Come and peek behind the curtains of Ghost and John's "Two Plant Gaysians" as they share top tips in telling queer migrant stories - all levels in performance making welcome.
About their show on 12 Oct 2024 at Pleasance London:
Meet Ghost and John, a romantic and wholesome pair of gay Asians, living a beautiful life in London while nurturing hundreds of houseplants to fill a certain "hole."
Is this a migration story? A gay love story? An ecology story?
Ghost and John weave a captivating narrative from the ephemera of home, dancing nimbly with their green babies across the colder voids of displacement and struggle, following the urge of all life to thrive and flourish.
Make sure you book a ticket to the show as well!
Ticketing link to the show:
https://www.ghostandjohn.art/two-plant-gaysians
Venue: London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
Date: 22 Sep 2024
Time: 6-8pm
About Ghost and John
Ghost and John are two multidisciplinary artist-researchers, a cultural entrepreneur duo, and a married couple, from computer science and marine biology research backgrounds. They are best known for their collaborative approach to delivering socio-politically pertinent projects, and using technology to create embodied experiences. They are two of the six co-founders of Hidden Keileon CIC, a cultural enterprise working with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with freedom and justice for all by dreaming and leading multidisciplinary and life-affirming projects.
As queer migrant artist-researchers from Hong Kong, Ghost and John have developed a dynamic and embodied practice that examines the intricacies of the body and nature, technological advances and folklore accompanying history. Their artworks, usually in the form of performances, installations and videos, focus on the fragmented memories of traumatic experiences related to displacement, relationships, social movement, and technological interaction. They have been Moving Margins researchers with Internationales Theaterinstitut Berlin (2022), ImPulsTanz danceWEBBER and ATLAS Young Choreographer (2019) and are holders of MA Contemporary Dance, The Place.
Ghost and John’s projects are presented internationally in theatres, galleries, outdoor and other odd spaces, including Bloomsbury Festival, Pushkin House and CCA Goldsmiths in London, ImPulsTanz in Vienna, Goethe-Institut in Hong Kong, and more. Their recognitions include:
- ‘Two Plant Gaysians’ (2024) shortlisted for the Charlie Hartill Fund,
- ‘Bitter Moves Sweet Truths’ (2023) shortlisted for the Untapped Award,
- 'Paradoxical Gasps’ (2022) funded by Arts Council England,
- ‘Radio Neighbourhood’ (2021) **awarded the Ideas and Pioneers Fund by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and more.
As cultural entrepreneurs, Ghost and John collaborate with local governments, community organisers and cultural workers to drive social change through imagination infrastructure building. They strategise and deliver projects that platform historically marginalised voices to construct worlds beyond the current structures, usually in the capacity of Hidden Keileon CIC.
As a married couple, Ghost and John are always cooking Cantonese dishes and balcony-gardening in their London flat. Their living room is their studio, dance floor and laboratory. They enjoy hosting dinner and board game parties for their close friends, growing new plants from cuttings, watching absurdist and surrealist films and making up new recipes.
Individually: Ghost is a multimedia performance artist, creative technologist, and all-rounded digital wizard. John is a multidisciplinary storyteller, creative strategist, and actor represented by Hancock Agency. Please do read their individual biographies as well.
www.ghostandjohn.art