INSIGHTSDIGITAL AT THE ADELAIDE FRINGE 2025
FEB 24 - MAR 23
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"I recommend you see the diversity of experimental work on display here. A reminder of what fringe used to be all about."
(Kevin Short | International Times) "...Each performance is a refreshing theatrical experience and would positively have me floating back for more tranquil yet contemplative entertainment by these young talented artists." ****
(Diane O'Connor | On The Fringe Paper) "I just had a moment where I was like whoa, I'm watching contemporary dance, on my phone, in Starbucks. This is exactly what excites me about digital arts."
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InsightsPlatforms presents InsightsDigital at the Adelaide Fringe 2025 - An online collection of digital performances created by international emerging artists in the performing arts.
This platform includes works of moving image, video dance, music, multimedia arts,
and performance with augmented reality, featuring -
Swedish multi-creative artist Kristina Hanses aka KEJH
New York based Japanese choreographer and performer Tomo Sone
Greek dancer, choreographer, and musician Efi Tetringa
Glasgow based Chinese film maker and visual artist Wei Zhang
We are very excited to share these performances with you, created by
these visionary and talented emerging artists. Enjoy.
INSIGHTSDIGITAL - ONLINE PROGRAMME
RUNNING TIME 52 MINUTES
Kristina Hanses aka KEJH - New Self (3.56)
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Created and performed by: Kristina Hanses (KEJH)
Original Music by: Kristina Hanses Produced by: Ludvig Larsson Video by: Kristina Hanses and Henrik Kumlin Swedish artist KEJH presents 'New Self', a deeply personal work blending original music and dance. The song, written during a time of fear and uncertainty, reflects the emotional turbulence of potentially losing someone you love and the struggle to hold on to oneself. This video excerpt, recorded on the beaches of Rättvik just as the last traces of snow disappeared, pairs the poignant lyrics of New Self with Kristina’s evocative choreography. Through this union of sound and movement, Kristina invites the audience into her world—a space where vulnerability meets strength, and transformation emerges from loss. |
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Tomo Sone - Cassandra's Field of Flowers (12.00)
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Direction, Choreography, Performance, Sound design, Video editing: Tomo Sone
AR art, Video editing: Akane Costume: Shahar Avnet Mask: Damselfrau Director of photography, Lighting: Sou Matsuzawa Lighting design: Haruki Kusuda Photography: Ryohei Hata Production: Tomo Sone Dance Projects Installation: Performance with Augmented Reality Weaving your story Through the pandemic in 2020, we were reminded of the vital connection between people. Performing arts expands its value and possibilities beyond the theater. It is important that the performers on the stage not only become central figures but also feel the world, move forward, and bring about change with the audience. Initially, I created the film from the installation - performance that attempted to fuse contemporary dance with digital technology, Augmented Reality, in a unique Japanese traditional Noh theater where the audience spins their own story by choosing AR filters. It is a work that makes us think about the reality, the unreality, the unknown, and the invisible world that spread outside the theatre and consider the situation in which human beings are placed. Sponsorship Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan “ARTS for the future! 2” Kyoto City "Arts Aid Kyoto" |
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Tomo Sone
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Efi Tetringa - Endless Currents (2.59)
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Original Idea: Efi Tetringa
Performed by: Efi Tetringa Camera: Jimmy Tsimpidas Editing: Efi Tetringa Audio: "Cold War Echo" - Kai Engel, Licenced under CC by 4.0 Like the unrelenting rhythm of the sea, our movements repeat, over and over, caught in an eternal loop. Each cycle feels like a choice — the same sequence of steps that liberate us but can also bind us. Repetition, at once comforting and confining, blurs the line between freedom and imprisonment. The waves crash and recede, but do we truly ever break free, or are we forever swept away in the tides of our own making? |
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Efi Tetringa
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Wei Zhang - Wah Yen (29.07)
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Wah Yen, 2024, is a new moving image work by artist Wei Zhang. Set in 1970s Glasgow, the film explores the rich, inner world of Chen a young, queer, and neurodivergent Chinese immigrant from Hong Kong. Chen works in the city’s first Chinese restaurant, Wah Yen, and the film follows them through their emerging kinship with a Scottish shipbuilder, James.
Wah Yen employs non-linear narrative and non-verbal filmmaking techniques, underpinned by Wei’s interweaving of 3D animation, archival footage, and drag performances to create a dynamic and compelling visual language. The film forefronts underrepresented experiences and promotes self-acceptance and intercultural exchange. It centres the neurodivergent experience of Chen, and how the pain and horror they face leads Chen and James to discover the meaning of change, empowering them to live authentically. Wah Yen traces the protagonists’ empowering journey of courage navigating adversity. Both aesthetically captivating and narratively complex, Wah Yen invites diverse interpretations of its authentic yet fictional narratives. The film’s central themes resonate with marginalised communities, particularly Glasgow’s Chinese and queer residents. Wah Yen draws on the collective intelligence of queer East and South East Asians and is made in collaboration with Clarinda Yung Tse 雍記, Katherine Ka Yi Liu, Siyao Li, Wei Zhou, Xuan Gao, Eye Suriyanon, Yifan Lan and LingLong Wang. In the following text, Wei responds to questions posed by colleagues, peers and collaborators throughout the making of Wah Yen. |
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