‘to be possessed’’ is a physical and sonic performance that exposes aspects of a heterogeneous DIY archive of “possessed” women from different contexts. Through a deconstructed stage ritual, Kotsali attempts to animate each of the documents she encounters, calling upon them to reveal their shattering and subversive nature. ‘to be possessed’ unfolds a genealogy of bodies that testify to the impossibility of a perfect solitude, revealing that discourse and writing, deed and conscience, the immaterial and material world are haunted by pre-existing voices as well as those yet to be born.
to be possessed at Roma Europa
Roma, Italy Book nowChara Kotsali is performing ‘to be possessed’ at Roma Europa festival on 18 October 2024.