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Choy Ka Fai

CosmicWander: Expedition

Over the past decade, Berlin­based Singaporean artist Choy Ka Fai has delved into the metaphysics of the human body. “CosmicWander” is an ongoing project for which the artist ventured across Asia to study the spiritual practices and shamanic dance cultures of different peoples and communities. On his travels he met over 50 shamans and filmed extraordinary dance rituals and immersive trance experiences. The exhibition “CosmicWander: Expedition” presents his research to date in the form of an immersive installation inspired by the practices he observed in Singapore, Indonesia, Siberia, Taiwan and Vietnam. In meshing new technologies with ancient rituals, Choy interweaves his encounters with “altered states” with personal accounts of spirituality and his own speculations on the post­human body.

Aside from the exhibition “CosmicWander: Expedition”, Tanz im August will present the performance “Postcolonial Spirits” at HAU1  from 12.–15.8.

Download: Exhibition poster Choy Ka Fai | CosmicWander: Expedition

ExhibitionGerman Premiere
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  • Credits

    Supported by: Singapore Art Museum, Taipei Performing Arts Center, tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Nationales Performance Netz (NPN) - Coproduction Fund for Dance by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Germany. The research process is supported by: the National Arts Council of Singapore, Kunststiftung NRW, the VERTIGO project as part of the STARTS program of the European Commission, based on technological elements from Moving Digits. Special thanks to Anisah Aidid, Ray Tseng.

    In cooperation with KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst.

Notes:

This exhibition is not suitable for children below the age of 12.

Past dates

  • German premiere

    Fri 6.8.

    from 12:00 to 20:00

  • Sat 7.8.

    from 12:00 to 20:00

  • Sun 8.8.

    from 12:00 to 20:00

  • Mon 9.8.

    from 12:00 to 20:00

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