River Lin is a an artist and curator working across the fields of performing and visual arts. He was a facilitator during Matt's involvement at YumLab, BrisAsia Festival 2017

 

we talk about:

* growing up in Darwin

* being "Asian"

* what if i was white - song

* the extreme north of Australia

* who are our neighbours

* self identity

* identifying as an asian man

* Taiwan colonisation

* western philosophy

* cultural identity

* 20 dances for the 20th century

* 20 minutes for the 20th century

* 20 minutes for the 20th century BUT asian

* radio excercises 

* monsoon

* asking questions that seem obvious

* Australian's feeling that they are very far away from some undefined thing

* body politics and the politics of nations

* belonging to place/exposure

* asian gay porn vs western gay porn

* matt's project - distributed cultural dance

* being a creator so one can be a curator

 

 

mentioned:

* boris charmatz

* tino sehgal

* pina bausch

* william forsythe

* michael jackson

* Melbourne

* Victorian College of the Arts

* Project Itoh - book

* branch nebular