Category: Ritual
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Terra Multorum – Land of the Many
Terra Multorum – Land of the Many is a site-specific performance installation which recognizes the many species who inhabit an area. “Terra Multorum” is a response to the term “Terra Nullius” which means “No Man’s Land.” The idea that the land does not belong to or is inhabited by anyone was and is still used…
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Saa by som borger, Saa by som art
Saa by som borger, Saa by som art – The city as citizen, the city as species – is a four hour long performance ritual paying tribute to the diversity of life. Researchers are talking about a biodiversity crisis and a sixth mass extinction, where the extinction of species is happening 10,000 times faster than…
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Becoming Species
Becoming Species is a performance climate activist group focusing on the survival of species and biodiversity. We connect with and move towards understanding different species by becoming and in this way amplifying the voices of a multitude of life. Becoming Species is part of the global movement Extinction Rebellion and uses non-violent direct action and…
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Arternes Ritual
Arternes Ritual or Species Ritual is a combined workshop and performance format developed with visual artist Phuc Van Dang. We invite kids, young and adults to paint local endangered species melted together with a human feature to show the interconnectedness between humans and other species. The visuals are painted on a cloth which I perform…
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Kultippen – Terra Multorum
Performance ritual honoring the species of Bornholm. By sunset at Kultippen during Bornholms Kulturuge 2024. Honoring endangered and rare species of Bornholm. Painted species on stones. Dancing between the stones. Stones placed in the cracks of the landscape, marking a route through the landscape. Guests followed the route with me and the different species we…
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Refshaleøen – Terra Multorum
Performance ritual for the species inhabiting Refshaleøen. Circle of gathering and circle of stones with species names written on them. Poetic recitation of the common, rare, endangered, and extinct species. Together, we chanted Terra Multorum – Land of the Many and made howls in the direction of Lynetteholmen, a big artificial island that is under…
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Stien til Sydbjerget – Terra Multorum
Terra Multorum – Land of the Many pays tribute to the many species in the area of Sydhavnstippen. I have written their names on the concrete stones. 37 common species in the outer circle, 12 rare species in the middle circle and 8 endangered species in the inner circle. I honor species like the Great…
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Initiation ritual as brown long-eared bat ambassador
In autumn 2023, I was appointed ambassador of brown long-eared bat by the Embassy of Species Copenhagen. Several ambassadors were present including ambassador of the great newt, parrot waxcap, seabuckthorn and common whitethroat. For my initiation, I made a ritual where I drew imagined sound pulses of bats on the hand palms of the people…
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Kalkland – Terra Multorum
Terra Multorum – Land of the Many was developed during Performing Landscapes residency 2023 and performed along with five others performance artists and visual artists who also worked and performed in the landscape under the common theme “Kalkland.” Each artist worked on a specific site. I chose the open landscape in the chalk pit with…
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24 hours ritual Trekløft-alanten
24 hours ritual from sunset to sunset. Locals and international guests moved soil by bike as part of the ritual. This happened in the context of IETM 2023 – an international network for contemporary performing arts. Together, we created a nature zone at the Town Hall Square in honor of the plant species “Trekløft-alanten” /…
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Fire and Twirly Mist
Fire and Twirly Mist is a sound and performance duo of musician Mikkel Feierskov and dancer Linh Le. The duo works with found objects in different landscapes. Performance tour along the beacons on the west coast of Jutland paying tribute to the wind and the poem of Johannes V. Jensen “Den Jydske Blæst.” Project supported…
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The Oracle
Performance with MANA:GROUP investigating symbols and rituals of truths and meaning through various divination methods. Showing at Illutron and final performance at Vox, Teaterhuset (2021). Supported by Københavns Kommune Scenekunstudvalg.
Linh Le 