How to Suicide Without Dying

Czech Republic, Praha, Gallery Jedna, Dva, Třy

About

In this work, we deal with hurtful experiences from the past, self-inflicted pain and the resulting wish to put an end to all of it. At least for us, this wish is just a fantasy. In a negotiation between the burden of a hurtful past and the promise of healing or at least joyfull experiences, the piece proposes a compromise: A suicide without dying.

Credits

Director, Performer, Author: Sai Morikawa

Dramaturg:Levin Eichert

Mentoring: Cristina Maldonado, Tinka Avramova

Excerpt

Sometimes I really want to die.
But if I commit suicide, this only happens in other people’s life.
Because I am dead and cannot experience it.

If other people die, this doesn’t happen in their own lives, but it is real for me.

You never know how much time you have left with the people you love.
Time is running out.

I decided to survive to share the very short and precious time left.
So what about suicide without dying?
This way we can experience it together.
Let’s try.