Creatura is a multimedia stream of programming that draws inspiration from the strange, wild, and untamed: descriptions historically used to label, discipline and exclude people. Whether it be for unrecognizable ways of being, or unacceptable actions and behaviours, to be a creature is to exist at the edge of what it means to be human. Creatura programming aims to engage with all variations of this label across the spectrum, from the mystical and uncanny to the unruly and abhuman.
As a festival that historically makes room for heavy narratives of loss, displacement, oppression, and struggle, we also want to make space for rest, presence, and play. Creatura events think about holding the soft and the hard, the recognizable and foreign, the lost and the found.
What stories might we tell about ourselves when we are not limited by predetermined expectations? What creatures from other worlds speak with us? What shapes and forms can we take on? Could becoming monstrous and unrecognizable bring us closer to being ourselves?
Alongside our featured installation and VR project, catch other Creatura-inspired events in our Reel Ideas program and at Wee Asian!
