Subbing The Subbing
2016 Made in Bangkok, Thailand
Work format: Video installation (Dimension variable)
Materials: 2 TVs
Introduction:
In Spain, there is a town inhabited by people with the surname Japón, which means Japan in Spanish.
400 years ago a group of Samurai traveled to Europe for some missions.
During their journey, Christianity was prohibited in Japan and some of the Samurais decided to remain to live in Spain to live as Christian. Those named Japón in the Spanish town today are regarded as possible descendants of the Samurai from history.
The work EL JAPONÉS aligns the artist himself as a “Japanese person who just came from Japan” and Mrs. Japón as a “descendant of historically the first migrant from Japan”.
The dialog itself looks like a simple praise of communication but the two juxtaposed "Japanese" people imply and ask different notions such as "nationality", "race" and "immigrant integration".
Special thanks: Mr. and Ms. Japóns whom I met in Coria del Rio
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2022 at Doubutsuen-mae Shopping street, Osaka, Japan / 动物园前商店街（大阪）/ 動物園前商店街（大阪）
Work format: Performance recorded with iphone screen recording / 苹果手机录屏 / iphone画面録画
Materials: tarpaulin / 防水布 / ターポリン(2000 x 3000 mm / 1750 x 1500 mm) , any monitor / 电视监视器 /モニター
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扮裝皇后(Drag Queen)某某，是居住在臺灣的東南亞南島語系族群移民後代。
身為臺灣人，她有著複雜的背景。她的血統來源，座落在印度洋與太平洋之間的島群。
由於她複雜出身的影響，「某某」的格鬥風格涵蓋了由風尚舞(Voguing), 爪哇民間舞蹈與馬來武術錫拉特(Silat)融合出的旋轉與華麗動作。對她/他來說，格鬥比賽亦是表演的地方，可以向觀眾展現她自己。
而知名的「世界格鬥大賽」，便是她讓最多人能注意到並認同她的完美舞台。
角色名字：未知
年齡：30
性別： 跨性別 / 生理男性（但視覺上認不出來）
Drag queen Unknown, the heir to Southeast Asian Austronesian immigrants living in Taiwan, has a complex background as a Taiwanese, with her bloodline coming from islands located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
As a testament to her complex origins, Unknown's fighting style includes spinning and flamboyant movements that incorporate Voguing, Javanese folk dance, and Silat, a Malay martial art. For her/him, a fighting tournament is also a place for performance to show off herself to the audience.
The famous World Fighting Tournament is the perfect stage for her to perform to be recognized and noticed by a huge amount of people.
Name of the character: Unknown
Age: 30
Gender: Transgender / biologically male (Visually unrecognizable)