02.10 / 19:00
Konsthallen Lokstallet
Performance / conversation
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
Jo Fong / Sonia Hughes (UK)
When was the last time you made time to talk?
Life is hectic, and real human connection feels increasingly rare. Artists Sonia Hughes and Jo Fong champion the power of slowing down and having real conversations in their live art performance, Neither Here Nor There. In what audiences have described as “inspiring and heartfelt”, this experience engages different voices, perspectives and lives to pose the question, “how can we live together?”.
Join Sonia and Jo for a short walk, followed by conversations designed to make “a leap of faith” (CCQ Magazine), and surrender to this intimate and refreshing look into the power of communication.
This project has been inspired by research undertaken by Frank Bock and Katye Coe and was originally created for Experimentica Festival.
PRESS
“These questions are anything but inconsequential. They are here, they are there. In fact, they’re essential. These (moderate) speed dates skip past flirtation – it’s straight into the big stuff... In an airy room looking out onto the street, it’s clear that we have to look in to look out, and vice versa. Change begins inside of us, and in the spaces between us. We have to speak into the spaces that are open.” Exeunt Magazine
“A leap of faith.” Culture Colony
“A rare experience.” Arts Scene in Wales
“Let’s all be braver.” Exeunt Magazine
Previous audience members have described the show as:
“A quiet, but powerful revolution”
“The most amazing, illuminating, life-affirming conversations with strangers”
“The opposite of fascism”
“Thought provoking, cathartic and quite lovely”
“I love this show, a show for me, a middle-aged show”
“A quirky, challenging, inspiring and ultimately heart-warming event - I definitely came away with an inner glow”
“Holding space in a way that created empathy and intimacy amongst strangers”
“Surprising, challenging, rewarding, beautiful, moving”
CREDITS
Created & hosted by: Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes
Neither Here Nor There is commissioned by Chapter and LAUK Diverse Actions and supported by Arts Council of Wales.
BIOS
Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes have worked together on several projects including Wallflower and Entitled for Quarantine, Ways of Being Together, and The Kitchen Table research as part of Jo's Creative Wales Award Project 2017. Jo and Sonia
also contributed to National Theatre Wales' and Quarantine's co-production for Festival of Voice 2018.
Sonia Hughes is a writer and performer. Previous collaborations have been with dancers, directors and visual artists Darren Pritchard, Mark Whitelaw, Mem Morrison, Max Webster, Humberto Velez, Fiona Wright and Eggs Collective. Her extensive work with Quarantine as writer includes the award-winning Susan and Darren, the epic Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring and writer for Jeremy Deller’s What is the City But the People? for Manchester International Festival 2017.
Jo Fong is a director, choreographer and performer working in dance, theatre, opera and the visual arts. Recent works and collaborations include creating and touring An Invitation..., Belonging for Hull Year of Culture, Bridge for Xintiandi Festival Shanghai, and Ways of Being Together for Cardiff Dance Festival 2017. Jo is a Peilot Associate Artist with Chapter Arts Centre, Associate Artist with Chinese Arts Now and Research Associate with SE Dance. https://www.instagram.com/fong.jo/