★(un)Imaginary Swords ☆ is a multidisciplinary event combining artist films, moving image works, and an experimental sound performance that examines the interplay between mass media and fandom culture—how they shape, challenge, and subvert constructs of gender, identity, and power dynamics. From a mourning fairy to a love-struck Minotaur, from a chivalrous figure to a paper puppet traveller, these selected narratives drift between imagination and reality, balancing innocence, humour, and melancholy. Through avatars and fantasy roles, they reconstruct notions of intimacy and identity, blurring the boundaries between self and fiction.
The screening is preceded by The Gourmet Critics, a live performance by Zhuyang Liu and Lil Soap. The Gourmet Critics is a cheeky, grotesque, and brain-sizzling deep dive into what happens when two food critics sit down to critique a peculiar dish: each other’s brains.
