Beyond Darkness
Site-specific Performance

ENTANGLED #3

performed in May 2024

at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen

What lies in the world underground, invisible to the human eye, hidden from human experience, and yet deeply entangled with our own lives?

ENTANGLED #3 brings the choreographic and sonic exploration of the fungal world outdoors, into the living habitat where these hidden organisms exist. By moving through a world of concrete first to reach a hidden meadow and a small forest, the performance invites us to shift our attention towards forms of life that often remain beyond our perception. Fungi emerge not as isolated organisms, but as collaborators, decomposers, communicators, and agents of transformation.

Through the encounter between human bodies, sound, poetry, and the more-than-human world, ENTANGLED #3 explores the boundaries between what can be seen and what must be sensed, imagined, or listened for. It invites us to consider the vast fungal presence that surrounds us: ancient life forms whose spores travel invisibly through the air, whose networks extend beneath the ground, and whose relationships with plants, trees, animals, and humans are fundamental to life on Earth.

Credits

Concept
Beyond Darkness
Choreography
Nadja Mattioli & Cecilie Kjær
Dramaturgy
Nadja Mattioli
Performance
Cecilie Kjær
Performance Guide
Nadja Mattioli
Sound
Eliza Bozek
Text
Nadja Mattioli
Ceramic sculptures
Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Photography
Marine Gastineau