Russ Ligtas & Szu-Ni Wen

Period: 2025/08/01 ~ 2025/09/30

Nation: Philippines, Taiwan

Genre: Performance, Installation, Film, Theater

Russ Ligtas from Cebu and Szu-Ni Wen from Kaohsiung have been collaborating since 2019, exploring the connections between their two countries, their colonial histories, and wartime relics, extending their research to Okinawa, Japan, and Jeju Island, Korea, as well as the intertwined geopolitics of the present day.
Russ Ligtas is a multidisciplinary Filipino artist currently based in New York. His work combines performance, installation, sculpture, graphic art, and video to create immersive experiences.

Szu-Ni Wen is a theatre director active both in Taiwan and internationally, engaged in many transnational theatre productions and deeply interested in reinterpreting Asia. Russ regards Szu-Ni as a sister and a learning partner in real life—and, as a coincidence, Kaohsiung and Cebu are also sister cities.