Archipelagoing

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Archipelagoing is an Experimental Performative Showcase by Po-Yun Kuo and Momo Ma Pak Yin, concerning individual being and continuous becoming.

The archipelago, as a geographical archetype, is essentially a philosophy of the gap. The defined borders of the islands establish periphery and self-sufficiency, while the surrounding ocean, currents, and tides foreshadow drifting, searching, and inevitable interconnection. This structure is not merely the sum of its islands; it is a dynamic network woven together, emphasizing non-linearity and the generativity of contingent encounters.

This performance translates this geographical tension into an action-based geography, directly confronting an existential tension: when individuals are forcibly aggregated and guided towards specific paths and positions, how can they maintain the autonomy of their internal boundaries? This experiment is a poetic response to demanded collectivity and the homogeneous and monolithic spectacle. It stands in confrontation with the solidification and definition imposed by the centralized grand narrative, aiming to anchor the self’s fluid, polysemic, and perpetually unfixed cultural identity through the body’s micro-deviations.

Artists:
郭柏云 Po-Yun Kuo
馬柏姸 Momo Ma Pak Yin