Mademoiselle X
Is condemned to eternal damnation
The mirror was lying, she was not there
The all for herself was not there
The all of her I was missing
The I of herself doesn’t have a name
The I of herself doesn’t have a gender
The I of herself is in virtual superposition
The I of herself be the eye of the self
Inspired by Cotard’s syndrome: Denial of Self existence is present in 45% of the cases. The other 55% presented with the delusion of immortality. Mademoiselle X is a distinct persona in Cotard’s writings. The above poem is inspired by her. The project is a documented physical theatre performance and deals with the state of Suspension: being and not being, here/there/in/out. Voice over is extracted from the texts of Jules Cotard: A study on Neurological Disorders (Originally found in Unsorcery: Dead Thinking, Alina Popa, 2018)
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