Performance Curators Academy

Joyu Hsu holds a Master's degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, specializing in political art theory. She is a multifaceted artist, working as a film and theater director, curator, and leader in interdisciplinary research. Supported by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture and the Asian Cultural Council, Hsu has explored indigenous communities in Mexico's mountains, the Peruvian Amazon, and Mongolia's taiga forests. Her focus spans shamanic culture, rituals, mythology, medicinal plants, cosmology, art, and politics. Recognized locally and awarded in Latin America, she forged partnerships with the Mazatec and Shipibo Konibo tribe. In 2024, during a healing ceremony led by a Sikawasay (巫覡) in the Fata'an tribe of the Pangcah in Taiwan, an ancestral spirit bestowed upon Hsu the name Rongac Nakaw Pakadodang, marking her formal initiation into Pacific Islander shamanic culture. 

She explores pantheism's labeling and colonial strategies, revealing a conflicted world amidst modern urban migration and discrimination, where ancient knowledge is often dismissed. Through various mediums, her work focuses on sensory expansion, consciousness transformation, and inter-active experiences, reflecting her own spiritual journey. By documenting shamanic cultures globally, she provides invaluable insights and cultural resistance, enriching contemporary art and cultural discourse.

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