Presented with Insite Arts
In Muva We Trust
CLUB ATÉ
- Art Installation
- Exhibition
- Free
5.40pm—11pm, Approx 7 mins
![Still from In Muva We Trust_2022](https://virtuasignal.org/images/asmh3ivy/production/80799e14ae2e361b45b4ca566879c9e61c7efe6f-1920x1080.png?w=1440&q=75&fit=crop&auto=format&dpr=2)
Hamer Hall façade is transformed by Filipino future folklore, as artists Justin Talplacido Shoulder and Bhenji Ra emerge from the belly of an ancient beast—The Bywaya.
In Muva We Trust builds on stories from Club Até collective’s video projects ‘Ex Nilalang’ and ‘Ang Idol Ko’. Set in the Skyworld: a borderless space of potentiality and rematriation, origin stories are reimagined to include bodies of multiplicity and interwoven multi-species kinship structures. It explores ideas of reciprocity, stories of life, death, mourning and celebration. Here the past and future merge in free flow.
The work draws on ancestral figures from the Buwaya (crocodile) and draws on historical accounts of the Babaylan, queer and trans shamans in the Philippines who act as intermediaries between visible and invisible worlds. In some accounts, the Babaylan were decapitated and fed to the Buwaya. Club Até reimagines these horrifying acts as future folklore where artists Justin Talplacido Shoulder and Bhenji Rabe come new idols emerging ‘out of the belly of the Buwaya, empowered and attuned to the ancient beast’.
Ra and Shoulder formed Club Até collective in 2014. Their practice traverses video, performance and club events with an emphasis on community activation. Collaborating with members of the queer Asia-Pacific diaspora in Australia and the Philippines, the collective are invested in creating their own “future folklore”.
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Artistic Team
Club Até
Justin Shoulder, Bhenji Ra and collaborators
Conceived and Directed by
Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra
Producers
Insite Arts, Justin Shoulder
Composition
Corin Ileto
Co-Director and Visual Effects
Tristan Jalleh
Performed and choreographed by
Vana Banks, Jamaica Moana, Kilia Tipa, Bhenji Ra and Justin Shoulder
Poetry
Justin Shoulder
Vocals
Christine Villareal
Cinematography
Alex Davies and Goldie Soetianto
Costumes
Matthew Stegh, Anthony Aitch and Justin Shoulder
Hair
Sophie Roberts
Make-up
Gillian Campbell
Filmed on Gadigal Country, Sydney
Supporters
Supported by The Electric Canvas
In Mother We Trust by Club Até for RISING 2024 is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Federal Government initiative.
Image Credits
In Muva We Trust. IMAGE: Tristan Jalleh
National Gallery Australia
Tristan Jalleh & Club Até