Zoé van Weert

Amsterdam the early 1980s Our capital is plagued by unemployment, activism and cityforming. Its history is being bulldozed to the ground with great strides. The No Future generation is searching for ways to maintain a life in a city that seems to crumble away under their feet. The uninhibited Anna seeks her stability in the arms of squatter Sjaak, who seems to know the way of the world. Anna who is but too happy to be guided, enjoys the freedom. But can Anna muster the same fighting spirit when push comes to shove? Or do you actually need different things to survive?

What if you could not touch each other anymore? What if you became touch-phobic? What if we became an organised, impersonal, faceless, untouchable society set up to avoid all physical contact as a rule of proper behaviour to the point of making physical interaction illegal? Zoë lives in such society and she is committed to finding what’s missing in her life by adhering to the Skinhearts. The ones who have to hide and traffic to put back in touch human skin. But will the most radical act there is in those times, make up for her need of human touch?