‘Never Round Circle’
00:12:00, performance, sound
2022 & 2024

During exhibition HUTCAFE_ORG, at NS16, Tilburg, 2022
During the exhibition “Your Stranger”, Den Haag, 2024

Two performers attempt to draw a perfect circle on the floor, each completing half with chalk, eyes covered by newspaper. We try to communicate — but only in our mother tongues, which are mutually unintelligible.We share a Chinese background — though what that means differs greatly between us.

With Shawn Pakhin Tang (Hong Kong), Den Haag, 2024
We share a Chinese cultural background. We spoke in Wu Chinese and Cantonese — two mutually unintelligible mother tongues.

Photo by Panida Té Petchara

With Fang Mijn (Dutch-Chinese), Tilburg, 2022
We spoke in Wu Chinese and Dutch.

Performance recorded by Zoë d’Hont