February 2021

Welcome to the 2021 Festival!

by Sam Mcauley | Feb 18, 2021 | Blogs

CAN Festival 2021 is Chinese Arts Now’s annual festival of work by British East and South East Asian artists, running from 15 February to 30 April. Ten weeks of exhibitions, music, screenings, performance, art, dance, comedy , talks and workshops will be presented...

The extraordinary lives of Chang and Eng Bunker by Tobi Poster-Su

by Sam Mcauley | Feb 1, 2021 | Blogs

The Original Siamese Twins by Tobi Poster-Su Chang and Eng (曾 and 因) were born in 1811 in Siam (now Thailand) to a Ti-eye, a Chinese fisherman, and Nok, a Siamese-Chinese duck farmer. They were conjoined at the sternum by a band of flesh and cartilage; their livers...