A gathering on stage to repeat a prediction that already came true yesterday. The bedfolds will speak to us and tell us about needs we probably don’t know of yet. Connections arise alongside the fact that we do not have to walk, run or even get up. That we are protected, without tensing our muscles, without knowing many people, without money, insurance or a passport.
We archive, create and listen to our folds in various presences in order to search our needs and be ready.
The Gathering consists out of the experiences and material from one-to-one bed fold readings where Jeanne Eschert mixes magic, rituals, palm reading, and experiences in bed. Together with the participants, she read the physicality and temporality in the bed sheet imprints. If you are interested in a bedfold reading via home visit, videocall or chat, write to bedfoldreadings@gmail.com. It is aimed at people who spend a lot of time in bed and have built up a special relationship with it – people with chronic or mental illness, disabilities or the people around them.
Jeanne Eschert creates texts, performances, magic, choreographies, fine arts, and ongoing gatherings in various theaters and venues. She works in a magic shop, grew up with circus in Cologne and studied applied theater studies in Giessen. Her artistic work relates to magic tricks, chronic illness, bedriddenness, and transness.
