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Ting Shuo residency and tour, Taiwan 2025
Developing a new live performance setup for DSLB was my focus of our eight-week residency at Ting Shuo in Tainan.
The local environment became a rich source of found objects, field recordings and many hours of experimentation. New ideas were explored through improvised solo performances and collaborations across Taiwan before being shared in the final artist talk at Ting Shuo.
DSLB in performance during artist talk, Ting Shuo residency, Tainan. Photo credit: Nigel BrownDSLB and vma in performance during artist talk, Ting Shuo residency, Tainan. Photo credit: Nigel BrownDSLB in performance Jiangshan Art Cafe, HsinchuExperimenting with hand-held fans at Ting Shuoprocess notes at Ting Shuo week 1
Drawing
Drawing also became a feature of the residency – both diary sketches and drawing of performers in the dark. In our final artist talk, I created an opportunity for the audience to participate in some of the drawing practices I use in my work.
Here are some selected images. For a full set of residency images visit Picture this.
Reaching for new brushes, calligraphy shop, TainanThe magic of Yū, Butoh performance, Oh Room, TainanXiao Liu playing saxophone at Interface 22, Taichung.Taking out the rubbish, TainanOonie with accordions in each hand, Cochlea gig, Tainan.Catching the train to a show in Taichung.Kaiyu Lin from Spectral Pulse working with mushroom in a plasma jar during a performance in Hsinchu.Chang Deng-Yao playing at Jiangshan Art Cafe, Hsinchuv.m.a performing at Jiangshan Art Cafe, 2025