As part of our work with Michelle Williams Gamaker in the context of her Research & Development, we were in conversation with her and Annie Jael Kwan from Asia Art Activism, which in 2020 was awarded the SCF Moving Image Award from the Stuart Croft Foundation.

Together we talked about our collaboration and the research and production process, discussing the importance of supporting artistic research and experimenting with ways of making this public.

Curator and researcher Annie Jael Kwan focused on the film’s relationship with traditional Chinese art forms and tropes, the legacy of colonial filmmaking and cinematic practice, and how fictional activism and intercultural solidarity might operate as a methodology/lens for artists and organisers.

Questions - The Bang Straws with Michelle Williams Gamaker (Friday 19 March 2021) from Stuart Croft Foundation on Vimeo.