NO SHAME - NO GUILT - NO FEAR IS A PERSONAL STORY ABOUT LIVING WITH OCD (OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER), HOW IT IMPACTS SOMEONE'S LIFE, HOW IT BECOMES AN EVERYDAY REALITY, AND HOW ONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WANTS TO DENY AND IGNORE IT. AS A DESIGNER, THE FOUNDATION IS A COLLECTION OF WEARABLE ART INSPIRED BY AND BASED ON TEXTS, COMPULSIONS, OR THOUGHTS, ASSOCIATIONS IN ART, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES... WITH OCD. EXPERIENCES WITH COMPULSIONS NOT ONLY INSPIRE THE COSTUMES BUT ALSO THE MOVEMENTS IN THE DANCE/PERFORMANCE.

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THIS WORK IS PART OF A PERFORMANCE AND MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A COLLECTION/SERIES OF WORKS AROUND THIS THEME, IN WHICH I EXPLORE WHAT OCD MEANS TO ME AND HOW I CAN EXPRESS IT THROUGH MY TEXTILE PRACTICE. 

THROUGHOUT THE PERFORMANCE, THE BANNER TRANSFORMED INTO A STATEMENT PIECE. IN THIS WAY, I SEEK FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, FREEDOM OF ACTION — FREE FROM FEAR, GUILT, AND SHAME.

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CONCEPT & CREATION: SARAH DE GEYTER

PERFORMERS: ULRIKE VAN ELSEN - SVEA ERIKSSON - DANIËLLE FLIESWASSER - FELICIA DE CLERCQ

PERFORMANCE DURING GOLFBREKERS - ART HAPPENING BY COLLECTIEF WHAT COMES NEXT? - INDUSTRIEMUSEUM GENT - 2023