Exquisite Monster is a collective consisting of visual artist Jo Ho, dramaturg Thong Pei Qin and performance maker Pat Toh.
The collective formed from the desire to collaborate on a process-driven devising method, beginning with the artists’ reflection of their own practice as creators which then expands to include invited audience’s experiences. Exquisite Monster is interested in the relationship between creator and creation across multiple and diverse perspectives. It is a generative space where individuals interrogate their personal creative practices and the vulnerability of being a creator, and collaborate on a working model that subverts the hierarchy of artistic power dynamics in group production. Furthermore, this project explores the effects of blurring the boundaries between personal and fictional stories to kaleidoscope their intersections into a collective narrative.
A reflexive, cross-disciplinary devising process using themes of conception and femaleness inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. By channeling bodies and digital technology as mediums for storytelling, the artists destabilize the notion that a singular body is the unitary model that excludes all others in its vision. Exquisite Monster can take the form of a mixed-format participatory presentation in an open studio that encompasses elements of documentary-making, art-performance, and interviews to expose the anatomy of making.
Incubation to the project supported by 136 GOETHE LAB, Singapore.
The collective formed from the desire to collaborate on a process-driven devising method, beginning with the artists’ reflection of their own practice as creators which then expands to include invited audience’s experiences. Exquisite Monster is interested in the relationship between creator and creation across multiple and diverse perspectives. It is a generative space where individuals interrogate their personal creative practices and the vulnerability of being a creator, and collaborate on a working model that subverts the hierarchy of artistic power dynamics in group production. Furthermore, this project explores the effects of blurring the boundaries between personal and fictional stories to kaleidoscope their intersections into a collective narrative.
A reflexive, cross-disciplinary devising process using themes of conception and femaleness inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. By channeling bodies and digital technology as mediums for storytelling, the artists destabilize the notion that a singular body is the unitary model that excludes all others in its vision. Exquisite Monster can take the form of a mixed-format participatory presentation in an open studio that encompasses elements of documentary-making, art-performance, and interviews to expose the anatomy of making.
Incubation to the project supported by 136 GOETHE LAB, Singapore.
