FUCK ME BLIND
A show by Matteo Sedda
Italy, 30ʼ
Winner of DNAppunti coreografici 2024
FUCK ME BLIND is a choreographic duet inspired by Blue, Derek Jarman’s testamentary film.
In this work, Jarman turns his imminent death from AIDS-related complications into the ultimate, active drive for existence. On stage, two bodies mirror each other in circular, centrifugal movements, drawing closer until they finally grasp and shape one another.
Blue light—another reference to Jarman’s film—creates the space and time for the performers to meet and merge, generating a hypnotic experience where their bodies intertwine within a homoerotic landscape.
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Tickets
Full price: €13
Reduced price for Under 30s, Over 65s, and Culture Card holders: €8
Reduced price for Unibo, Ababo, Under 20s: €5
3-show subscription: €15
5-show subscription: €25
Tickets can be purchased:
1) Online: on TicketSms.it
2) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2).
Passes can be purchased:
1) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center
2) By pre-ordering them by email at biglietteria@genderbender.it and then picking them up in person at the Festival Center.
The TICKET OFFICE at the Festival Center is every day from October 30th to November 8th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; on October 30th from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; on November 2nd from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
*It is NOT possible to purchase tickets in person at the event venues.
For further information: biglietteria@genderbender.it
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Credits
Concept and direction: Matteo Sedda
Choreography & performance: Marco Labellarte, Matteo Serra
Sound: Gio Megrelishvili
Drammaturgy and light design: Margherita Scalise
Costums: Maarten Van Mulken
Mentorship: Igor Urzelai Hernando, Moreno Solinas
Production: Fuorimargine – Centro di Produzione di Danza e Arti Performative della Sardegna
Coproduction: Théâtre de Vanves / Scène conventionnée dʼintérêt national « Art et création » pour la danse et les écritures contemporaines à travers les arts FR
With the support of: Grand Studio BE
Biographical note
Matteo Sedda is a choreographer, dancer, and activist from Sardinia. He has collaborated, and continues to work as a freelancer, with artists such as Jan Fabre, Enzo Cosimi, Aïda Gabriëls, Igor x Moreno, and Dag Taeldeman & Andrew Van Ostade. Since 2018, Sedda has pursued choreographic research deeply shaped by his experience with HIV. Exploring desire and vulnerability, his work seeks to create new representations of AIDS that renew the dialogue between historical memory and artistic reworking. After his first solo, POZ!—a political and artistic manifesto born from his coming out as a person living with HIV—he continued his journey with FUCK ME BLIND, a duet that won the DNAppunti Coreografici 2024 award.
As an activist, he shares his personal experience to provide information and support around HIV. He collaborates with several European organizations, including LILA, Sensoa, Ex Aequo, and Plateforme Prévention Sida.
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