It was Yi-Chin and Kuan-Jou's attempt to understand women from different generations. With a background in performing arts and choreography, they designed workshops in which participants could share their perspectives and experiences as women between the 1960s and the 1990s.
Ｗe saw the process of gradually gaining trust and opening up deep conversations about the participants' context in which the society's expectations were influenced by Taiwanese cultural stereotypes of women portraying perfect wives.
The choreography and poses were designed to increase the participants' sense of power through the movement and the body.
The word cards set introduced participants to gender terminologies and meanings.
How did they make sense of this variety, and did this term exist in their context?
The costume, cosplay, and avatar were tools for them to express different identities and reclaim their power.
I am curious about how the participants felt after performing as artists and what they took away from it.
I was interested to see how artists approached this project with people from various cultural backgrounds, where religion also created gender hierarchy and how they engaged in and advocated for a sense of equality in those situations.
I was also excited to see more participants exchange dialogues, co-created movements, and choreographed.
The movements that emerge from within, in which artists support and open new doors for them.
Henry
June 7, 2021
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