First Son
Pin-Wen Su
Everyone knows what it is to be a first son in East Asia. But what does it mean to become one? Pin-Wen Su's First Son is an ongoing personal work in which the artist confronts their outing from she/her to he/they/them in their own familial and communal environment. As the artistic director of a dance company housed in a local cultural center and an independent feminism artist, Su moves fluidly between community-based initiatives with the company and provocative solo works, as well as between choreography, political philosophy, and hapticivism. Where, then, might this strategy lead dance—to unsettle its boundaries, or to reimagine what a dancing body itself can become?
Supporter: River Lin (Independent Curator)
Venue
- Steep Slope Studio
- 26-1 Oimatsu-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0032
Date and Time
12.10 Wed 19:00
Running Time
150 minutes (presentation + discussion)
Language
English
Translation/Subtitles
No interpretation
Tickets
Open to YPAM registrants only
Free (reservation required with limited capacity)
Available at the YPAM Ticketing site
*This program is not a full performance but consists of an informal presentation and discussion.
*The presentation and discussion will be conducted in English without interpretation.
*Recording planned to be available on Swapcard 3 days after the presentation until December 31.
Artist Information
- Pin-Wen Su
Pin-Wen Su (he/they) is a Feminism Artist. Su's work challenges the heteronormative, revolving around notions of gender, feminism and nudity. Since 2013, he's researched and practised tactile culture. They take dance into social and political realms beyond its forms. Their recent work explores body politics with feminist approaches across disciplines.
Su's work has been presented in Dance Umbrella (London), Camping (Lyon), Zürcher Theater Spektakel, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Vancouver), SummerWorks performance festival (Toronto), Liveworks Festival (Sydney), Melbourne Fringe Festival, Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, National Theatre of Taiwan's Dancing in Autumn (Taipei), Weiwuying's Taiwan Dance Platform (Kaohsiung), Camping Asia (Taipei), Taipei Arts Festival, Taipei Nuit Blanche, We Island Dance Festival (New Taipei), and Intertidal Dance Festival (Chiayi), among others.
Su is Artistic Director of KuaBo Dance Theatre Company, resident at Chiayi Performing Arts Center. They hold an MFA in Choreography from Taipei National University of the Arts and a Bachelor's in Philosophy from NanHua University.
- River Lin
Working across Live Art, performance, dance and queer culture, River Lin is an artist and curator based in Paris and Taipei. He is Curator at Taipei Performing Arts Center for the 2023-2025 Taipei Arts Festival, and has initiated and led ADAM (Asia Discovers Asia Meeting for Contemporary Performance), Camping Asia, and Curatorké: Performance Curators Academy. As an artist, his work has been presented by Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Centre National de la Danse (France), M+ Museum (Hong Kong), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and Liveworks Festival (Sydney), among others. He also serves as Co-Curator of the Indonesian Dance Festival (since 2022), Guest Curator of the 2025 Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Artistic Collaborator at Something Great Arts Centre in Germany, and Curatorial Board at the academic program “Curating in the Performing Arts” by Paris Lodron University Salzburg in cooperation with the Free University of Berlin and Szenische Forschung Bochum.
Staff, Cast and Credits
Organized by the Japan Foundation and Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting Executive Committee
Supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation
