A performance installation, t h e s u b t l e b e i n g s culminates WeiZen’s research journey in Sabah (Borneo Malaysia) and Hanoi (with Vietnamese-Australian artist collaborator/cultural guide, Binh Ta).
She continues dreaming about spontaneous possessions, conversations with bobohizans, Len Dong sorcery dancers and haunting vocals: miniature hair sculptures & reflective motifs installed with the help of William Seeto and a group of volunteers, re-imagined performances, a sculptural costume made by Katja Handt, ephemeral video projections and a short film made with Iqbal Barkat & Vincent Tay.
...i asked the village head, Osewan how the footwork and arm and finger positions were conceived. He turned around to ask his wife in the Rungus language my question. Then he said, "...our ancestors chanced upon these beings in the deep interior of the jungles, and they were moving like so..."
