OFFERING 3: ahma’s mask (life∼death∼life) - Cycle 2

Sharing more beautiful images of Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊

OFFERING 3: ahma’s mask (life∼death∼life), performances in the exhibition •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~•. Cycle 1 took place over the opening weekend of Glasgow International.

Announcing the second cycle of performances which will happen over this, the last, weekend of Glasgow International. The second cycle features multiple dancers, with a new, dramatic soundscape by Flora Yin Wong and choreography by Aniela Piasecka.

The choreography follows the narrative of Song’s ancestor tua mak who drowned at sea in 1950s Singapore. Beginning underwater, tua mak’s sunken body fragments and disperses as it feeds innumerable others. A multiplicity of life bursts forth from the singularity of death. Sound and movement shift this dissolution upward, as water evaporates to sky and the bodily becomes meteorological, then spiritual.

Both performative cycles feature drifting ancestral clouds embodied by the artist and family members. The Song family will provide live instrumentation to the dancers movements, as the performance unfolds within •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~•.

Cycle 2: Sat 20 June, 3pm // Sun 21, 3pm Tramway T2, Glasgow Free unticketed

OFFERING 3: ahma’s mask (life∼death∼life) is curated and commissioned by Tramway for Glasgow International. The exhibition •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• is a co-commission with FACT Liverpool and Film and Video Umbrella with support from University of Glasgow and Creative Fuse. Supported by Creative Scotland and Henry Moore Foundation.

Artists and collaborators include Rae-Yen Song, Flora Yin Wong, Aniela Piasecka, Kirstin Alex Hal, Michael Barr. Photos of Cycle 1 by Tiu Makkonen.