Performance by Instinct#20 (at village)
Ahmed El Gendy
they | them
Saturday
20:00-20:30
village
For Instinct #20, Ahmed El Gendy I feel you like the moon feels the earth, a 20-minute performance (spoken in English) that traces a memory of proximity, silence, and the charged tenderness of being led.
The work starts from a simple confession—“I did not want to sleep upstairs because it was cold, and I did not dare to sleep next to him.”—and opens into a recounting of a 24-hour encounter with a stranger in Amsterdam, lived without words.
Ahmed El Gendy
Ahmed El Gendy is an Egyptian artist based in Amsterdam. Working with video and live performance, their practice explores notions of agency, proximity, endurance, and encounter. They hold a master’s degree in choreography from Amsterdam University of the Arts. They facilitate movement workshops in academic and community contexts.