Night March of Hundred Monsters

Ho Tzu Nyen

Singapore

Categories

  • Theatrical Installation
  • Animation
  • European Premiere
In einem dunklen Raum wird auf einer Leinwand eine pinke Comicspinne projiziert. Um ihr Gesicht sind Haare angedeutet. Ihr Mund ist geöffnet und sie fletscht ihre Zähne. Unten rechts vor der Leinwand ist die Comiczeichnung eines Manns in einem Bett. Vor dem Bett steht ein gelbes Nachtlicht. Hinter dem Bett ist der Griff eines japanischen Schwertes, eines Nihontō, zu erkennen.

Dates

01 Juli:

14:00, 15:30, 17:30,
19:00, 20:30

02 Juli:

14:00, 15:30, 17:30,
19:00, 20:30

03 Juli:

15:30, 17:00,
19:00, 20:30

04 Juli:

15:30, 17:00,
19:00, 20:30

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Night March of Hundred Monsters

Ho Tzu Nyen

Singapore

Categories

  • Theatrical Installation
  • Animation
  • European Premiere

Yōkai are ancient Japanese spirits, feared supernatural beings who take on human form to deceive people or bring bad luck. These days, yōkai are an integral part of Japanese everyday life and popular culture. They have even found their way into the world of anime and manga. Now, Singapore-based artist Ho Tzu Nyen gathers the bizarre and wondrous yōkai in the dark expanses of the Bockenheim Depot for a ‘Night March of Hundred Monsters’. Mingling among this parade of yōkai are former Japanese soldiers and spies whose deeds and actions were overlooked in postwar Japan. With this theatrical adaptation of his extensive audio-visual art work ‘Night March of Hundred Monsters’, Ho Tzu Nyen follows the powerful yōkai into the wars of modern times, evoking the complex post-colonial history and spiritual heritage of East Asia.

On July 2 at 11:30 AM, an artist talk with Ho Tzu Nyen will take place at the Bockenheimer Depot.

Photo: ©Hiroshi Tanigawa


About the Artist(s)

Ho Tzu Nyen produces videos, installations, and performances. His complex works are consistently based on historical references to unspoken layers of Southeast Asian history, which he stages in lavish spatial and musical form. His most recent exhibitions have taken place at the Hammer Museum L.A. (2022), Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (2021) and Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] (2021). Together with Taiwanese artist Hsu Chia-Wei, Ho Tzu Nyen curated the 7th Asian Art Biennale at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.