It's a feeling 2

Pensive Vivifier in coproductie met Frascati Producties

Wed 19 Nov ’25 - Sat 22 Nov ’25

“I feel like total shit. Why is life so f*cking awful. My stupid head can’t take it, I want to die.” Silva, 16 years old

Wed 19 Nov ’25

Sat 22 Nov ’25

Wed 19 Nov ’25

20:00

Try-out

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Past event
Thu 20 Nov ’25

20:00

Première

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Past event
Fri 21 Nov ’25

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Past event
Sat 22 Nov ’25

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Past event

It’s a Feeling 2 is a portrait of Silva what it feels like to be her, from the inside out. A performance about girls who feel everything and are told they are too much. About parents who love you but don’t know how to hold on to you. About getting angry and wanting to apologize at the same time. About how a body remembers what the mind has forgotten. Everything is real, even when it’s imagined.

We look through a borderline lens. Not as a diagnosis, but as a way of taking emotions seriously. It shows how important it is to give feelings space, even when they are clumsy or overwhelming. That sometimes you don’t need a solution, but simply someone who stays by your side.

In a time when worldviews often clash, this perspective invites encounter: not to argue, but to share what you feel. Seen through this lens, Silva’s story becomes a mirror for us all: how we deal with fear, desire, and closeness, and what we can learn from each other in that.

Pensive Vivifier is known for their anti-disciplinary, layered collages in which social media, pop science, and psychedelic AI effects intersect and complement each other. After their award-winning performance Love is Abundant (Fringe at Best Award 2024), Pensive Vivifier returns to Frascati with a new performance: intense, intimate, and unpredictable. A trip that evokes discomfort, joy, and recognition.

Aftertalk Friday November 21

Join the post-show conversation with the makers of Pensive Vivifier, psychologist Clem Mondot, and moderator Anna Sijbrands. The talk will take place in English. After the performance they will delve into the themes and perspectives surrounding the work.

Premiere: Thu Nov. 20
Run time 60 mins.

Part of

Frascati Producties 25/26

Credits

Pensive Vivifier consists of Silva Westera, Janne Kosmos and Tes Wolters Bos with thanks to MU – Hybrid Art House, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten (AFK), Elise de Leede, Joost Hutsebaut, Katinka van Gorkum, Clem Mondot and (the work of) Gabor Maté, Gloria Anzaldúa, Dirk de Wachter and Dr. Sue Johnson

About Pensive Vivifier

Pensive Vivifier is an anti-disciplinary ensemble by Janne Kosmos, Tes Wolters Bos, and Silva Westera, working at the intersection of video art, club culture, musical composition, and live performance. Their work unfolds as a digital ritual: poetic, immersive, intimate, and emotionally charged.