How To Love Many In Many Ways
Psychologist Arthur Aron used the 36 Questions to explore whether intimacy between two strangers can occur intentionally. Based on the assumption that something we call ‘love’ can be produced willingly, artists Engy Mohsen and Gabriel Hensche developed a set of 36 rituals to fall in love with oneself, a group and non-human beings. Furthermore, they invited 9 other artists and writers to develop an exercise or a game that responds to the question: How to Love Many in Many Ways?
Besides Engy Mohsen and Gabriel Hensche, the project has contributions from Eliana Otta, Ingo Niermann (The Army of Love), Mohamed Al-Bakeri, Nada Elkalaawy, Petra Mrša, Rania Atef, Raúl Hott, Shahd Omar, and Soukaina Joual.
During her residency, Engy Mohsen is organising various moments to play/test/encounter the games and exercises, both at her studio in Zürich at Rote Fabrik, but also at other locations such as the Blackbox (Gessnerallee), ZKB Pavillon (Landiwiese), About Us! Festival (Seebach).
This project is supported by Pro Helvetia Cairo and Warehouse421.