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Some images of Still Lives: Auckland that concluded last Saturday. Major thanks to F.O.L.A. (Festival of Live Art)! Photo Credits: Jo Caird Team Credits: Artists: Luke George & Daniel Kok Creative Producers: Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft Videographer/ Marketing: Nahyeon Lee Sound Design: Nick Roux Production Manager: Hannah Moore Players: Vita Dryden, Paula George, Samaria Kapio, Paea Longopoa, Rochelle Martin, Petra Ong, Nina Sio, Alice Soper Lead Consultant: Jo Caird Cultural Consultants: Rosabel Tan & James Nokise Supported by Creative New Zealand, National Arts Council (Singapore), NZ Rugby, Satellites, Auckland Live, TAPAC and Auckland Arts Festival. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.

Still my favourite edition of Still Lives. Still Lives: Melbourne Commissioned by RISING 2022
Presented with National Gallery of Victoria Artists: Luke George and Daniel Kok Players: Annie Mack, Jason Ball, Jasper Pittard, Jim Marks, Simona Castricum Rehearsal Models: Ash Snare, David Prakash, Leah Landau, Richard McKimm and Emily Blyth (standing in for Simona Castricum) Videography and Editing: Non Studio (James Wright, Eugene Perepletchikov) Lighting design: Katie Sfetkidis Sound design: Nick Roux Production Manager: Emily O’Brien Technical Stage Manager: Zara Jones Rigging: Element Rigging Rope Consultant: Ash Snare Project Consultant: Jerril Rechter Guest-of-Honour: Andrew Krakouer Photography: Tim Carafa, Gregory Lorenzutti, Michelle Li Recipient of two 2022 Green Room Awards - Contemporary & Experimental Performance: Outstanding Achievement + Design & Technical Achievement

The installation of Home Bound is getting expanded by the day 😍✨ also, the Adventure Book of Engeki Quest is officially launched! Are we going to see you soon? Get your tickets and be part of SPRING! SPRING Performing Arts Festival – May 14–23 ℹ & 🩷 tickets springutrecht.nl Home Bound and Engeki Quest are a part of AECFest, a multidisciplinary public arts festival that alternates annually between Asia and Europe. In 2026, it will be presented as a festival-in-a-festival within SPRING, taking place from May 14 to 23. This edition marks the third consecutive year that AECFest is hosted within a major international festival platform, following editions in Italy (2024) and China (2025). The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (#AECFest) is organized by @asiaeuropefoundation with the financial support of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. @culture360 @AsiaEuropeFoundation #spring #springutrecht #springperformingartsfestival #performingartsfestival #springfestival #performingarts #uitagendautrecht #AECFest2026 #ASEFCulture

Moments of the opening of Home Bound ✨😍🧵 Over 10 days, Neude transforms into Home Bound as artists, craftspeople, and community groups weave diverse rope materials and their stories together to build a giant rope installation. As fibres intertwine, communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate in a choreography of knots that represents the social dialogue in the Netherlands. You’re invited to enter the woven landscape, witness the makers, learn their skills, hear their stories, or add your own hands to this growing tapestry, woven by and for Utrecht. You can visit and participate all SPRING 2026 long! SPRING Performing Arts Festival – May 14–23 ℹ & 🩷 tickets springutrecht.nl Home Bound, Wait To Be Seated and the opening performance are a part of AECFest, a multidisciplinary public arts festival that alternates annually between Asia and Europe. In 2026, it will be presented as a festival-in-a-festival within SPRING, taking place from May 14 to 23. This edition marks the third consecutive year that AECFest is hosted within a major international festival platform, following editions in Italy (2024) and China (2025). The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (#AECFest) is organized by @asiaeuropefoundation with the financial support of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. @culture360 @AsiaEuropeFoundation 📸 Allard Willemse @allardwillemsefotografie #spring #springutrecht #springperformingartsfestival #performingartsfestival #springfestival #performingarts #uitagendautrecht #AECFest2026 #ASEFCulture

From 14–23 May, during SPRING Performing Arts Festival in Utrecht, Daniel Kok and Luke George will transform Neude Square in Utrecht into Home Bound, a growing participatory installation made from rope, stories, movement and community. Created during the SPRING Performing Arts Festival, the project brings together artists, craftspeople, local residents and visitors to collectively weave, knot and build a monumental installation. Over ten days, communities from across Utrecht — from knitters and carpet weavers to circus artists, bell ringers and rope practitioners — will gather daily to share knowledge, stories and practices. Participation is free and open to everyone. 📍 Neude Square, Utrecht 📅 14–23 May @springutrecht 🕛 Daily from 12:00 More information via SPRING Festival @springutrecht Trailer (excerpt) credits: Home Bound at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia Topa, 2025. Cinematography: James Wright, Eugene Perepletchikov, Angus Kemp / Editor: James Wright / Sound Designer: Nick Roux @daniel_diskodanny @lukeandgeorge

"A temporary gathering can produce real bonds, even if those bonds do not last in the same form." In our latest interview, we speak with Daniel Kok (#Singapore🇸🇬) who shares more about his decade-long creative partnership with Luke George (#Australia🇦🇺) - a partnership that has produced intimate and relational works including Home Bound, a monumental #art #installation made with rope, knots and community contributions in various forms. Daniel also shares more about the process behind Home Bound's second iteration, which will take shape in Utrecht as part of #AECFest2026, in collaboration with SPRING Performing Arts Festival. Come be a part of Home Bound at the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2026, landing in Utrecht in 1️⃣1️⃣ days! 🔗 Visit our website via the link in bio to read the full interview 📅 14-23 May, 9:30am-9pm daily ⏰ FULL ACTIVITY SCHEDULE OUT NOW - Visit our website to learn how you can participate in Home Bound! 📍Neude Public Square, #Utrecht, #Netherlands 🇳🇱 🎟️ Admission: Free/Pay-what-you-want #ASEFCulture #AECFestxSPRING #Asia #Europe --- The #AECFest 2026 is organised by the @asiaeuropefoundation The Main Festival is in partnership with the SPRING Performing Arts Festival (@springutrecht ) and funded by the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (@udenrigsministeriet ). Thanks to Instituto Cervantes Netherlands (@institutocervantesutrecht ), Casa Asia (@casa.asia ), Japan Foundation (@japanfoundation ), and Incheon Foundation of Art and Culture.

The timetable of Home Bound is here! During SPRING, Neude transforms for 10 days into Home Bound as artists, craftspeople, and community groups weave diverse rope materials and their stories together to build a giant rope installation. As fibres intertwine, communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate in a choreography of knots that represents the social dialogue in the Netherlands. You’re invited to enter the woven landscape, witness the makers, learn their skills, hear their stories, or add your own hands to this growing tapestry, woven by and for Utrecht. Creator Daniel Kok: “We’re very curious to see how the group of participants in Utrecht differs from that in Naarm/Melbourne, as the two places are very different. In any case, we expect that rope, weaving and social discussions about multiculturalism, human migration and the sense of belonging will be recognisable all over the world. And that the political message behind this work is, in this way, easy to understand, yet at the same time nuanced.” 🩷SPRING Performance Arts Festival - May 14-23 ℹ & 🎫 springutrecht.nl Home Bound is a part of AECFest, a multidisciplinary public arts festival that alternates annually between Asia and Europe. In 2026, it will be presented as a festival-in-a-festival within SPRING, taking place from May 14 to 23. This edition marks the third consecutive year that AECFest is hosted within a major international festival platform, following editions in Italy (2024) and China (2025). The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (#aecfest2026) is organized by @asiaeuropefoundation with the financial support of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. @culture360_asef @asiaeuropefoundation #springutrecht #springperformingartsfestival #performingartsfestival #uitagendautrecht

