“Drawing on my research over the theatricalities of clowning, rituals and meditation, this handbook explores how I use ‘the clown’ as a public façade to mask my private performative despair – which has developed over the years of playing the ‘other’ character and not fitting into the typical western mold. My aim is to create more neutral characters like the clown for unconventional persons.”
A self-care handbook in zine format that discusses “clowning, meditation and Limericks” as a liberating, balancing and playful practice; the author shares her own experiences and provides the reader with the tools to create their own practice through examples, a guide on how to create your clown face, as well as through yoga exercises for the eyes; consists of prose and poetic texts, illustrations and photographs.
Saddle stitched, stapled, 21 x 15 cm, 19 pages, Amsterdam 2023
