Why is the River Laughing?
Tokyo Biennale 2023 | Bangkok Design Week 2023
A dive into urban histories, communities, and ecologies, to explore the importance of local waterways in Tokyo and Bangkok. The project has Exhibition, Workshop, and Performance programs, with local and international artists, researchers, students, community members, and public participants.
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Super White
Bangkok, Thailand | Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival 2023
A precursor and creative development for “Why is the River Laughing?” Using an extra-large ‘floater’ tire from a palm tree plantation as a conceptual apparatus for exploring embedded connections between the body, urban infrastructure, and eco-social collapse.
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Closer Distancing
Nan, Thailand | Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2021-2022
A performance art project with 5 Artists exploring possibilities of exchange between Thailand and the UK under the conditions imposed by Covid-19. Supported by Connections through Culture (British Council), and the Belfast International Festival of Performance Art (BIFPA).
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Buffalo Field
Bangkok, Thailand, 2017-2019
A performing arts festival focussing on site-specificity, socially engaged practice, and community development in the historic Old Town area of Nang Loeng, Bangkok. In collaboration with Openspace and the E-Lerng Artist Group, with local and international artists and design researchers.
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{ idiom }
Tokyo, Japan, 1996 to the present (ongoing)
A poetic foray into Japanese urbanism and education, using a decayed examination practice paper from 1975, found on the rooftop of Tokyo’s iconic Aoyama Dōjunkai apartments, a crumbling pre-war housing block on the famous Omotesando fashion strip in Harajuku.
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Species Hotel
Tasmania, Australia, 2017
A multi-faceted project exploring biodiversity and native habitat restoration in the Tasmanian Midlands, including a Game Lab at Junction Arts Festival, promoting public awareness and community participation, in collaboration with students, ecologists, and technology educators.
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5FootWay
Australia / Indonesia, 2014-2016
A journey into DIY science fiction, with participatory food performance, dance, video art, and live links between Australia and Indonesia. A collaboration with Javanese dancer/choreographer Agung Gunawan, developed through an Asialink Arts Residency hosted by Wayang Ukur in Yogyakarta.
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Melaka Art & Performance Festival
Melaka, Malaysia / various projects - 2009, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021
For more than a decade, MAP Fest has been an important pilgrimage for over 400 artists from all around the world (now virtually during COVID-19), with its unique approach to site-specific performance, authentic movement, cross-cultural collaboration and creative development.
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Senselab | Immediations
Montreal, Canada / various projects - 2013-2015
Post-Doctoral Research in the Senselab at Concordia University, exploring relational aesthetics, process philosophy, and collective techniques for co-creation, including media performance projects using geo-locative interfaces and mobile devices.
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You treat the furniture like part of me
New Zealand, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Indonesia
/ various projects - 1998-2014
A long series of work exploring the strange relations of performing bodies, built environments, and everyday objects, as affective intercessors in states of abandon. Including projects from around the world, intersecting through chairs, mattresses and so on, with a PhD thesis along the way.
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Grobak Padi | TransGrobak
Australia / Indonesia, 2010-2013
A cultural fusion of food, dance, and video art, with a flotilla of street food carts from Yogyakarta, including presentations at the Jogja National Museum, Melbourne Festival, and the International Symposium on Electronic Art (Sydney).
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Diep Salute
South Africa, 2009
A documentary showcasing Hip hop MCs and dancers in one of Johannesburg’s most infamous squatter settlements, Diepsloot. A compelling example of grassroots cultural activism, where young people express themselves as a matter of survival, in the face of poverty and the impact of HIV/Aids.