Digging a Glittery Grave is a three-hour open performance installation, in which the audience is invited to take part as co-creators. The performers Beck Heiberg and Charlie Laban Trier perform mourning rituals by continuously (re)constructing the stage with materials and objects connoting an aesthetic of cuteness. With this aesthetic, the performance constitutes the artists’ proposed non-conformity in relation to a cis-gendered understanding of grief, shamelessly insisting on existing with and unfolding its own queer worlds and codes. The performance deals with issues of representation, visibility and memories of transgender lives. Without words, but through action and soundscapes, the performers enter into a unique contract with their audience in the affective work of mourning. They thereby present the forgotten, unlived and misunderstood realities of trans life –­ but also evoke the resilience, joy and beauty of living as trans.
The public is invited to watch, record and broadcast live from the installation using a specially designed face filter on Instagram@diggingaglitterygrave, and on the website diggingaglitterygrave.com. 

Beck Heiberg (he/him) is a choreographer and performer who holds a BA in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Copenhagen.
www.beckheiberg.com

Charlie Laban Trier (he/him) is a choreographer and performer. He holds a BA in choreography from SNDO – the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands.