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EPISODE · Oct 29, 2025 · 40 MIN

Wu Tsang & Tosh Basco

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This episode is a conversation between artists Wu Tsang and Tosh Basco. Wu is an award ­winning filmmaker and performance artist, whose works explore hidden histories, marginalised narratives, and the act of performing itself. Tosh is a multidisciplinary performance artist and photographer, whose work enfolds language, becoming, and representation together; within spaces where these are typically understood as discrete entities.In the conversation, Wu and Tosh discuss their collaboration, emphasising relationality and care in times of crisis. They reflect on their various works exploring life, death, and rebirth. They touch on the impact of capitalism, societal collapse, the fluidity of identity and memory. This conversation was recorded in a studio in London. To find a full transcript of this episode, and resources mentioned, visit our website.This episode is part of a mini-series,Choreographing the Apocalypse, which is guest curated by Mine Kaplangı, a Folkestone-based curator and art mediator from Istanbul. It forms part of their ongoing research into queer and trans imaginaries of the apocalypse(s). They will be inviting artists, thinkers, and somatic practitioners to explore apocalyptic thinking through speculative world-building and radically intimate frameworks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a conversation between artists Wu Tsang and Tosh Basco. Wu is an award ­winning filmmaker and performance artist, whose works explore hidden histories, marginalised narratives, and the act of performing itself. Tosh is a multidisciplinary performance artist and photographer, whose work enfolds language, becoming, and representation together; within spaces where these are typically understood as discrete entities.In the conversation, Wu and Tosh discuss their collaboration, emphasising relationality and care in times of crisis. They reflect on their various works exploring life, death, and rebirth. They touch on the impact of capitalism, societal collapse, the fluidity of identity and memory. This conversation was recorded in a studio in London. To find a full transcript of this episode, and resources mentioned, visit our website.This episode is part of a mini-series,Choreographing the Apocalypse, which is guest curated by Mine Kaplangı, a Folkestone-based curator and art mediator from Istanbul. It forms part of their ongoing research into queer and trans imaginaries of the apocalypse(s). They will be inviting artists, thinkers, and somatic practitioners to explore apocalyptic thinking through speculative world-building and radically intimate frameworks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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