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Watermelon Sisiters
Watermelon Love, 2017Single channel HD video, color with audio10' 22''Edition 2 of 5 +2 A.P.Copyright The ArtistFurther images
This work is created under the name of 'Watermelon Sisters' in collaboration with Taiwanese artist, Yu Cheng-ta. --- In 2017, Yu Cheng-Ta and Singaporean artist Ming Wong created a performance...This work is created under the name of "Watermelon Sisters" in collaboration with Taiwanese artist, Yu Cheng-ta.
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In 2017, Yu Cheng-Ta and Singaporean artist Ming Wong created a performance duo Watermelon Sisters. In the performances, they take on their alter-egos, the Watermelon Sisters - gender-fluid butch/femme ghetto spiritual sistas who want to help humankind to ‘twerk’ their way to sexual freedom.
The video "Watermelon Love" commemorated the first major survey of LGBTQ - themed art in Asia, “Spectrosynthesis,” and celebrated Taiwan’s high court ruling to approve same-sex marriage.
With this work, they referenced Chinese historical dramas, ancient Chinese myths, western drag culture and the queer night life scene to create iconic images and use the watermelon as a metaphor for queer (juicy) desire and fluidity.
(Excerpt from the website of Yu Cheng-ta)Exhibitions
2022 "Aichi Triennale", Aichi, Japan
2021 "Queering Now: Dreamality, Chinese Arts Now", Longon, UK
2020 "Diagonal", Magician Space, Beijing, China
2020 "Queering Umwelt", Tao Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 "Watermelon Sisters Go Camping in Paris", Centre national de la danse, Pantin, France
2018 "Watermelon Love", Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2017 "“Spectrosynthesis – Asian LGBTQ Issues and Art Now”, MOCA Taipei, Taiwan
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