Jemima Yong (b.1990) makes photographs with the eyes of a performance maker. She is Malaysian, born in Singapore and is based in London, UK. Collaboration, experimentation and time are central to her processes. Typically she photographs artists and performance; outside of the theatre that way of seeing is projected onto performativity in everyday life. She is a member of Documentation Action Research Collective and an associate of Forest Fringe.
2021
- An essay about Jemima's photography practice is included in Performance in an Age of Precarity by Maddy Costa and Andy Field, published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2021.
- Jemima's production photographs of Figs in Wigs' Little Wimmin are included in the play text, which is published by Salamander Street.
- The Field film which was made with the support of a bursary from Grain Projects is included in the group exhibition Covid19: A Year Lived at FORMAT Festival 2021.
Photographed:
2020
- Script editor on Show Business as Usual by Joseph Mercier and third year students at Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
- Photo series Field, is made in the Covid-19 lockdown. Featured on BBC News, Time Out, Reckless Magazine, ISO.LATE Zine, Scopio Network, The Dinner Party Reloaded on Lucy Writer's Platform and at The Auckland Festival of Photography through #massisolationFORMAT
- Is awarded a bursary from GRAIN Projects to develop a performative iteration of Field. The result of this is a 19 minute film of the photographs in sequence alongside a performed text adapted from media headlines, national timelines and personal reflection.
- Makes photo series Different ways to be together, different ways to be apart
- Co-hosts with Andrea Saemann the first Photography & Performance dinner supported by Live Art Development Agency (LADA).
- Co-creates a response to Tara Fatehi Irani's Mishandled Archive project with Holly Revell and Something Other; Mary Paterson, Maddy Costa and Diana Damian Martin which is published in the book Mishandled Archive (published by LADA). Performs an adapted extract at the book launch!
- Photographs from Jemima's work with Karen Christopher and Sophie Grodin's performance Control Signal are published in The Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy edited by Alice Lagaay and Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca.
Photographed:
- Manchester International Festival
- Siobhan Davies Studios
- Wordcolour
- Figs in Wigs
- Ross Head
- Karen Christopher
- Emergency Chorus
- LAMDA
- performingborders
- Andy Field and Beckie Darlington
- Animal Spirits
- When Tulle Become Fun
2019
- Works with Stroud based company Paper Jungle on Three Suns as puppetry dramaturg and photographer
- Has a conversation with Swiss performance artist, researcher and activist Andrea Saemann about performance and photography, at Live Art Development Agency.
- Is a visiting lecturer on the MA/MFA Scenography course and the BA Performance Arts course at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
- Jemima is invited to curate a series of artist profiles for TheatreCraft's social media platforms. The artists profiled are Tian Glasgow, Alicia Britt, Kendell Foster, Sharmila Chauhan and Edie Edmundson.
Photographed:
- Off West End Awards 2019
- Tara Fatehi Irani
- Joseph Morgan Schofield
- Clean Break and Dismantle This Room for Royal Court Theatre
- Rhiannon Armstrong's Chill Out Space at Battersea Arts Centre
- Ballet Soul
- PINK SUITS
- Andy Field and Beckie Darlington
- Figs in Wigs
- Race Today by New Slang Productions
- Make Your Admin Noisy As Hell by Tim Cape
- Shaftesbury Park Primary School
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Circus Circus Circus festival presented by Certain Blacks
- Bastard Assignments
- Channing Tatum
- Rhiannon Armstrong
2018
- With DARC, leads DIY:15 Transformance supported by Live Art Development Agency and Dance4, Nottingham.
- Works on Circus Circus Circus residency with Certain Blacks as photographer and dramaturg at 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space.
- Publishes photographs and written contribution in Crowood Theatre Companions: Scenography book by Simon Donger.
