March 13rd – 15th, 2025 BIPAM, Bangkok
60 minutes
Recovery and Discovery
Ridden presents moments of “recovery and discovery” in the face of natural disasters. In 2018, a massive tsunami struck Sulawesi, the home of Leu Wijee. When everything seemed to stand still, Leu found an intimate dialogue with himself amidst those fragile moments. He channeled these emotions into creating a collaborative piece with Mio Ishida, an artist from another country within the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The artists explored how people respond to loss after a disaster. Through a process they define as “Between Disaster and Dance,” they gathered traces from both the bodies and physical landscapes and developed simple yet relentless choreography. Five performers, who act as dancers and musicians, bring a sense of hypnotic and ritualistic-like moments—familiar, yet strange imagery.