dispel (2026)

dispel is a sonically animated text-based work-in-progress performance piece. Two Black queer oracle personae work at a fictitious company called Nordic Melancholy where they are tasked with conjuring curses and prophecies for a living directed toward the Danish psyche. Yet, the oracles are tricked by their own gifts as their oracular power undoes itself through futures that refuse to be known. The performance personae are played by the long-time Copenhagen-based collaborator duo body_hacker (Sall Lam Toro) and suziethecockroach (Alma Silva), who bring humour, intensity, subversive wordplay, and otherworldly mystery to the writing of these texts accompanied by Asta Norborg’s soundscape compositions.

The performance will take place at the cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland on the 9th July 2026

Credits:

body_hacker - creator, co-writer, co-performer

suziethecockroach - co-writer, co-performer

Asta Norborg - sound composition 

Osman Farrah - costume making 

Nina Cramer - review

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The piece was awarded a production grant from the Danish Art Foundation.