Exotic Fruits
2024, MAP Fest, Melaka, Malaysia
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As Westernised children of South-East Asian migrants, we are caught between worlds. Our parents sought to assimilate into their adopted country, rejecting Asian traditions and superstitions for new found freedoms. Yet we long for deeper connection with our lost cultural heritage, beyond an obsession with the exotic.
In this performance we create our own rituals of acceptance and integration, drawing on nostalgic childhood memories of food and festivals, and what Melaka offers to the uninitiated outsider. We explore cross-cultural identities through playful rituals drawing on the absurd as ways to reconnect and converse with our broken lineages, with broken language. Asking ourselves the perplexing question, am I a banana or an egg, or something in between? |
Credits:
Concept, choreography and performance: Lian Loke and Kristina Mah Head dress: Lian Loke and Kristina Mah Photos: Lorris Nguan, Teo Swee An, JK Suah and others |
Photo by Teo Swee An
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Photo by Teo Swee An
Photo by JK Suah
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