Trans In The World - Mandy In The Pearl River Delta - Da-Dao in Macao
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On my journey round the Pearl River Delta I was invited to join in various art-showings. Da-Dao was a weekend of Live Art performances in an old garage (or abbatoir?) in Macao across the Delta. My piece was a portrayal in many episodes of my journey so far and included a full change of persona, an evocation of the many migrant workers in the Delta, carrying their bedding in bags, my visit to the new housing developments, a grid in salt representing the city-map of Shenzhen, origami, and my coming out as gay in badly-articulated Cantonese. God, I was a dedicated performer then! The festival organizers videoed everything fanatically. I never found out what they thought of it all.
Photography as always by Vincent Assante Di Cupillo.
- Original Publish Date
- 01 October 2007
- Archived Date
- 25 February 2023