For the first time, Performance Space's beloved Queer Development Program has gone international, welcoming artists from across Australia and the Asia Pacific to come together to develop their creative skills, performance ideas and industry connections.
To celebrate we're hosting a free panel discussion where audiences can join PSpace Artistic Director Kate Britton and three dynamic Taiwanese creatives in conversation on the value of international artistic exchange and PSpace's past and future work in Taiwan.
Ahead of the panel we sat down with PinWen whose work explores feminism, gender identity and gender justice.
Tell us about your artistic practice?
可以和我們分享一下你的藝術創作實踐嗎？ Or 可以介紹一下你的創作，以及平時的創作方式嗎？
I have always been interested in feminisms from all directions. Try not only to reflect feminist thinking in my artistic practice, but also to find ways of practicing feminism through my production process and daily life. My concern about gender diversity and gender justice. Hope my work can support people who are still wandering around different spectrums of identity feel that they are not alone. Usually, I spend a long time collecting, researching, and staying open. This process support me shape an unshakable motivation, commit myself get ready to working on a long-term goal with a project. In recent years, I have become more aware of my own mental health, and embody the idea of consent into my artistic practice.
What work will you be developing at the Queer Development Program Lab?
你這次將在 Queer Development Program Lab 發展什麼樣的作品？
The work FIRST SON is about how I embody my gender identity within my family. I was born in 1985 -the Year of the Rat. Now i am 42 and still exploring my trans masculinity. Because I am the only child in my family, It seem to be allowed to perform between expressions of the gender binary. I want to revisit and share these moments that overflow the gender norms and have been acquiescence.
What are you most excited about for your time in Australia?
這次來到澳洲，你最期待的是什麼？
I hope to be moved, and to move others. I wish to find the strength to move forward into the next chapter of my second half of life. This is my first residency with another artist from Taiwan. I'm looking forward to witnessing the magic moment with Han. Looking forward to enjoying the feeling of being supported with QDP.
Be kind. Learn and practice liquid relationships - giving, and also receiving. I wanna bring what I learn back home and share with my people, so these experiences can continue to passed on through community connections.
