Sex, Drugs & Techno (2002)

A day with Lisa

Lisa left her parents, ran away from a care home and headed for Berlin.
It meant giving up a school certificate, clerical training and conventional marriage. »It’s over now, it’s in the past, it’s forgotten. I really don’t give a shit what happened then. I mean, I have to live into the future, so what’s the point?«

She funds her leisure life by selling herself on “K” – Kurfürstenstrasse, a red light district populated by drug users. Lisa is very young, so she only has to wait a few minutes before a car stops. In a year, certainly no more than two, she will have to wait hours for a client, but Lisa isn’t fretting about that now. A few days ago, she chased her first »dragon«, then threw up several times. »If you aren’t a junkie, you throw up. But the feeling afterwards is totally awesome.« She spends almost every night in clubs, dancing for hours until everything else fades away and only the moment remains. »It’s just fun,« Lisa says.

In Sex, Drugs & Techno she offers us a glimpse of her world.