Artist Talk: Xiao Lu

Performance still from Xiao Lu. A performer in a  sweeping red dress grips a bamboo pole amid crashing  ocean waves on a beach, head bowed against the surge,  surrounded by other bamboo poles standing in the surf.

Date:

6 June 2021

Artist: 

Xiao Lu

https://xiaolu.com.au/

2021

An online artist talk exploring the work and legacy of Xiao Lu, a pioneering feminist performance artist.

In dialogue with curator and artist Whiskey Chow, Xiao Lu reflects on her career, sharing video documentation of key works and discussing the development of her performance practice across different cultural contexts.

The conversation considers questions of artistic freedom, feminist expression and intergenerational dialogue in contemporary performance art, offering audiences insight into the artist’s practice and the evolving role of performance within global art discourse.