“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.This piece is a love sensuous letter to black queer erotic consciousness.

This version rework for IPAF without video nor mapped visuals, brings a neon green scenographic space with an ultraviolet light glitch concentrated immersing space with an assemblage of two poles; offering a heightened physicality of the performative with an abundant hypererotic descent into the sensuous vibrational frequencies of obsidian and rose quartz stones emanating from the neon altar. 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.

The piece will be presented at Huset Teater as part of the international performance art festival IPAF within the theme “managing discomfort” curated by warehouse, Toaster cph and Live Art Denmark between the 14 and 15th March 2024
https://www.husetsteater.dk/obsidiana-estrange-erotica-ultraviolata-an-ambulance-to-the-future/

Credits:
Concept, development, artistic direction, performance, & choreography: Sall Lam Toro

Co-development, co-performance, & co-choreography: Suziethecockroach

Choreography consultant & assistance: Tabatha Araujo

Sound remixing with djing: Suziethecockroach

Sculpture work: Sall Lam Toro

Scenography and light design: Bella Jensen and Sall Lam Toro

Styling: Sall Lam Toro and Suziethecockroach