DOKYU IS...

an invented word combining the Tagalog word “dokumentaryo” and Japaneseドキュメント. Commenced in 2020, DOKYU consists of artists, historians and writers leading each other to unexpected spaces while immersed in collaborative processes. Gatherings to date have included pairs, triangles and other shapes held in Singapore, Cebu, Hong Kong, Shōdoshima, Tokyo and Honolulu. DOKYU seeks to create spaces of making, ways of writing, that cut across disciplinary boundaries. We seek to expand creative ways of interacting with historical archives through sustained interactions, open conversations, and workshops, drawing on documentary poetics, environmental art and history practices, performance art, and painting, among other fields.

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