Choy Ka Fai
Projects
Volcano Trilogy
2027 –
Volcanic Bestiary
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The Stone Crusher
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Kiri Kanan Kiri
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The Sound of Prayers
2026 –
SoftMachine: The Return
2025 –
Yuya
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XkZh
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Surjit
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Rianto
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Altas of the Yellow Magic Era
2025 – 2035
Exodus
2024 –
Sometimes I See The Future
2024 – 2026
Lecture Performance
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Becoming Miku
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CosmicWander
2020 – 2024
Expedition
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Yishun is Burning
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Post Colonial Spirits
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The Third Prince
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Blue Sky Academy
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Lotus Tiger Society
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Unbearable Darkness
2018 – 2021
The Wind That Cuts the Body
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Game Demo
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Everyone can Butoh
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Dance Clinic
2016 – 2018
CaseStudy X Darlane Litaay
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CaseStudy Y Florentina Holzinger
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Dance Neuro Analysis
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Introspective
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SoftMachine
2012 – 2016
Expedition
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SoftMachine: Yuya
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SoftMachine: XiaoKe x ZiHan
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SoftMachine: Surjit
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SoftMachine: Rianto
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SoftMachine: Interview
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Prospectus for a Future Body
2010 – 2012
Eternal Summer Storm
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Bionic Movement Research
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SynchroMetrics
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Notion: Dance Fiction
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Lan Fang Chronicles
2009 – 2015
Lan Fang Museum
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The De Groot Collection
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The Man Who Rode Crocodiles
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Insignificant Landscape
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Reheasal For A Film
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Rhapsody of a Century
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Rectangular Dreams
2008 –
TheatreWorks
2006 – 2009
Revolution-Per-Minute
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Reservoir
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Dance Dance Dance
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V.I.S.T.A Lab
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Drift Net
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Kill Your Television
2002 – 2022
Days of Being Wild
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The P.O.P Station
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Not Available on Print Date
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Design For Death
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Deadline
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Agenda
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Exodus

Double Takes by Kadist & Le Nouveau Printemps, Toulouse
22 05 2026 0:00
22 05 2026 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Spring Festival Utrecht
14 05 2026 0:00
14 04 2026 0:00

Becoming Miku

Myths We Call Bodies, MC2 & ICA London
08 05 2026 0:00
09 05 2026 0:00

Atlas Of The Yellow Magic Era

Hidden Futures Symposium, Pact, Essen
30 04 2026 0:00
20 05 2026 0:00

In Search of The Tragic Spirit

Dublin Dance Festival, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
13 02 2026 0:00
29 03 2026 0:00

Lotus Tiger Society

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
30 01 2026 0:00
31 01 2026 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Real Dance Festival, Hannover
04 12 2025 0:00
05 12 2025 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Humboldt Forum, Berlin
13 11 2025 0:00
13 11 2025 0:00

Sometimes I See the Future

Jumping Frame Festival, HongKong
04 11 2025 0:00
19 11 2025 0:00

Gobal Peace Prayer Festival

Thimphu, Bhutan
26 09 2025 0:00
28 09 2025 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return

Dans Focus, Esplanade Singapore
09 04 2025 0:00
10 05 2025 0:00

The Third Prince Game

HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
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Biography

Biography

Choy Ka Fai is a Berlin-based Singaporean artist whose visionary practice reimagines the limits of the human body. Operating at the dynamics of dance, media art, and performance, his multidisciplinary work transcends traditional realms to question realities beyond our own.

In 2019, Ka Fai launched the groundbreaking CosmicWander series, an extensive investigation into shamanic dance cultures across Asia. Combining rigorous research, performance, and exhibition, the series premiered with a solo exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum (2021) and the VR experience Blue Sky Academy at tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf. Significant performances include Postcolonial Spirits (Tanz im August, 2021), which speculate on telepresence to connect Javanese trance rituals with international audiences, and Yishun Is Burning (Tanzplattform Deutschland, 2022), a queer voguing-shamanism fusion that challenges norms of gender, religion, and cultural identity. In 2025, Ka Fai premiered SoftMachine: The Return, culminating a decade-long documentary project that traces the lives of four dance-makers. Reuniting with long-term collaborators, the work interrogates themes of friendship, resilience, and technological reinvention.

Ka Fai's performance works have been commissioned and presented by major institutions globally, including Sadler's Wells (London), ImPulsTanz (Vienna), and Kyoto Experiment (Japan). His recent expansion into visual arts has been featured at the Biennale of Sydney, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), and Bundeskunsthalle (Bonn). A former resident artist at tanzhaus nrw and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Ka Fai holds an M.A. in Design Interaction from the Royal College of Art, London.

Contact
human@ka5.digital
Instagram
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Exodus

Double Takes by Kadist & Le Nouveau Printemps, Toulouse
22 05 2026 0:00
22 05 2026 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Spring Festival Utrecht
14 05 2026 0:00
14 04 2026 0:00

Becoming Miku

Myths We Call Bodies, MC2 & ICA London
08 05 2026 0:00
09 05 2026 0:00

Atlas Of The Yellow Magic Era

Hidden Futures Symposium, Pact, Essen
30 04 2026 0:00
20 05 2026 0:00

In Search of The Tragic Spirit

Dublin Dance Festival, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
13 02 2026 0:00
29 03 2026 0:00

Lotus Tiger Society

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
30 01 2026 0:00
31 01 2026 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Real Dance Festival, Hannover
04 12 2025 0:00
05 12 2025 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return_DoubleBill

Humboldt Forum, Berlin
13 11 2025 0:00
13 11 2025 0:00

Sometimes I See the Future

Jumping Frame Festival, HongKong
04 11 2025 0:00
19 11 2025 0:00

Gobal Peace Prayer Festival

Thimphu, Bhutan
26 09 2025 0:00
28 09 2025 0:00

SoftMachine: The Return

Dans Focus, Esplanade Singapore
09 04 2025 0:00
10 05 2025 0:00

The Third Prince Game

HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin