Troppo Obscura
Troppo Obscura: A Peep-Show of Historical Perversity is a Doctorate of Creative Arts (DCA) project from the University of Technology Sydney (2005) that combines multimedia installation and ficto-critical writing in its meaning making process. This multidisciplinary approach brings together the previously opposing worlds of emotive, sensory driven knowledge and rational intellectual knowledge in a novel way to review historical East/West relations. The question raised in the installation and book is whether we in the West have forgotten our historical role in colonialism and empire and thus become unaware of recycling repressive colonial paradigms in our present engagement with Asia.
Link to the Abstract Link to the edited performance
Troppo Obscura was performed in October 2002 at the Performance Space as part of the multicultural Arts festival, Carnival, in Sydney, Australia. Troppo Obscura is a multimedia installation that explores some aspects of the complex relationships between the West and Asia. The work looks at a large range of possibilities, from the colonial gaze through to personal relationships forged through artistic endeavor.
Concept and Performer: Monica Wulff
Sculpture: Hedi Hariyanto
Artistic Consultant: Deborah Pollard
Video: Sam James
Sound: Gail Priest
Performer: Teik-Kim-Pok
Troppo Obscura was influenced by two previous collaborations involving Monica Wulff, Deborah Pollard and Indonesian based sculptor and installation artists Hedi Hariyanto. Information on this can be found here.
Review: Real Time Review – Troppo Obscura (Keith Galasch) Vol 52
Peer Reviewed papers relating toTroppo Obscura: