Project "BEYOND THE SHORE" — A SEA-BASED ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Hong Kong is a metropolis; Hong Kong is a metropolitan city by the sea.
“Beyond the shore” is an ongoing oceanic artistic research that delves into the realm of sea myths and legends, livelihoods from ancient times and speculative futures. Focusing on Inter-Asian maritime histories and feminist mythologies, this project reconnects people from in-land to sea civilisation through research, public sharing, and performances, which invites alternative modes of thinking from a land-based to a sea-based perspective. The work also works from a relational approach between various cultures across geographical locations.
This research is initiated by artist Alysa Leung, scholar Dr. Evelyn Wan, and filmmaker Anson Sham. In different editions of the research and performance, we collaborate with other artists and creative partners.
“Beyond the Shore" (Peng Chau version) connects mythology, history, and gender through an interactive performance, and invites the audience members to embark on a journey of self-reflection. We explored the relationship with the sea between islanders and non-islanders through a series of local interviews.
"Beyond the Shore" is a site-specific performance happening in Itoshima (JP). It engages with the power of myth, history and gender through a post-human ritual, offering a tribute to unspoken ocean legends.
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Through a dual-channel video installation and a live lecture performance, we reinvestigate Hong Kong's coastal histories and role as a port city in the colonial era. This work takes on an ocean-centric/ archipelagic perspective that focuses on diasporic identities in the South China Sea.
