My Freedom Is Your Distorted Gaze

What It’s About

Under capitalism, bodies are often treated like optimized machines: productive, flawless, standardized. “My Freedom Is Your Distorted Gaze” breaks with this dictate. The piece is based on the solo “Ja est bi est bi its bi” by Céline Bellut and has been further developed by Danijel Sesar. Through his personal history, political struggles, and cultural heritage, he rewrites the performance. Inspired by the cyberpunk cultural movement and its echoes in transhumanist dystopias, exhaustion and imperfection become radical forms of resistance.

Why you have to come

The performance is a powerful meditation on the body’s ability to evade control mechanisms. Here, virtuosity is redefined—freed from ableist standards that recognize only “normalized” bodies as capable of high performance. Through the combination of dance and intensive video use, a hybrid space emerges that also critically questions the representation of bodies in digital environments. It is a celebration of vulnerability and chaos as a response to a world that prioritizes efficiency over individuality.

By consciously allowing instability and error, Danijel Sesar transforms the stage into a place of liberation. An evening that shows that true freedom often lies in the “distorted gaze” of the other—where we stop conforming to the expectations of others.