Teasing apart the complex, liminal space between romance and friendship, Puer Deorum’s solo-play hold me while my mind falters uses the cello as a metaphor for sapphic longing and bodily experience.
An adaptation of a durational performance activation of their sculpture 2018-2024 Photo Album at Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland in December 2024, in this experimental solo play, Puer Deorum yields a cello in an act of exploration, mediating on its physical capabilities through improvised sound and movement.
Through moving image, performance and prose, they draw us close, blurring the lines between romance, friendship, and intimacy.
This performance will be repeated twice during the day – the first viewing at 2.30pm and the second viewing at 4.30pm.
