~ Vigorous Activities

‘Vigorous Activities’ is a part factual, part fictional documentary film that follows the rise of Japanese Island Nishinoshima in the Pacific Ocean. Shifting between the past, present and future of the island the documentation explores the cosmos of an ever-expanding geography and it’spossible actors within.

Three Models for Change was a group exhibition asserting the importance of historical awareness in establishing future potentials of communities. The works in this exhibition fluctuate between three actual and staged narratives: the formation of a fictional Quaker-punk band; the staging of cross-generational Queer histories; the uncertainty surrounding a newly formed volcanic island and its territorial disputes.

References to utopian moments, groups, and places question current socio-political systems, offering possible new ways of thinking and being. Three Models for Change is an ambiguous statement and this exhibition embodied neither utopian nor pragmatic outcomes, but instead provided a platform of shared histories to stimulate thoughts around alternative futures.