Photographed:
- Es Morgan
- Rosanna Cade and Ivor MacAskill
- Christopher Brett Bailey
- PINK SUITS
- JAMS
- Jamal Harewood
- Raze Collective
- Louise Orwin
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama MA Scenography and BA Theatre Practice: Performance Arts
- Theatre Peckham
- FUTURE RITUAL
- Shaftesbury Park Primary School
2017
- Becomes a member of artist led collective DARC (Documentation Action Research Collective)
- Contributes to MAP 3: 'Archiving Asia' with Alternative Documentation as part of DARC
- Participates in Forest Fringe's Organisational Development project as an associate artist, Jersey Arts Trust, Jersey
- Photographs from Jemima's work with Karen Christopher and Sophie Grodin's performance Control Signal are published in Repetition in Performance: Returns and Invisible Forces by Eirini Kartsaki
Photographed:
- New Slang Productions
- PINK SUITS
- Barbican Centre
- Louise Orwin
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- ZENDEH
- FUTURE RITUAL
2016
- Fragments: solo exhibition of audio recordings and photographs from residencies with Forest Fringe, Somerset House, London, December 2016
- Worker Portraits 1.0: micro film portraits made in collaboration with Timothy Cape, commissioned by Spitalfields Music, exhibited in Shoreditch Church, London, December 2016
- Here's the Thing: Audio visual public art installation under Kingston Tunnel, made in collaboration with Timothy Cape and 26 nine year olds. A Kingston is our Canvas commission by International Youth Arts Festival. London, July 2016
- Political Selfies: a short film made in collaboration with Paniclab, Woolwich Arsenal, London, June 2015
Photographed:
- L MARKS - JLAB & BMW Innovation Lab
- PanicLab
2015
- Postcard Project: National Library in collaboration with Objectifs, mentored by Deanna Ng, Singapore, March 2015
Photographed:
- Future of Imagination 10
- DevFest.Asia - CSS Conf Asia & JS Conf Asia
- Design Film Festival Singapore
- The Studios: fifty programme at the Esplanade Theatres
2014
- Portrait Salon 2014 selection: Four Corners Gallery, London and various
- Performance | Life | Archive: solo exhibition at Ziferblat, London
- The Audience: solo exhibition at Bath Fringe, Old Theatre Royal Bath, Bath
Photographed:
- Ellie Stamp
- To The Moon
- Haranczak/Navarre
- Mamoru Iriguchi
- Tricycle Theatre
- PanicLab
- Ridiculusmus
- Christopher Brett Bailey
- National Art Service
2013
- Forest Fringe Photographer in Residence, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh
- SPRINT Festival Photographer in Residence, Camden People's Theatre, London
Photographed:
- St Petersburg International Legal Forum in London
- Westminster University: Exhibiting Performance Conference
- LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre)
- informa: SMART Cities Industry Summit
- Association of Theatre Sound Designers
- Trinity Laban
- NoFit State Circus
- PanicLab
- Cabaret Derangium
- Daniel Somerville
- Haranczak/Navarre
- Nenagh Watson
- Mamoru Iriguchi
- Made In China
- Bath Theatre Royal
- Claudia Jefferies
- Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium
- Brother Brother Studios
- Tom Marshman
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Dirty Market Theatre
- Silent Opera
- Tempting Failure
- ZENDEH
2012
- Exeunt Magazine's Photographer in Residence
Photographed:
- London Afrobeat Collective
- House on Fire (Swaziland)
- BRUNO GLINT Gallery
- Three's Company
- The Rainbow Collectors
2011
- Trilogy One: Group exhibition, 33% London Commission, Oval House Theatre, London
- Safe Keeping: Solo exhibition, Bowery Gallery, Leeds
- Primary 1: Solo exhibition, Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore, ** Artist Residency at CHIJ Kellock Primary School
- My photographs of Madaleine Trigg's Sutre exhibited at:
* Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York St Marys, York 17/18th Jan 2013
* Critical Costume Symposium (which included an exhibition), Edge Hill university June 2011
* Prague Quadrennial: Extreme Costume Exhibition (UK representative) National Gallery, Veletrzni Palace (Prague)
Photographed:
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Authoring Theatre Conference
- Nenagh Watson
- Daniel Somerville
- Kirsty Harris
- Madaleine Trigg
Published in:
- BBC News (UK)
- The Guardian (UK)
- The Times (UK)
- The Sydney Morning Herald (AUS)
- The Stage (Online)
- Time Out London (UK)
- The Straits Times (Singapore)
- The New Paper (Singapore)
- Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds)
- Swazi Observer (Swaziland)
- VICE Motherboard (Online)
- TwentySomething London (Online)
- Londontheatreblog's Theatre in Pictures series (Online)
- Culture Push (Online)
- Exeunt Magazine (Online)
- OkayAfrica (Online)
- Puppet Notebook (UK)
- Designing Sound (Online)
- Animations Online (Online)