ABOUT TERRYANDTHECUZFormed in 2004 TerryandTheCuz has since
established itself as a company with a truly global appeal. We have
written, directed, created and designed work for theatre, dance,
puppetry and art installations for artists, companies, governments and
festivals across Asia, Europe, Australia and The Americas. Since 2010
we have written, directed, designed and produced ‘My Lingam
Speaks’, ‘Klue,Doh!’, ‘The Bee Project’, ‘Flatland; an
Adaptation in Dance’, ‘Welcome2Flatland’ an Interactive Public
Art Installation, ‘SK!N’ a work in contemporary performance based
on true stories about Human Trafficking, ‘Citrawarna, Colours of
Malaysia 2017’ for the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia, ‘Thicker Than
Water’ and ‘MADE IN AMERICA’ which premiered Off-Broadway at The
Public Theater, New York City.
TerryandTheCuz strives to write, create and design intelligent,
humorous, passionate, visceral performance art that reflects and
engages with our changing society, and to attract newer and more
diverse audiences to the arts. We seek to constantly develop and
extend our collaborative performance-making practice with artists both
local and abroad, to find new forms, voices and narratives in all our
endeavours.
ABOUT THE EVENT
SK!N is the boundary of our bodies. It is the membrane that helps us
distinguish what is us from what is not us. It is the un-crossable
border between our bodies and the other’s alien body. Paradoxically,
in the moment of contact between two bodies, when we attempt to go
beyond our borders we are affronted by a stronger affirmation of our
own identity.
SK!N is about migration and how, when and why we are allowed to freely
cross borders whilst others have their movements restricted. It is
about the lengths that people go to in order to survive or better
their lives. It is about the dehumanizing trade of people: it’s
winners and losers. It is about how we, the privileged, actively and
passively, consciously and subconsciously, benefit from and then
distance ourselves from the plight of others.
By coming into contact with the other, by coming face-to-face with the
other, our identities are forged and given meaning. With this work, we
try to bring the audience into contact with the other so that they
better confront themselves. This has been our process as much as we
hope it is the audiences’. We do this in order for us to better
understand what we share and what we don’t share, and ultimately
whether those differences are justified.
*Bring your own cup for coffee!
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