Sisters Academy – The Boarding School

Sisters Academy – The Boarding School

Curated by Sisters’ Hope by Gry Worre Hallberg

During this experience, the audience participates as if they were students of the sensory academy, living for at least 24 hours within the artistic manifestation
Upon arrival, participants receive uniforms and take part in an initiation performance that introduces them to a poetic and sensory environment. During their stay, students live, eat, sleep, and interact with the performative staff, exploring the possibilities of a world based on poetic and sensory principles

The performance, which will run continuously for an entire month, focuses on the concept of “Inhabitation,” a practice that invites participants to fully immerse themselves in an alternative artistic reality, rediscover ecological connections, and imagine sustainable futures. Sisters Academy creates an immersive and transformative experience for visitors, exploring a “Sensuous Society” based on poetic principles, offering a sustainable and sensitive alternative to the current social, economic, and ecological order

The project addresses the ecological, social, and economic crisis through a radical and engaging artistic approach, democratizing aesthetics and offering a tangible alternative to the existing social order. The performance encourages the audience to live and inhabit a work of art, stimulating new perspectives on our relationship with the world and with others

Activities within the school will include rituals, performative exercises, and collective experiences to stimulate critical thinking and a new sensory awareness throughout the month

Meet the artists:

Sisters Hope is a Copenhagen-based performance collective, internationally acclaimed and considered one of the most innovative entities in the contemporary art scene. Founded in 2007 by Gry Worre Hallberg and Anna Lawaetz and artistically developed by Hallberg since 2014, the group explores the concept of Sensuous Society, a new perspective on the world born from ecological and economic crises. Through immersive and long-duration performances, Sisters Hope proposes a radical artistic model called Inhabitation, in which the audience does not merely observe or temporarily participate but lives and inhabits the work of art

Led by artistic director and founder Gry Worre Hallberg, executive director Nikolaj Friis Rasmussen, and performer Ingrid Långström Einarsson, the collective brings together an international team of creatives and performers from various disciplines

Gry Worre Hallberg is the creative heart of Sisters Hope, having conceived The Sensuous Society manifesto in 2008 and developed the group's performative method and poetic universe. With a PhD in Sensuous Society from the University of Copenhagen, Hallberg is an internationally renowned speaker, mentor, and author of academic articles. She has delivered two TEDx Talks and received accolades, including the Artists Appreciation Award (2024)

Nikolaj Friis Rasmussen, executive director since 2021, has extensive managerial and curatorial experience, gained in Danish and international cultural institutions. With a master’s degree in Performance Design and advanced training at the Getty Leadership Institute, he strategically leads the collective with vision

Ingrid Långström Einarsson, performer and performative assistant, has been a key presence since 2017. Trained at the Malmö Theatre Academy, she integrates her poetic and performative sensitivity into Sisters Hope’s universe, contributing her creative talent and dedication to the collective’s immersive experiences