ashleyho+domeniknaue: last portrait

Ashley Ho (Singapore) and Domenik Naue (Germany) weave together text, sound, dance, and visual poetry in a new performance-installation exploring loss, grief, and detachment.

In a world of rapid change, collapse often feels like a collective spectacle. As part of a generation hyper-aware of loss, we obsessively track change, knowing that documenting the present also highlights what could disappear. How do we move forward without getting stuck in nostalgia or paralyzed by the fear of losing?

This work is an ongoing conversation, shaped by the places it travels to: from Over het IJ and Dansateliers in the Netherlands, to Studio Plesungan in Indonesia, Oriente Occidente in Italy, and Dance Nucleus in Singapore. Now, it finds its latest form at SPRING Festival in Utrecht. With intermediate public showings, the performance remains an open question—and an invite to the audience.

From 2024 to 2026, they will embark on a two-year development trajectory with the Nieuwe Makers Regeling, in partnership with Dansateliers and SPRING Performing Arts Festival. Last Portrait is the first project made within this trajectory.