{"id":10380,"date":"2026-09-01T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/?post_type=event&p=10380"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:28:22","slug":"hone","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/en\/events\/honey-suckle-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Honeysuckle Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Earth as mother and as lover. Doroth\u00e9e Jansen and Sasperella La Sir\u00e8ne dedicate themselves to our intimate relationship with our home planet in an ecosexual Butoh performance with an opulent live soundtrack. At the center is honey \u2014 as a natural product, food, and gift from the bees.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ecosexuality<\/strong> changes the perspective on our relationship with the Earth: it understands the Earth not only as a mother, but also as a lover. The term was coined by \u00bbecosexuality\u00ab<\/em><\/strong> from Annie Sprinkle<\/strong> and Beth Stephens<\/strong> as an Andreas Weber<\/strong> is a related concept to be found in the idea of erotic ecology<\/em>. The focus is on the question of how relationships between humans and their natural environment can be shaped as romantic.<\/p>\n

The relationship between flower and bee is a vivid example of this. The bee receives nectar and pollen and in return contributes to the pollination of the plants \u2014 a significant portion of our nutrition depends on this service. Honey is created from the material of this relationship: from flower nectar, which the bees collect, transform, and store in the hive.<\/p>\n

\"Honeycomb<\/figure>\n

Yet honey is not a self-evident gift. For millennia, humans have taken it from the hives and utilized it as food, medicine, and a luxury item. Beekeeping is therefore also a form of appropriation \u2014 even where it is practiced with great care. The performance by Dorothee Janssen and Sasperella La Sir\u00e8ne navigates between care, exploitation, and mutual dependence.<\/p>\n

Doroth\u00e9e Jansen<\/strong> works as a Butoh performer at the intersections of body, ecology, and ritual. Sasperella The Mermaid<\/strong> (Saskia Baumgart) combines voice and sound and can be experienced regularly at the Lovelab, most recently at Seeds<\/em> and in Venuswald<\/em>. She accompanies the performance live \u2014 not as musical background, but as an independent voice in dialogue with the body.<\/p>\n

PERFORMANCE<\/span>Saturday \u00b7 September 12, 2026 \u00b7 8:00 PM<\/strong>Lovelab Dreamspace \u00b7 Pappelallee 25 \u00b7 10437 Berlin<\/p>\n

Admission \u20ac15 \u00b7 Box office \u00b7 Limited seating<\/p>\n

Reserve a seat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As part of DREAM 6: Venuswald<\/h3>\n

The evening DREAM 6: Venus' Forest<\/a> instead, where Mars sleeps and Venus wakes \u2014 the exhibition by Lavanya Honeyseeda and Tim Ra, running until September 26, 2026. The honey comes, in a sense, from this forest.<\/p>\n

Previous evenings of the series:
\nVenuswald \u2014 Vernissage<\/a> June 27, 2026
\nNight in the Venus Forest<\/a> \u00b7 August 29, 2026<\/p>\n

@but<\/a> \u00b7 @eco_sexuality<\/a> \u00b7 @deepecology<\/a> \u00b7 @s<\/a> \u00b7 @_lovelab.dreamspace<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Earth as mother and as lover. Doroth\u00e9e Jansen and Sasperella La Sir\u00e8ne dedicate themselves to the intimate relationship with our home planet. At the center is honey \u2014 as a natural product, food, and gift of the bees.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10376,"template":"","class_list":["post-10380","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t