“xhe”: Caught Between a Square and an Octopus
about 67 months ago (10/18/2018)
"xhe": Caught Between a Square and an Octopus | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Bernie Ng Photo by Bernie Ng, courtesy of Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay October 18, 2018 By Loo Zihan (1460 words, six-minute read) To preface: a statement to disclaim. Artist-choreographer-dancer Daniel Kok and visual artist Miho Shimizu remind the viewer in an artist statement [1] for xhe that any response to the performance is always already inadequate, calling for a critique of spectatorship and gesturing towards the plurality of selves. I caught both performances of xhe on the 12th and the 14th of October, and stayed within the space for as long as I could afford and had capacity for.