And Then.... is a cinematic performance in a dance language inspired by the praying mantis.  

The dance is performed in the signature butoh-esque style of jackï job. She is accompanied on piano  by José Dias. Together, they create synergy through difference and will take you on a journey of  desire and compassion, revealing a nuanced world of intimacy and vulnerability.  And Then.... the film, will be released on 26th November at 5pm. After the screening, a live  

conversation is planned where you can respond to the work. The film holds several processual,  methodological and philosophical aspects that will be of interest to researchers, students and artists.  At the same time, the performance resonates with those compelled to find meaning in the less  obvious, smaller parts of our world. You can choose to participate and comment or travel along with  us and listen. The conversation will be in spontaneous response and about whatever inspires - love,  life, freedom, synergy, sexuality, magic, the weather… 

And Then....the video trailer below is just a snippet of the performance. The full film is coming soon…. Watch the trailer!

Abhijan Toto  is a curator and writer, interested in ecosophy, indisciplinary research, labour and finance, based in Bangkok, Thailand and Seoul, South Korea. In 2018, he co-founded the Forest Curriculum with Pujita Guha, a multi-platform project for research and mutual co-learning around the naturecultures of the forested belts of South and Southeast Asia. He is the Artistic Director of A House In Many Parts, a multi-disciplinary festival in Bangkok, supported by the Goethe-Institut and French Embassy, which he founded in 2020. He is also curator, with Mari Spirito of A Few In Many Places (2021), Seoul, Bangkok, Istanbul, New York, San Juan, Guatemala City, a platform for international collaboration and collective practice, conceived by Protocinema.  He has previously worked with the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh; Bellas Artes Projects, Manila and Bataan, the Philippines; Council, Paris; and Asia Art Archive. Selected recent exhibitions include  In The Forest, Even The Air Breathes, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (2020); Minor Infelicities, Ujeongkuk, Seoul, South Korea (2020); Southern Constellations, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana (2019); The Exhaustion Project: There Is Still Work To Be Done, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2018). He has participated in residencies at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; HSLU-University of Applied Arts and Sciences, Luzern, Switzerland and guest lectured at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen; the Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Monash University, Melbourne among others and is part of the steering committee of the Artist-for-Artist Program. He is a contributor to collective research initiatives such as ‘A Glossary of Common Knowledge’, MG+MSUM (2021) and ‘Under the Mango Tree’, the slow institute (2020). He was awarded the 2019 Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi X, at the GAMeC, Bergamo.

Raju Rage is proactive about using art, education and activism to forge creative survival. Born in Nairobi Kenya, raised in London and living/working in Mexico City, they explore the spaces and relationships between dis/connected bodies, theory and practice, text and the body and aesthetics and the political substance. Their current interests are around sustainability, economies, care, and resistance. They are a member of Collective Creativity arts collective and are a creative educator and independent scholar with an interest in radical pedagogy.

Raju has a theirstory in activism, self and collective organised queer/ transgender/ people of colour movements and creative projects in London and beyond from which their politics and works draw on and from.

Raju has trained as a pastry chef and baker, worked in several community kitchens and been part of a baker’s collective.