What’s at stake in admitting that we are nothing but relationships? This talk explores how religious communities from the Middle Ages and their writings about spiritual intimacy can reimagine how we think about intimacy larp. The talk dips our into bodies in ecstasy, the power of ‘You’, how to trust lies beyond consent, and the joys of attempting the impossible together with our pals.
Áron Levente (fka Áron Birtalan) is an artist, musician and student of theology whose work explores languages of intimacy. Working with relationships and sense perception as artistic materials, they host games, workshops, performances and unruly thoughts. Áron’s background in role-playing comes from an experimental fantasy camp they were involved in between 1999-2022 in rural Hungary. Their publications, engaging with (role-)playing, somatics and spiritual practice, include 2018’s The Critical Escape and 2023’s The Abyss Between Our Hands. Áron is currently a doctoral candidate at SKH’s Institute of Dance in Stockholm and runs the studio Angel Dog Hospitality Service in Vienna. Their artistic dissertation, Your Bones Hold the Shape of What’s to Come is due in 2026.