The 5 Camels
It is a project born from twenty years of research on the theme of the multiplicity of being, more precisely, multiple personalities, different selves, various souls, or entities, etc. to the loss of the self, depression, alienation, possession, pieces of the soul that detach during strong traumas, like in psychology personalities that dissociate for the same reason... and we feel fragmented, less strong, less lucid and increasingly confused about our attitudes and reactions...
recognizing the various parts of ourselves and stitching them back together, to reintegrate them and feel more complete, more aware...
I have studied and experienced the topic personally over the years, in my travels to Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Brazil, Berlin, Barcelona, London, Naples, Turin etc etc with the help of a very dear friend to whom she dedicated her thesis on the topic of ZAR Transpossession, Giusi de Angelis, and currently from a discussion with a psychologist specialized in dissociated multiple personalities...
in this project I want to talk about the 5 Carmelas, individually and from the relationship between them and the process I went through to recognize them and reunite them, for a more aware self... first I worked on it through studies and personal experiences now through the art of sewing and performance theatre as an artistic expression of work and process,
it all started with death, trauma and alienation, detaching from pain, every death (9) detaches a piece of me…