Our Other Body

With brutality and humor, Boaz Barkan digs into a living body to uncover a new organ – the place where our racism resides. "Our Other Body" is a humorous and grotesque dissection of antisemitism and its impact on Jewish identity – culminating in the creation of a Zionist “new body” as an antidote. The performance explores how we are all both victims and oppressors, simultaneously, within the same body. A journey through bodies and time, connecting the effects of oppression with the roots of violence.

"Our Other Body" connects the history of European antisemitism to the Zionist project without casting anyone as inherently evil. Its focus is on how racism affects us all through messages of superiority and inferiority. These messages shape our "bodies" and identities, leading to violence, genocide, and multigenerational wars. It is a unique and intimate exploration of the tradition of medical dissection, with its grotesque yet alluring corporeality.