Heidrun Lohr
xhe
In xhe Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu explore how a singular body might already be an expression of multiplicity, whereby One is always already Other and Many.
xhe is not a he, not a she, not an it. Pronounced “zhee” or like “j’y” in French, xhe is the
pronoun for the possible, the queer or the multiple, a figure that moves between a Square and an Octopus.
The durational performance is a choreographic mash-up of different forms – part installation, part dance, part concert – bringing different international artists together in search for this elusive figure.
As we spend time together, we hope to summon, to discover, to receive, even to become xhe.
Reviews
“Stepping into the fantasy of Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu’s xhe beholds an immediate amplification of the senses. Their world borders between the vicissitudes of childlike fragility and maximal emotion, one where you can’t – even for a second – look away…In its five-hour span, xhe revealed itself as a momentary utopia where both performers and audience members decide into ongoing project with one another, a shared future of becoming.”
~ peril.com.Au
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da:ns festival 2018,
Esplanade Annexe Studio, Singapore
12 OCT 2018 7PM—12MN
14 OCT 2018 2PM—7PM
Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art,
Carriageworks, Sydney
19 OCT 2018 6:30PM—11:30PM
21 OCT 2018 2PM—7PM
More information including audience tips: https://xhe.persona.co
CREDIT
CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY
Daniel Kok
VISUAL ART & DESIGN
Miho Shimizu
PERFORMANCE
Daniel Kok,
Karol Tyminski,
Chloe Chotrani
MUSIC
Filastine & Nova
GRAPHICS & WEB DESIGN
Currency
TEXTILES
Viktoria-Helena Binger,
Margaux Gilbert
DRAMATURGY
Lilia Mestre
DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY
Ryuichiro Suzuki
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
Yap Seok Hui (ARTFACTORY)
PRODUCTION
Goh Ching Lee, Hoo Kuan Cien,
James Tay (CultureLink Singapore)
Co-commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and Performance Space with the Naomi Milgrom Foundation (Australia)
Supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore), The Japan Foundation Asia Center and Kinosaki International Arts Center (Japan)
Productions on Tour
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