PEARLS
In their artistic exploration, Joshua Serafin deals with the social, psychological and physical fractures caused by colonialism and imperialism. For the work “PEARLS”, the multi-media artist gets their inspiration by the nonnormative genders celebrated in the precolonial Philippines. Together with the artists Lukresia Quismundo and Bunny Cadag, Serafin sheds the imposed gender binary they have inherited from colonial culture and goes in search of the spiritual roots of Philippine society. With a look to colonial history, the three performers negotiate their diverse gender existence as an idea about an alternative blueprint for the future. “PEARLS” thus becomes a healing exercise that offers space for experiences of queer, transgender people of color and is able to transform painful, dark histories into something beautiful. Similar to pearls, which are formed from shells by abrasive particles. “PEARLS” is last part of the trilogy “Cosmological Gangbang”.
Credits
- Production of Joshua Serafin
- Concept Joshua Serafin
- Performance Joshua Serafin, Quismundo & Bunny Cadag
- Sound Pablo Esbert Lilienfeld
- Scenography Riccardo Vecchiarelli
- Lighting Ryoya Fudetani
- Costumes Katrien Baetslé
- Video Federico Vladimir Strate Pezdirc
- Artistieke assistentie Rasa Alksnyte
- Research Jaya Jacobo
- Outside eye Arco Renz
- Coproduction VIERNULVIER (BE), BIT Teatergarasjen (NO), HAU Hebbel Am Ufer (DE), beursschouwburg (BE), STUK (BE), WpZimmer & C-TAKT (BE), Theater Rotterdam (NL)
- Special thanks to Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie
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