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Meet ground-breaking, British-born Chinese, trans-masc, multi-hyphenate artist The Mollusc Dimension, who creates vibrant and absurdly humorous worlds from his experiences of struggle.
Join us for the first-ever illustrated, mini deep-dive discussions of The Mollusc Dimension’s output. Discover the meanings in his symbol-infused work, and his ideas on creativity and mental health.
At the very start, there will be a five-minute premiere screening of NEW self-crafted video visions of the music from his carefully produced, carefully concealed debut album “Welcome to the Mollusc Dimension” (2019). Next, there’ll be a discussion with fellow multi-disciplinary artist Urie Jo (she/they), of Shaven Raven Designs, who features as a voice artist on the album and also designed the cover artwork.
The second half of the event is about taking bold steps. The artist will perform two poems – one about losing his dad in traumatic bereavement. This will be followed by a blossoming of recent and fresh ideas. The event culminates in a second chat, this time with Tuyet (she/her) from CAN which will explore the strange joy of intersectional pluralities.
Plus the announcement of an exciting new music project called, wait for it… “Asians have feelings too” and a search for future collaborators!
FREE but booking required.
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The Mollusc Dimension
Despite his parents' best efforts, The Mollusc Dimension (he/him) is a QTPOC Chinese-British multi-hyphenate artist from London, via Essex. He proliferates surviveries - fantastical worlds; drawings, music, performances, poems, video, self-publishings. He is older than dial-up internet and longs for the possibility of futures for people like us. As well as Welcome to The Mollusc Dimension, recent projects and clients include: Adventures in Time & Gender, Bird La Bird/Breaking the Spell of the Armada Portraits, Bitten Peach UK/Vault Festival, Chinese Arts Now, Comediasians/Rumah Fest, Fringe Film Fest, Trans Pride Brighton and Usurp Art.
Urie Jo
Shaven Raven is the moniker of London-based designer, Urie Jo. With a portfolio showcasing photography, silk-screen printing, branding and illustration, the UAL alumni has launched a line of gift wrap and is an aspiring voice-over artist. Urie Jo's explanation for not appearing on camera: “There are lots of reasons I'm not appearing on camera: Trying to fight confirmation bias mainly but also being somewhat anonymous/faceless allows me to feel the power of being invisible. And when you are invisible, you can do anything.”
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