A reflexive, cross-disciplinary experimental lab using themes of conception and femaleness inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The project by Pat Toh, Jo Ho and Thong Pei Qin is a process-driven devising method, beginning with the artists’ reflection of their own practice as creators which then expands to include invited audience’s experiences. Exquisite Monster is interested in the relationship between creator and creation across multiple and diverse perspectives. It is a generative space where individuals interrogate their personal creative practices and the vulnerability of being a creator, and collaborate on a working model that subverts the hierarchy of artistic power dynamics in group production. Furthermore, this project explores the effects of blurring the boundaries between personal and fictional stories to kaleidoscope their intersections into a collective narrative.
By channeling bodies and digital technology as mediums for storytelling, the artists transform 136 Goethe Lab into an incubation space to destabilize the notion that a singular body is the unitary model that excludes all others in its vision. Exquisite Monster can take the form of a mixed-format participatory presentation in an open studio that encompasses elements of documentary-making, art-performance, and interviews to expose the anatomy of making.
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Exquisite Monster at Starch
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