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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
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Sat 22 Nov ’25

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.

  • Premiere: Thu Oct. 20 

Credits

Pensive Vivifier consists of Silva Westera, Janne Kosmos and Tes Wolters Bos with thanks to Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot, Elise de Leede, Joost Hutsebaut, MU – Hybrid Art House, Amsterdam Fringe Festival and Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and (the work of) Gabor Maté, Gloria Anzaldúa and Dr. Sue Johnson in coproduction with Frascati Productions

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.

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