This performance stems from the unfulfilled desire of a painter and sculptor to breathe life into his creation. In a gesture of despair, he buries himself in the clay to give it movement and life, erasing his identity and becoming a living work of art.   Yet the material blinds him and he is forced to look inward, into the very depths of himself. In a fascinating performance Sagazan shifts identities on stage, from man to animal and from animal to various hybrid creatures.  In this regard, he has stated : “I am flabbergasted to see to what degree people think it’s normal, or even trite, to be alive ». 

This performance will evolve in La Messe de l’Âne. presented in   2021 à la Biennale Danza di Venezia.

Performance created in 1998, performed more than 450 times in 25 different countries.