Two Plant Gaysians

Meet Ghost and John, a romantic and wholesome pair of gay Asians, living a beautiful life in London while nurturing hundreds of houseplants to fill a certain ‘hole’.

Is this a migration story? A gay love story? An ecology story?

Ghost and John weave a captivating narrative from the ephemera of home, dancing nimbly with their green babies across the colder voids of displacement and struggle, following the urge of all life to thrive and flourish.

In a world that wants them to be more yang - bright, hard and masculine, Ghost and John defiantly remain Plant Gaysians.

Come and take part in the Plant Gaysian experience!

About Ghost and John

Ghost and John are two multidisciplinary artist-researchers, a cultural entrepreneur duo, and a married couple, from computer science and marine biology research backgrounds. They are best known for their collaborative approach to delivering socio-politically pertinent projects, and using technology to create embodied experiences.

As queer migrant artist-researchers from Hong Kong, Ghost and John have developed a dynamic and embodied practice that examines the intricacies of the body and nature, technological advances and folklore accompanying history. Their artworks, usually in the form of performances, installations and videos, focus on the fragmented memories of traumatic experiences related to displacement, relationships, social movement, and technological interaction.

They have been Moving Margins researchers with Internationales Theaterinstitut Berlin (2022), ImPulsTanz danceWEBBERand ATLAS Young Choreographer (2019) and are holders of MA Contemporary Dance, The Place.

As cultural entrepreneurs, Ghost and John collaborate with local governments, community organisers and cultural workers to drive social change through imagination infrastructure building work. They are two of the six co-founders of Hidden Keileon CIC, a cultural enterprise working with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with freedom and justice for all by dreaming and leading multidisciplinary and life-affirming projects.

As a married couple, Ghost and John are always cooking Cantonese dishes and balcony-gardening in their London flat. Their living room is their studio, dance floor and laboratory. They enjoy hosting dinner and board game parties for their close friends, growing new plants from cuttings, watching absurdist and surrealist films and making up new recipes.

Find out more at https://www.ghostandjohn.art/