What does an extreme fear of happiness look like?English sex movies If you just pictured 20,000 party balloons lifting a human from the ground, you might be on the money.
Performed over nine hours on Sunday at the Sydney Opera House, artist Noëmi Lakmaier's piece Cherophobiasaw the artist tied to a frame and lifted from the stage using 20,000 multi-coloured helium balloons — Pixar's Up-style.
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Cherophobiatakes its title from a psychiatric condition basically known as an extreme fear of happiness. Lakmaier's own experience with disability inspired the work, which plays with ideas of detachment on a rather colossal, jaw-dropping scale. As main stage as meditation gets, the work explores ideas of restraint, patience, and anticipation.
Cherophobiasaw a somewhat lengthier performance in St Leonards Church in Shoreditch, London in 2016, where the artist rose for a casual 48 hours.
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