CHANDRALEKHA GROUP'S "SHARIRA – FIRE / DESIRE" AT REPUBLIC

by Kate Mattingly

Provocative, esoteric, familiar, sensual – some of the words that came to mind watching Chandralekha Group's "Sharira – Fire/desire." These impressions, both contradictory and strong, led to deeper thoughts about appearances, references and cultural exchange.

by Hu Fang

   I was drawn unconsciously into a wonderful place. Room after room emerged from the shadows. Five doors opened in succession, dividing into five different colours, five different worlds. I can still remember today the astonishment that I felt at the time. In the overcast cities in which we live today, it is rare to see such a fantastic scene.

FRAMES AND PERCEPTION, A MEANDERING LOOK AT PERFORMANCE AND LIFE

by Kate Mattingly

Some thoughts about the occasion of a festival and the significance of seeing performances, exhibitions, films and discussions with artists from other places: Well-aware of the impossibility of understanding a culture through a handful of events, I also see the essential nature of these offerings in a time when technology and news media construct the lens through which we perceive countries and cultures.

ABOUT HOW ART CANNOT SAVE WORKERS

by Kate Mattingly

Does globalization create a flattening of identity? How do cultures respond to issues of imitation and authenticity? How is "the local" represented in a global world? How do the arts propagate the self?