Confronting the thought processes of Colonialism is demanding and uncomfortable. It permeates us in our perpetual objectification of each other and our surroundings. Sall Lam Tora leads the way to a decolonization of the body by insisting on the erotic and shows us what it means to look out for one another.

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

The live performance piece “obsidiana, estranha, erótica e ultravioleta”(2024) is a rework of the multimedia installation performance Obsidian Dream Love Letters series (2023) universe of surrealist ecoerotic poetics of queer blackness, archiving and rituals situated in multi-cosmologies of space. The previous version was developed for Close Encounters: Embodied Journeys festival co-produced by Danshallerne and Den Frie Udstillingsted Bygning and curated by Julienne Doko last year. And the multimedia installation was also shown at Fear and Fauna group exhibition curated by Ariel Feminisms ending with another performance version as well at the finissage. Drawing upon a love letter to black ecoerotic consciousness built upon universes of phantasmagoria, the space is inhabited by sculptures, light and soil companions. The piece materializes manifestos of atemporal and multidimensional fugitivity with the support of sensuous rituals channeled by the presence of obsidian and rose quartz raw living bodies within the sculptures and soil trails.

In this rework without video nor mapped visuals, the scenographic space shifts into a green, ultraviolet light glitch, concentrated immersing space with an assemblage of two poles and sculptures-podium of obsidian and rose quartz leveled onto them. The performers not only move backwards in different positions grounded on the floor in possession-like modes as the previous version, but also lift their own bodies up supported by the pole moving upside down in twists and distorted body positions. This version contrasts with the previous ones offering a heightened physicality of the performative with an abundant hypererotic descent into the sensuous vibrational frequencies of obsidian and rose quartz.

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ABOUT SALL LAM TORO (P/DK)

Sall is a black trans queer unbinary antidisciplinary multimedia performance artist and organizer based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and, born and raised in Portugal to immigrant parents from Guiné-Bissau. They work with the mediums of performance, movement, sound, textual and visual art. Their work relates to producing and claiming the erotic as a way into decolonizing body(ies) while finding strategies to create more accessibility to multiple, non-linear, poetic universes of the sensual through equally disruptive, emotional and dissident forms. Their pieces strive to break with/interrupt the consequences of coloniality-based violence and oppression in the becoming of the body through rituals, economies of care and the senses while establishing intentional relationships with grief and death.

Their interactive visual works indulge within meta-universes of meaning, body and spirit erupting shifting transcendental states within the body of the viewer/participant attempting to defy capitalist modes of operating and sensing.

They are part of (Co)Opulence, and Humus Collectives working mainly in Denmark and Scandinavia.

ABOUT WAREHOUSE9

Warehouse9 (WH9) is a multidisciplinary arts and performance organisation based in Copenhagen (DK) that supports the development and presentation of work and ideas by LGBTQIA+ artists and cultural practitioners. By supporting radical and innovative arts practices and ideas, Warehouse9 nurtures new thinking, unique collective experiences and community building. We’re an organisation that strives towards sustainable processes and accessibility in the arts, and creates space for queer art year round. In the spring of 2024, Warehouse9 will open a workshop for performing arts in Vanløse, where we have our administration and develop our programs, which unfold around Copenhagen.

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MANAGING DISCOMFORT PERFORMANCEFESTIVAL

In the spring of 2024, Toaster and Live Art Denmark present the performance festival MANAGING DISCOMFORT, which includes a number of Danish and international artists whose works have the common denominator that they all deal with discomfort, but process it with care and humor.

The festival stretches over seven weeks and each week two new performances are presented, which are staged as a double-bill at Husets Teater. This means that one ticket gives access to both performances, which are separated by a short break.