Leftover Market 剩女經濟

Leftover Market takes its inspiration from a term defined by the All-China Women's Federation, “Sheng Nu”, meaning “Leftover Women”, used to classify females* over twenty-seven who are still single, a notion that pervades Mandarin-speaking cultures around the world. Following on from their trilogy Girl’s Notes (2018-2020), which revolved around gender identity, nudity and embodiment, the award-winning feminist artist PinWen Su has been questioning the performance of gender.

In their new piece Leftover Market, Su parallels the notion of leftovers in our fast food and fast fashion cultures with how females* are evaluated and notions of desire and consumption. Inviting audiences into an immersive and participatory space populated with so-called waste and a figure that refuses to conform, Leftover Market interrogates how we judge things to be favourable or useless, and who gets to decide. Ideas of gender, sexuality, family, materiality, food, sustenance, and the very landscape of our daily lives under late stage capitalism are thrown together and exploded in this provocative and playful work. 

*In the context of this work, we use the word 'female' as opposed to 'women' to reflect the way in which the "Sheng Nu" classification is understood in Mandarin-speaking cultures, and the language used to reflect this. This is strictly used to classify people who are assigned female at birth and continue to be perceived and judged within that cultural understanding of gender. This includes cisgender women, and AFAB non-binary and trans-masculine people.

Duration:
50 Minutes

Ticketing:

Purchase tickets for 3 or more performances at once and enjoy a 20% discount. Liveworks Festival is curated to let you experience multiple shows in a single day—so why not make the most of it and see them all!

You can find the full schedule here, and the Archie Rose Liveworks Bar will be open all week for you to eat and drink before and between performances.

Release 1: 21 August
Standard: $50
Concession: $40
30 Down: $30
Artist: $25
Mob Tix: $20

Release 2: 9 September
Standard: $55
Concession: $45
30 Down: $35
Artist: $30
Mob Tix: $20

Release 3: 7 October
Standard: $60
Concession: $50
30 Down: $40
Artist: $35
Mob Tix: $20

Content Warnings:
Nudity. Recommended for audiences 16+

Merchandise:
Shop Leftover Market 剩女經濟 Merch here.