Dojo Buwaya
Bhenji Ra, Tristan Jalleh
Tati au Miel (Sound)

29th Oct - 30th Nov 
Hobi Hub

Free. 
The space will be open 10am-4pm 30th of October to the 2nd of November. The work can be viewed at anytime from the window until the 30th of November.
 


 In collaboration with multimedia artist Tristan Jalleh, Bhenji Ra imagines a fantasy dojo within a post-apocalyptic world of ruination, where martial arts meets dissidence and resistance. Human and non-human collaborators converge to disrupt colonial architecture and the machinery of state violence. At its centre, the artist's own body challenges and reconfigures dominant power structures, while the non-human emerges as a vital force of solidarity. Drawing from the visual language of the game world, with a sound score by Tati au Miel, Dojo Buwaya invites us to choose our fighter, confront our destiny and re-imagine the language of resistance.



By Bhenji Ra

Bhenji Ra is an Australian Filipina artist working at the intersection of dance, video, and community activation. Rooted in trans-intercultural and intergenerational practice, her work engages with unseen and marginalised social narratives, offering decolonial and fugitive possibilities for community, kinship, and becoming. Guided by her queer and cultural genealogies, Ra weaves together ritual, archive, and collective action to create works that draw from the intersections and intimacies of her lived experience.


Tristan Jalleh

Tristan Jalleh is Chinese-Malaysian Australian video artist and music video director based between Hanoi and Melbourne. He is also a member of the Sydney based QPOC art collective, Club Ate, formed by Justin Shoulder, Bhenji Ra and Corin Ileto. Jalleh builds immersive digital environments and virtual installations using his photography combined with hundreds of images resourced online. The blended aesthetic of video games, architectural design, and cinema creates densely detailed augmented-hyper-realities that resemble a combination of online and physical worlds.





images courtesy of the artists


Accessibility


Hobi Hub is located at 37 Hunter St, Hobart (opposite the Sunroom Gallery)

  • The hub is a wheelchair accessible venue.

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If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility, or would like to discuss your access needs before attending, please contact us at producer.hobiennale@gmail.com