Raisins in the Audience Dough: Second Movement
20–23 Jan 2022
10am–7pm
Various Locations
Free. Fully Registered
In conjunction with our special exhibition Nam June Paik: The Future Is Now, the second movement of this three-part project will see artists Lynn Lu and Melinda Lauw present an in situ, participatory performance within the Gallery’s public spaces. 56 participants will be individually guided through a series of sequences designed by the artists. This movement draws from scores Paik wrote specifically for long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman, and their shared interest in inclusivity and encouraging audiences’ active participation. It also references Paik’s prophetic conflations of tech and the body, and signature “salt and pepper” strategy of injecting a surprise into the otherwise banal.
Lynn Lu is a Singaporean artist, educator, and curator based between London and Singapore. Her multidisciplinary practice revolves around participation and collaboration, context, site specificity, and the poetics of absurdity. Lu exhibits, performs, and lectures extensively throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Recent showcases of her work include Palais de Tokyo, The Barbican, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate Modern, Science Gallery London to name a few. She trained at Carnegie Mellon University, San Francisco Art Institute and Musashino Art University in Tokyo, and holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle in Australia.
Melinda Lauw is an artist, experience designer, and performance creator based between Singapore and New York. She is the co-creator of Whisperlodge, an immersive theatre production that focuses on the pleasant tingling sensation one feels in response to certain audio-visual stimuli—also known as ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)—in live, one-to-one environments. Since its creation in 2016, Whisperlodge has been mounted 15 times in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and featured on Netflix, PBS and in The New York Times. Lauw received her BA in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she specialised in constructed textiles, and her MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York. With her expertise in immersive entertainment and wellness, Lauw has created experiences for the Museum of Ice Cream, Audible, Refinery 29 and Marriott Hotel Group. Her work has recently been showcased at ArkDes in Stockholm and the National Museum of Singapore.
