What would you like to let go of? The Letting Go (2012–2026) is an intimate performance practice by Natascha Stellmach, shaped by the intersection of visual art, psychotherapy, embodied research, and Buddhism. At its core is a Bloodline tattoo—performed without ink—through which participants engage the question: “What would you like to let go of?” This book gathers, for the first time, 130 previously unpublished encounters—shared through participant-contributed selfies, reflections, and the artist’s own account. Interwoven with evocative photography and essays, […]

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I’m excited to be presenting THE LETTING GO as a guest speaker at this year’s Australian Psychoanalytical Society’s Annual Conference on August 30, 2025. I’ll be discussing this decade-long body of work as an art practice, interwoven with my academic research that deepens its context. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Matthew McArdle will follow with a paper reflecting on how the themes in THE LETTING GO resonate within the field of psychoanalysis. The session will be chaired by the Psychoanalyst Rise Becker. […]

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