Programs

R08

Roppongi Hills

Watermelon Sisters
Watermelon Sisters Descending to Roppongi!
RAN Focus

Watermelon Love, 2017
Video, 10 min. 22 sec.

[Date]
9/27(Fri) 19:30 - 20:00
[Place]
Roppongi Hills Arena
[Participation fee]
Free
“Watermelon Love” (2017), by artist duo Watermelon Sisters (Cheng-Ta Yu and Ming Wong), is a video work to be showcased in an installation format this time. The video features the queer sisters - celestial fairies descended to earth - encouraging humans who never stop fighting over boundaries without loving one another, to "embrace each other." In addition, the Watermelon Sisters will also appear live on stage at the Roppongi Hills Area to present a special performance for Roppongi Art Night!

ARTISTS

Watermelon Sisters

Cheng-Ta Yu (born 1983 in Tainan, Taiwan) and Ming Wong (born 1971 in Singapore) began collaborating as the Watermelon Sisters in 2017. Inspired by 1960s Peking Opera films and the works of Ming-Liang Tsai, the duo adopt the personas of gender-fluid queer sisters to support the path to sexual liberation through art, music and dance.