29-30.11.2024 November, 2024
20:00
Ackerstadt Palast, Berlin
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“Masked Rituals” returns to Ackerstadt Palast for a 2-night run.

In “Masked Rituals” two fighters (Marcelo Daza and Yun Lee) engage in drills and rituals of protection before facing off in a fight to exhaustion. The performance exploits elements of boxing such as drills, ring walks and stare downs to explore spectrums of masculinity and the homoerotic tension that exist within the sport. 

Through this, the fighters navigate the lines between attraction and repulsion, intimacy and violence. 

The fight is accompanied by an increasingly surreal commentary which gradually shifts from narration to generated text on capitalist masculinity, eventually melting into a cinematic soundtrack as the fighters begin to collapse. In essence, “Masked Rituals” is a fight for and against masculinity.