the exhibition, where the atmosphere and themes continue. The performers reappear among the artworks and create unexpected interventions, blurring the boundary between performance and exhibition.
SAM is partly inspired by personal experiences and touches upon current societal issues surrounding mental health and the position of the individual within systems. The performance invites visitors to look at inner processes differently and opens a space for reflection, empathy, and new perspectives on human consciousness.
The result is not a self-contained performance, but an experience in which audience, space, visuals, and performers remain in constant motion.
Memories, fears, and feelings of alienation come back to life when past and present flow into one another. What follows is an intense inner journey in which mental struggle, trauma, and recovery become palpable.
During O., SAM takes on a unique form in dialogue with the exhibition Autonomous by Ine Gevers (Stichting Niet Normaal) at Brutus, which centers on neurodiversity. Performance and exhibition together form one continuous experience. After the 25-minute performance, the audience moves from the performance space into the exhibition, where the atmosphere and themes continue. The performers reappear among the artworks and create unexpected interventions, blurring the boundary between performance and exhibition.
SAM is partly inspired by personal experiences and touches upon current societal issues surrounding mental health and the position of the individual within systems. The performance invites visitors to look at inner processes differently and opens a space for reflection, empathy, and new perspectives on human consciousness.
The result is not a self-contained performance, but an experience in which audience, space, visuals, and performers remain in constant motion.