Date: 12th May, 2023.
Through a playful and sensual approach, the performance investigates the associations language can evoke, between word, object, body and meaning. With a focus on the erotic, the performance seeks to push the boundaries of language and explore the potential for 'textual autonomy', where names no longer represent the thing, rendering language malleable and twistable.
The performance is based on Gertrude Stein's experimental text, Tender Buttons. Featuring a blend of movement, performance art, and spoken word, it challenges the act of meaning-making.
Gia Singh Arora is a filmmaker, performance artist, and educator based in Mumbai, working across film, movement, and experiential installation. Rooted in somatic practice, her work explores gender, intimacy, and the politics of the body through a lens that is both personal and participatory.
Her performances, including Man-Eater (2022–23) at Method Gallery, Soho House, and Rasa Arts; The Ghost Dance (2023) at Art & Charlie, challenge how bodies are seen, held, and controlled—whether through light, movement, or touch and Much Ado About Words(2023) at APRE Art House. Her immersive piece, Sheer (2022), performed at Kathiwada City House, engaged with Saviya Lopes’ installation The Birthday Suit, questioning the act of unveiling and exposure.
She was awarded a G5A grant for her upcoming performance Entering Dance, premiering in May 2025. Her work has been showcased at Serendipity Arts Festival, Birmingham Dance Film Festival, 16mm Film Festival, and In/Motion Chicago, and she has been featured in Vogue Italia’s Women on the Rise. Gia continues to explore how we move through bodies, spaces, and stories—blurring the lines between seeing, feeling, and experiencing.
She lives and works in Mumbai, India.