FLOW 海纳百川 | 16.05.2026 | ICA
@queereast presents a one-night programme curated by Sirui Chang (
@xixi_asinshe ) centring the queer ESEA diaspora and beyond, showcasing movement in all its forms through music, dance and live performance.
FLOW - a name inspired by the Chinese idiom 海纳百川 (“the sea accepts a hundred rivers”) - brings together artists across seemingly disparate communities, sounds, scenes and disciplines, drawing out both contrast and connection.
Rooted in underground club culture, experimental electronic music and forward-thinking lyricism, FLOW centres movement as both expression and an inalienable right, persisting even when restricted.
All art exists in dialogue with the world around it. Nothing exists in a vacuum. There is no such thing as art without context, and the death of context is the death of thought.
While this night centres the queer ESEA community, the lineup was curated to reflect a wider truth: most of what we understand as modern music, from pop to experimental electronic, from underground raves to fine art institutions, would not exist without the foundational work of the global Black diaspora.
These movements have never been isolated. They emerge through constant exchange, carrying influences across cultures, scenes and histories.
What appears distinct is often deeply entangled.
even
where borders are drawn
even
when division and segregation is
enabled
through propaganda and
enacted
through policy
culture continues to move
borrowing
transforming and
re-emerging in new forms
All rivers flow to the ocean.
Curated by Sirui Chang.
Featuring
@akikoharuna
@areyoumessy
@chiobutch
@jellyeeee
@dryakubslab
@moreofthem_
@xixi_asinshe
Poster design by
@fain__zhang
9pm~2am
Tickets available on ICA website
