Sexual Fortune Telling « david bloom

At a New Year’s Eve party I was looking for an avenue of escape (I hate crowds) when I discovered a small room that was begging to have fortunes told in. I promptly set up a space to tell guests’ sexual futures for the coming year, thus allowing me to cultivate a performative practice while avoiding the party. It’s a practice I have since followed up on and developed.

Sexual Fortune Telling is a one-on-one performance that uses intersubjective ritual and erotic energy to make a highly accurate prediction about the visitor’s sexual future (about 6-12 months after the date of the reading). The Magick is real. However, the reading is cleverly framed as an art piece so that everyone can just relax and enjoy the experience (each reading lasts about 10-15 minutes).

The photos below are from a Sexual Fortune Telling performance at Arteles Creative Center, where i was fortunate enough to be a resident in May 2014, and where the performance was first developed, and at Karada House, where i performed it in 2019.

Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Alexis Courtney
Photos by Alexis Courtney
Photo by Karada House
Photo by Karada House
Photo by Karada House
Photo by Karada House
Photo by Karada House
Photo by Karada House

Press and Reviews

Short Video Interview (in German) about the performance at PornyDays Zurich with nau.ch
Online Article about the PornyDays Zurich performance in VICE Magazine

Previous Performances

Sat 07 Mar, 2015 // 07:00 pm // La Fête du Slip // Lausanne

Wed 20 Dec, 2017 // 07:00 pm-11:00 pm // Altes Finanzamt // Berlin

Sat 28 Apr, 2018 // 07:00 pm // Hacker Porn Film Festival // Rome

Fri 23-Sat 24 Nov, 2018 // 06:00 pm-10:00 pm // PornyDays Festival // Zurich

Fri 23 Aug, 2019 // 07:00 pm // Karada House // Berlin