If Splash as Your Whistle (Xinyu XuXX & Yuqing Lin)
113 mins
Pay What You Can
Image Under the Ground is a programme showcasing a series of artists’ short films and a live performance to create a “cave space”, a transitional space that refracts unspeakable diaspora queer experiences. These images capture vulnerability, intimacy, and illusionary multi-sensory experience. In these works by Southeast and East Asian filmmakers and artists, “underground images” can refer to mediation outside of traditional industry filmmaking. Sometimes, it can be associated with the representation of violence or power distribution of the camera, poor image aesthetics, hidden identity, or images as an underground manifesto and action.
Event Runtime: 113 min
This event is preceded by a live sound performance by Nanzhen Yang.
Silver Cave
Stepping into a cave, sight fluctuates by the firelight, left to right, top to bottom.
Caibei Cai | China | 2022 | 15min
KEREL (Sea of Love)
Trapped in a cargo ship during the lockdown, Kerel, a gay Filipino seafarer escapes through his memory, and recalls his complicated past, present, and future self.
Jon Cuyson | Philippines | 2021 | 14min
Cocoon
Denied mobility and decision-making power, the metaphorical and physical cocoon embodies political depression.
Holli Xue | UK | 2024 | 11min
Yi-Ren (the person of whom I think)
A collaged love letter made from super 8mm diaries, karaoke videos, and found-footage from the films and poems of Kang-Chien Chiu.
Tzu-An Wu | Taiwan | 2015 | 14min
Lovers
Lovers is an art project aimed at reversing the “treatment” of homosexuality in China, initiated by artist Wu Laobai and gay policeman Lin Gully.
Laobai Wu, Honbin Zheng | China | 2023 | 32min
A New Day Has Come
The Purple and the Orange move into a surreal cave and dance through a strange axis of time.
Nguyen Hai Yen (Red) | Vietnam | 2022 | 8min
This is a pay-what-you-can event between £3 and £15. We suggest £9 as a general admission, but feel free to follow the list below to pay based on your circumstances.
How much should I pay?
£3: I am just about able to cover my everyday costs.
£6: I can cover my everyday costs, but I find it stressful occasionally.
£9: I can comfortably cover my everyday costs.
£12: Beyond my everyday costs, I have disposable income and financial security.
£15: I would like to contribute more to support the organisation’s work.
If splash as your whistle (⽔哨) is an artist-led project cofounded by artists Xinyu XuXX & Yuqing Lin in early 2023. This on-going project showcases queer diaspora moving images and artists’ films through multiple art events.
This is a pay-what-you-can event between £3 and £15. We suggest £9 as a general admission, but feel free to follow the list below to pay based on your circumstances.
How much should I pay?
£3: I am just about able to cover my everyday costs.
£6: I can cover my everyday costs, but I find it stressful occasionally.
£9: I can comfortably cover my everyday costs.
£12: Beyond my everyday costs, I have disposable income and financial security.
£15: I would like to contribute more to support the organisation’s work.