Performance, 50 mins Live Works Festival, Centrale Fies Spring Break, Tanzfabrik
in collaboration with Mon Sisu Satrawaha, Mudassir Sheikh
How can Asian bodies imagine new rhythms beyond the flattened notion of “Asianess” in Europe? Through video, sound, and performance, artists* from different Asian countries use the metaphor of cooking—each embodying a selected ingredient—to trace individual and collective stories across national, bodily, and cultural histories. Set within an immersive Asian Wellness Centre, the performance blends critical play and care, navigating themes of migration, memory, and healing. Using the language of New Age wellness, 3 Asian artists interrogate how self-care intersects with colonial legacies, labor, and displacement. Our practice draws from diverse sources—Korean National Gymnastics, spice and pain, politics of rice, Sufi rituals, and family lore—merging them into a dynamic, simmering pot of shared yet distinct rhythms.
