by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Drawing on the Irish/Celtic myth of the banshee, a female figure of the Otherworld who announces death, this work unfolds as a vocal soundscape of lament and mourning, performed alongside a slow walk from public space to the top floor of a building. The piece situates...
by leo necroaesthete | Dec 23, 2025
The performance is the third part of the research project “Rite of Passage: The Graduation Ceremony, The Crowning, or The be_coming.” Drawing on elements of the acceptance of royal duty, coronation, political rallies, and quinceañeras, leo delivered a speech during...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Shaped after the first Brazilian crown (D. Pedro I’s), this knock-off jewel of aged, twisted chicken wire covered in resin and braided with Turkish yarn was developed for Rite of Passage, leo’s graduation project. This performative object is worn during The be_coming...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
Andromeda is an installation developed as part of Rites of Passage with a paper dress composed of xeroxed texts treated with Brazilian coffee. The work functioned as both an independent piece and a scenographic frame for a live performance, situating material...
by thomas@thomasbech.dk | Nov 13, 2025
A book club meeting hosted by leo. The hostess speaks a text that adapts a literary trope to question power relations inscribed in literacy. Reading from a book, leo explains the “Talking Book” trope as developed by Henry Louis Gates Jr., and uses “Yo’ Mama” jokes to...