A poetic doomscroll through memory, mind and media – where overexposure meets emotional survival
Pensive Vivifier
Location: Likeminds Noord, Grote Zaal
Dates:
- GENRE: Multimedia performance, Music theatre, Performance Art
- THEME: Connection, History Re-told, Mental Health
- LANGUAGE: Dutch, English
- Attention: a lot of sensory stimuli (light and/or sound)
- Toilet for wheelchair users: yes, Wheelchair accessible: yes
duration of the performance: 40 min
The performance is accessible to both English and Dutch speakers through subtitles.
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I feel like total shit. Why is life so f*cking awful. My stupid head can’t take it, I want to die. —Silva, 16 It’s a feeling.
This performance is a portrait of Silva. Not a diagnosis, not a label, but how it feels to be Silva — from the inside out. We draw from chats with her first boyfriend, her feed and search history, AI dreams, interviews with her family, home videos, and glimpses of our own process. What usually stays stuck in your head, we put on stage. About girls who feel everything and get told: you’re too much. About parents who love you but don’t know how to deal with you. About getting angry and wanting to say sorry at the same time. About how your body remembers things your mind forgot long ago. A portrait of Silva — and something shared. Everything is real. Even the made-up parts.
Biography
Pensive Vivifier Won is an anti-disciplinary collective working at the intersection of video art, club culture, musical composition, and live performance. In 2024, they received the Fringe at Best Award for “a groundbreaking performance that blends digital culture with personal vulnerability.”
They merge digital and physical worlds in audiovisual installations and performances where the personal, the social, and the poetic constantly blur and overlap. Their work unfolds as a digital ritual: immersive, intimate, and emotionally charged.
They explore themes like identity, mental health, inheritance, memory, and algorithmic logic — often using sampled internet content, AI-generated imagery, live camera feeds, personal archives, and electronic sound.
Their performances have been described as a “collective doomscroll” — a rush of images, emotions, and data that feels both disorienting and painfully familiar.
In addition to performances in clubs, theatres, and festivals, Pensive Vivifier creates exhibitions, video essays, and digital publications. They keep searching for new ways to tell stories in a world that never stops scrolling.
