Tell me your story in this room / One-to-one (On-going)
Through poetic manipulation of languages, the intimate interaction between the performer and audience construct a novel and safe space, allowing us to fully recognise one as a unique individual.
This is a study to see what languages do to us. This is an investigation on how to be free from ourselves. This is an on-going trial to eliminate discrimination.
Thousand Papers 千紙
Exhibition and Durational Performance
Next Edition is on 9 October 2021:
Goldsmiths CCA, London
In response to Eugenio Dittborn’s exhibition Airmail Paintings
Tell us your stories, hopes and dreams. So then we can build the Senbazuru of ours.
也許故事從未結束，暫此封印在千鶴內。
The other day, we were randomly doing origami cranes with waste paper of junk mails. We discussed how we do it differently and suddenly started to question about how this Japanese art is such a crucial part of our childhood memory. We then started to collect stories from our friends and families, and imagine what if we carry all these stories with our bodies, and fold them all in into a Senbazuru, installation of a thousand paper cranes, each representing a part of our contemporary community.
We believe that art is connected to audiences’ everyday lives. Regardless of differences in ideology, language, and culture, humans share many physical and emotional realities, such as birth, death, love, hate, desire, anger, etc., as well as the forces of politics, religion, and the passing of time.
Derived from the concept of community sculpture building, movement practices and East Asian traditions. ShumGhostJohn invites you to be part of this durational performance and installation. Together, we write, sing, dance, celebrate and make origami...
Our performance disappears over time but the memory stays, manifested by the sculpture. This is about celebrating our happiness, sadness, hopes, dreams and love.
Thanks for submitting!
Featured articles:
'Aberfeldy Street celebrates Poplarism with art installation'
by Ruby Flanagan, Poplar LDN on 2 May 2021
Whitechapel Gallery First Thursday (Mention)
6 May 2021
https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/about/blog/first-thursdays-may-2021/
Next Edition:
9 October 2021:
Goldsmiths CCA, London
In response to Eugenio Dittborn’s exhibition Airmail Paintings
Book your ticket now:
15 July 2021
12-8pm: Durational performance
Derby Theatre
Departure Lounge with In Good Company
Interactive exhibition continue until 17 July
12 June 2021
12-6pm
St. Stephen Green, Bow, London
Outdoor Performance
With “Encounter Bow”, Chisenhale Dance Space
28 April - 6 May 2021
Fitzrovia Noir, 48 Aberfeldy Street, London, E14 0NU
Exhibition and Durational Performance
With Poplar Union, Finborough Theatre and Whitechapel Gallery
20 February 2021
4-6pm
Online version with
Welcome to My Crying Party
27 November 2020
12-5:30pm
Contact, Manchester
More details here
(Cancelled due to COVID)
2 May 2020
9am-5pm
Chisenhale Dance Space, London
As part of Open Weekend
(Cancelled due to COVID-19)
6 December 2019
9am - 5pm
Octagon, Queen Mary University of London
22 November 2019
11am-5pm
Goldsmiths, University of London
12 October 2019
3-9 pm
EG-1 Project Space, Bow Arts Centre, London
Part of "Be Water!"
This performance is on-going research on how to create a space for appreciating and celebrating the difference between individuals by reading and embodying the stories one by one through movement and origami. They value the participation of every audience member and hence emphasize the importance of acting collectively, at the same questioning their troubled cultural identity and linking it to the greater discourse of history.
To know more about this performance, please do not hesitate to contact us through shumghostjohn@gmail.com
