POST Nijmegen
Performance Lecture Mel Chan
PERFORMANCE LECTURE MEL CHAN EVER ENDING
Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 63A, Nijmegen
Language: English
Entrance fee: €5 including one beverage
Students: €2.50 including one beverage
(Discountcode: student)
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On Thursday the 26th of September we will be welcoming Mel Chan for a performance lecture with music, hypnosis, video and storytelling. The performance lecture departs from the biblical story of Lot. This is a story about the angelic destruction of a sinful city and the desire to look back, ultimately leading to the transformation of Lot’s wife into a salt pillar. The artist wonders: what was the last thing Lot’s wife saw before she turned into a salt pillar? And why was the image of mass destruction so tempting, that she would risk her life just to take a peek?
During this performance, Chan invites the audience to think, feel and see from the perspective of Lot’s wife – a female figure whose name was taken away and agency denied – and imagine a narrative of resistance, courage and empathy.
Curious? Join us on September 26th at POST in Nijmegen!
Mel Chan (HK/NL)
Born in a former colony of the British Empire (Hong Kong), Mel Chan experienced the paradigm shift from neoliberalism to totalitarianism to ecological crisis. For her, the end of the world is much more than a metaphor; it is actually a painful fact that we must embrace.
In her artistic research, Mel Chan traces the complicated relationships between our dystopian situation and the legacy of (neo)colonialism. Her artistic practice includes participatory performances, hypnotherapy, storytelling, painting and videos. This practice gives people tools to deal with the crisis, recognising the historical context and exploring hope in times of uncertainty.
Mel graduated from the master programme Artistic Research at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) in 2019 and completed Philosophy and Comparative Literature courses at the University of Hong Kong. She has exhibited and performed in various art spaces, such as The Hague (1646, The Grey Space in the Middle, Page Not Found), Rotterdam (Kunstinstituut Melly, V2_, Roodkapje), Amsterdam (De Balie, BigArt, Vrij Paleis), Leiden (ACPA Conference), Tilburg (Kaapstad Art In Public Space Festival) and Scotland (Hospitalfield).