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On crowded dance floors at queer club nights in Tokyo, Yogyakarta and Rotterdam, ravers celebrate the lives and works of Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, Indonesian author Suwarsih Djojopuspito and Dutch-Indonesian author Beb Vuyk. These women challenged patriarchal and nationalist politics from the 1930s to the 1950s, a turbulent period marked by violence, war and decolonization. They wrote openly about sensitive subjects such as women’s labour, sex work and resistance to colonial and patriarchal oppression. Contemporary activists, artists and researchers engage with the authors’ literary legacies through collective reading, and performance. These local actors quote from the writers’ work and, through improvisation, enact how these women might have responded to complex situations. The writers’ artistic practice, activism and feminism resonate with the creative practices of today’s transnational queer community, connecting different ways of creating and claiming space.
November 13, 2026
Vriza Productions, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
10 people
Luna Oliver / Andromeda
herself / Fumiko Hayashi
Acting
Fitriana Puspita Dewi
herself / Fumiko Hayashi
Acting
Kanae Tanikawa
herself / Fumiko Hayashi
Acting
Aquarini Priyatna
herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito
Acting
Nuraini Juliastuti
herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito
Acting
Elin McCready
herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito
Acting
Falke Pisano
herself / Beb Vuyk
Acting
Yoshiyuki Ishikawa
themself / Beb Vuyk
Acting
Pamela Pattynama
herself / Beb Vuyk
Acting
Deise Tigrona
special appearance
Acting
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