Bhenji Ra is premiering a show on November 2nd. It is presented by FORM and is one part of a triple bill called Common Anomalies.
“There is a million narratives going on at once, and to consume that every single day and forget that your narrative is also very important but not only that but that your narrative has to be made up from experience and experience doesn’t come from flicking through instagram and wishing or comparing or trying to familiarise or see yourself represented in that. like, fuck representation! it’s such a hard thing, yes we need to see ourselves represented in social media and on TV and in films and cinema but at the end of the day I also wanna see myself represented in the landscape and to see myself in the streets.. you have a community”
Bhenji Ra
“sometimes the voices in your head are not yours, they’re just trauma”
Bhenji Ra
we talk about:
#identity
#survival
#making shows
becoming #clickbait
obscuring #accessibility to #culture, traditional cultures and subcultures
#aesthetic #relevance and references
having #taste
being a #solo practitioner
#instinct
being a lazy walker
#pageantry walking
“I love mirrors” BR
political, cultural and dance theory references coming after ones own movement generation
NRG – show – collaboration with Angela Goh
having a following
not offering any solutions (except for skincare)
being #gentle on yourself, “sometimes the voices in your head are not yours, they’re just trauma” BR
Bhenji’s curating of MCA ARTBAR
carving out bridges for communities to meet e.g. Liverpool, rural Australian-Filipinos and art institutions
#Suffering through #conformity
living up to your #destiny
being #suspicious of what “#Australian” is, and #nationalism and borders
working out how to live together
working through white supremacy the phenomena not personal attacks
there being a lot to talk about
"woke-ness"
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art #Jeepny film
#selfcare in relationship with #socialmedia
a future project about billboards
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mentioned:
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show - common anomalies
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Tikki bars
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frida kahlo biography
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WAAPA
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underbelly
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Quantum Leap
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COFA
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Adelina Larsson
* Martha Graham
* Kier Choreographic Award - an opportunity to make work
