Love as an Act of Being

Love as an Act of Being Lecture Performance by Lisa Stertz 25.07.2025 7 p.m. SomoS is pleased to welcome back artist Lisa Stertz with a new edition of her seminal performance series on love, first introduced in 2015. Titled Love as an Act of Being, the evening reflects on the timeless and ever-evolving question: What is love? Inspired by Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving, which explores the paradox between love’s transformative potential and its frequent shortcomings, Stertz reexamines love not as a fleeting feeling or an ideal, but as a daily, embodied practice: a way of being. Marking the 10th anniversary of the original performance, this updated edition blends spoken word, live performance, movement, and photographic documentation. Through these interwoven forms, Stertz invites the audience into a shared space of reflection and experience, offering love as a resilient, vital force worthy of our sustained presence and care. About Lisa Stertz Lisa Stertz is an artist and educator working at the intersection of performance and healing. With a background in media, philosophy, and art, she fuses critical inquiry with embodied practice. Drawn to movement-based traditions, she has trained in Butoh, Baguazhang, and Dervish Whirling. In 2018, she developed The Body WithIn, her own approach to awareness and performance. Since 2022, she has shared the ritual dance of the dervishes through her Berlin Whirling workshops. Lisa lives in Berlin and continues to create, perform, and teach across Europe and Asia. Details Love as an Act of Being – Lecture / Performance by Lisa Stertz Media: Lecture, live performance, movement, photography Date: Friday, 25 July 2025, 7 p.m. Location: SomoS Arts – Kottbusser Damm 95, 1.0G, 10967 Berlin Public Transport: U8 – Schönleinstraße Admission: 8–15€ (donation-based)