Disembodied is an intimate journey in which the fragile relationship with our biological body is questioned. The experience is told from the perspective of a patient who suffers from the rare Cotard Syndrome. A neuropsychiatric disease in which the affected persons believe they have no body or do not exist at all. In our ever changing world where uploading our mind, AI and exoskeletons are the new frontiers, these experience bring us back to what it means to own a human body. Some doctors and scientists see in the examination of this syndrome the possibility of unlocking the mysteries of where our consciousness is located.

Disembodied is a multi-disciplinary project by filmmaker and artist Marleine van der Werf in collaboration with sound artist Antoine Bertin. It consists of various forms of presentation: A installation in a sensory deprivation tank; a three-channel-video installation (Living without a body); a Virtual Reality project; and documentary film. The central subject of the work is disembodiment. Knowledge of this experience flows into the project through collaboration with neuroscientists, philosophers, physicians, media scientists, and choreographers.