📣 OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Certificate Programme for Critical Practice in Contemporary Performance, [CP]³ ❗️We are inviting 12 independent performance makers from the Asia-Pacific to form our 6th cohort. Applications are open from 9th MAR to 30th APR 2026. [CP]³ is an online mentoring for the development of critical praxes in contemporary choreography and performance making, with a focus on the Asian context. Led by Daniel Kok (Singapore), the 5-month programme (22nd JUN to 27th NOV 2026) consists of lectures and mentorship sessions by mentors Arco Renz, Eisa Jocson (Manila), Luke George (Melbourne), Melati Suryodarmo (Surakarta), Nanako Nakajima (PhD, Kyoto), Padmini Chettur (Chennai), Pichet Klunchun (Bangkok), and Xiaoke x Zihan (Shanghai). @daniel_diskodanny @kobalt_works @eisajocson @lukeandgeorge @suryodarmomelati @nanakonakajima @padminichettur @pichet_klunchun @xiaokelee @zihan004 🔗 Links in Bio Programme prospectus | Programme schedule |Application form Image: Chapter Two (2025) by Pichet Klunchun Photo: Bernie Ng, Courtesy of Esplanade

A converge of Brisbane’s punk legacy and raw, vulnerable human experience. Still Lives: Brisbane, a performance-installation series that bound and captured moments in time as part of the art palette of Melt Festival and Night Feast 2025. By Luke George and Daniel Kok 📸 @contentby.sam

STILL LIVES: BRISBANE Luke George x Daniel Kok Installation + Performance Oct - Nov 2025 NIGHT FEAST and MELT Festival Brisbane Powerhouse Magandjin Still Lives is a performance-installation series that captures – literally through rope bondage – significant moments or movements in relation to specific cultural contexts. Each edition of Still Lives is a durational, site-responsive, and context-specific process of binding bodies and cultural objects to their place. This approach allows new conversations to emerge and unveils narratives about local history, political tensions, social connections, and personal attachments. Still Lives: Brisbane revisits the city’s legacy of punk and counterculture, specifically referencing The Saints and their renowned single (I’m) Stranded. Instruments are bound and suspended in intricate webs of rope high in the Turbine Platform of Brisbane Powerhouse. Still Lives: Brisbane is a sonic, sculptural invocation of punk’s defiance, a tribute to the band that pioneered the modern music scene in Brisbane, and a meditation on how history lingers in the air. Lead Artists: @lukeandgeorge x @daniel_diskodanny Sound Design: @enjay.are Lighting Design: @katiesfet Head Rigger: Helen Clifford Videography: @jack.j.martin Musicians (Models):  Luke “Lenny” Lennon (Guitartist, @dadfight420 ) Teigan le Plastrier (Lead Singer & Guitarist, @beingjanelane ) Photography: Jack Martin, Sam Neil, PixelFrame, especiellieheinous International Distribution: @somethinggreat_livearts - Commissioned and Presented by Brisbane Powerhouse for Night Feast and MELT Festival 2025. This project was developed as part of Museum of Brisbane’s Artist in Residence program, generously supported by Tim Fairfax AC. Supported by the National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore We acknowledge the Yuggera and Turrbal peoples, the First Nation Traditional Owners of the land on which we gathered and created this work.

Still Lives: Glasgow Take Me Somewhere 2025 @tmsomewhere @glasgowtramway 25 Oct 2025 Lead Artists: @lukeandgeorge x @daniel_diskodanny Wrestlers: @mollyspartan x @lawless_wrestler Live Sound Design: @fran.kie___ International Distribution: @somethinggreat_livearts Photography: @tiumakko Still Lives is a performance-installation series that captures (with ropes) significant moments or movement in relation to specific cultural contexts. Each edition of Still Lives is a durational, site-responsive and context-specific process of binding cultural objects in their place. For Glasgow, Still Lives enters the charged world of professional wrestling, a scene with deep local roots and fiercely loyal fans. The artists will lean into the city’s appetite for drama and physical theatre, exploring energy and inertia, movement and pause, kayfabe and the suspension (quite literally) of disbelief.  Collaborating with local wrestlers, they will re-stage the high drama and choreography of the ring, tying up their bodies mid-tackle and suspending them above the mat. The performance will be soundtracked live by Huntress: expect goth-metal textures, pulsing techno and strange, beautiful noise. Supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore), Take Me Somewhere and Tramway.