A feast for the forgotten

An evening of unexpected encounters with ancestors and strangers alike. A feast for the forgotten features a live media performance by Youkyoung Cho (with music by Bora), accompanied by experimental films by Prapat Jiwarangsan, Natasha Tontey, and Sandra Desmazières. Curated by Gladys Lou and presented by Alcove Cinema.

Why do public gatherings so often become sites where grief and joy, fear and excitement surface most intensely? Conceived as a happening somewhere between a festival, a party, and a ritual, the “feast” manifests as a radical act of celebration and remembrance. It summons intergenerational memory and Asian shamanic traditions, bringing together family histories and border-crossing stories across cultures.

“Let’s open a festival
Something is about to happen
There is no script here
Flap the fins, disperse the fog
This festival does not promise resolution
The momentary celebration is forgotten
as quickly as it is experienced”

Film Screenings
-Prapat Jiwarangsan PARASITE FAMILY (2022) | Thailand | Animation | 5 min
-Sandra Desmazières FILLE DE L’EAU (WATER GIRL) (2025) | France / Netherlands / -Portugal | Animation | 15 min
-Natasha Tontey GARDEN AMIDST THE FLAME (2022) | Indonesia | Video | 27 min 42 sec

Live Performance
-Youkyoung Cho & Bora A FEAST FOR THE FORGOTTEN (2026) | Live Media Performance | 30 min

Artist Talk & Q&A
-With Youkyoung Cho | Moderated by Gladys Lou

Artist Bio
Youkyoung Cho is a New York and Seoul based artist working across moving images, performance, sound, and installation. Taking festivals and collective gatherings as fundamental units of her practice, she brings people together and orchestrates real events, then reconfigures and transforms what emerges from these processes. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 2026, recently exhibited at ICAS in Singapore and PHARM in Seoul (solo), and has an upcoming residency at MacDowell.

Curator Bio
Gladys Lou is a curator and critic with an M.A. in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, where she studied Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington. Her writing has appeared in Hyperallergic, Brooklyn Rail, ArtReview, MUBI Notebook, ArtAsiaPacific, C Magazine, and Public Parking.