Note: The "Approaching Theatre" is an amalgamation of the Taiwanese and Malaysian roots, founded in 2004 by the Malaysian artist Koh Choon Eiow. "The Seven Silences: Anger," adapted from the "Seven Deadly Sins" by Wong Bik Wan, has been shown in Taiwan(2008, 2017) and Macau(2017). This talk, which is included in the theater's 2017 publication, was conducted between Koh Choon Eiow and Au Sow Yee, who is also a Malaysia artist. The conversation, taken from the varied perspectives such as personal perception and collective memories, is attempted to delve into the two artist's views on nationality and language, society and politics, creations and practices –- hopefully the two's similarities and differences on aesthetic strategies and inner visions are thereby revealed.
Approaching Theatre, The Seven Silences: Anger; photo courtesy of 陳世平 & 窮劇場
Au Sow Yee, The Kris Project; photo courtesy of 林育全 & Au Sow Yee
Ho Theatre, Chronology on Death; ; photo courtesy of 陳藝堂 & 窮劇場
Au Sow Yee; photo courtesy of 林育全
Au Sow Yee, The Kris Project; photo courtesy of 林育全 & Au Sow Yee
Approaching Theatre, Outsider (2017); photo courtesy of 陳藝堂 & 窮劇場