WHY ARE YOU HERE?

A Guest Curator/lecturer of Choreographies for Phantom Limbs, an elective by Amy Pickles for students at Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (NL)

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As part of the Hybrid Publishing award, Choreographies for Phantom Limbs is initiated by Amy Pickles as a way to continue her project of many voices - and a way to see if working toward types of education is possible. 

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With the intention to expose voices that the students may not be aware of, I curate the session on the topics of freedom of movement, immigration, social inclusion and racial inequality. 

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The class starts with a workshop on body movement inspired by Rory Pilgrim's Techno Angels workshop at Stedelijk Museum. Follow by screenings of Destination Nowhere (2018) and an interview video of two Japanese-Thai girls both produced by a Thai filmmaker, Prapat Jiwa whose films have been screened during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

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