OFFERING 3: ahma's mask (life~death~life)
•~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• exhibition performances as part of Glasgow International
Gallery performances as part of Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art ( 5- 21 June 2026).
For Gi, Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 presented ahma’s mask (life∼death∼life) – a performance cycle featuring musicians Hatis Noit and Flora Yin Wong, choreographers Aya Kobayashi and Aniela Piasecka, and other collaborators – newly commissioned by Tramway. This took place within Song’s solo exhibition •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• in our main gallery.
Unfolding over two weekends, the performances followed a cyclical logic of decomposition and regeneration. The first cycle, for the festival’s opening weekend, brought together a new vocal performance by Hatis Noit and movement by Aya Kobayashi. The second cycle, for the closing weekend, combined experimental music by Flora Yin Wong, with choreography by Aniela Piasecka. These performances became intertwined with the architecture of the exhibition, animating sculptural elements, instruments and costumes crafted by Song.
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Credits
Director, Concept, Costume design: Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊
Guidance: Song family pond
Production: Michael Barr
𝘾𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 1
Vocalist: Hatis Noit
Choreographer + dancer: Aya Kobayashi
Live instrumentation: Song family pond
Clouds: Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊, Michael Barr
𝘾𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 2
Soundscape: Flora Yin Wong
Choreographer + dancer: Aniela Piasecka
Dancers: Aya Kobayashi, Kirstin Halliday
Clouds: Galen Song 宋泰然, Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊
Costume assistance: Holly Smith, Taylor Wilson Scott, Rae Halliday, Anna Gradetchlieva,
Michael Barr
Curation: Claire Jackson
Lighting: Paul Sorley
𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 3: 𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙖’𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠 (𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚∼𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝∼𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚) was curated and commissioned by Tramway for Glasgow International
•~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• is a co-commission by Tramway, FACT Liverpool, FVU, and Advanced Research Centre at the University of Glasgow; and supported by Thinking Culture, a cultural programme from the University of Glasgow’s School of Culture & Creative Arts.
Funders - Creative Scotland, Arts Council England, and The Henry Moore Foundation.
All performance images by Tiu Makkonen
Read more about the exhibition •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK here