da:ns focus 2024 | PEARLS (4 – 6 Oct 2024)

In their artistic exploration, Joshua Serafin wrestles with the fractures and wounds imprinted by empire on the body, soul, and community. For the work PEARLS, the multi-media artist draws inspiration from nonnormative genders celebrated in precolonial Philippines.

PEARLS is the last part of the trilogy Cosmological Gangbang. Joshua has been touring in Europe in the last year, performing in significant platforms and art centres. They were nominated for 2023 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art in Finland and were officially invited to participate in the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

The Asian premiere of this production is presented as part of da:ns focus – Connect Asia Now (CAN), a weekend that spotlights contemporary dance works by Asian artists focusing on distinct voices and creative impulses from the region.