This residency marked the beginning of the artistic research of ENTANGLED, a new performance-installation by BEYOND DARKNESS which explores the subterranean world of darkness, the hidden lives of its microorganisms and the interconnectedness of the lives above and below ground through olfaction, memory and movement.

Here, we focused on choreographing from various scents to arouse imagery and memories, enlivening them through movement. The core investigation was centred around respiration, slowness and organic matter.

Breathing and olfaction bridge the outside with the inside and inversely; likewise, slowness, inspired by the pace of mycelial growth, brings us closer to the experience of other-than human organisms who impact our lives substantially without our conscious attention.