Torch the Place: Shedding the Dead Weight
about 51 months ago (02/26/2020)
Torch the Place: Shedding the Dead Weight | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Jeff Busby February 27, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (800 words, 5-minute read) The first thing one sees upon entering the Fairfax Studio in Arts Centre Melbourne for Torch the Place is a huge mountain covered in cloth, and an old piano. The dutiful eldest daughter in a Chinese Australian family plays a note on the ivories, and the large expanse of cloth is pulled away in seconds, revealing a cocoon of old furniture arranged like a forgotten game of Tetris. One swoons, impressed by the slick, yet simple, act.