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BE A BEAUTIFUL
FORCE TOGETHER
HESSELHOLDT & MEJLVANG
Locals are invited to contribute their personal textiles at a CO-EX workshop, each carrying its own memories and stories. These textiles are transformed into large-scale banners for a participatory performance at Hin Bus Depot and an exhibition at ChinaHouse. Through movement, music, and collective action, the work celebrates diversity, communal identity, and the creative energy that emerges when people come together to co-create.
Teenagers Eating
Ice Cream Cones
MOLLY HASLUND
In this intimate, choreographed encounter, teenagers gather silently at Hin Bus Depot in Penang and Ilham Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, sharing ice cream together. By presenting the work in two distinct cultural sites, the performance offers different perspectives on what can be considered a museum or cultural space. Through subtle gestures and fleeting movements, Haslund explores notions of belonging, exclusion, and social hierarchies within public spaces, highlighting the delicate dynamics of communal interaction.
F R O N T
CHRISTIAN FALSNAES
Audiences become collaborators in this participatory performance at Cheah Kongsi, collectively building, dismantling, parading, and reconstructing a large-scale wooden structure. Under Falsnaes’ direction, these acts of creation and destruction unfold as a shared ritual, exploring social roles and power dynamics. The performance is part of the closing programme of the George Town Literary Festival, and the resulting sculptural installation will be exhibited at the Penang Institute.
CONVERSATIONS
WITH ARTISTS
Conversation with Christian Falsnaes,
Hesselholdt & Meljvang and Vanini Belarmino.
Moderated by Gareth Richards
As part of In Situ: Performance as Exhibition, artists Christian Falsnaes and Hesselholdt & Mejlvang join curator Vanini Belarmino in conversation about performance practice and public participation. Moderated by Gareth Richards, the discussion explores how their works invite audiences to become active collaborators, shaping the exhibition through shared action and dialogue.