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Govin is a performance maker, designer and creative producer based in Melbourne. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Melbourne; He has collaborated and created highly successful artworks in dance, theatre, puppetry and installation art in; and with, leading artists from Asia, America, Europe and Australia. In recent years, he has initiated, steered, directed and designed multiple international collaborations. These include; ‘My Lingam Speaks’ a hybrid work in comedy, ‘Klue,Doh!’ a work in theatre, ‘The Bee Project’ a site specific work set in a functioning café, ‘Flatland; An Adaptation in Dance’, ‘Welcome2Flatland’ an Interactive Public Art Installation, ‘SK!N’ a work in contemporary performance based on true stories about Human Trafficking, 'LIGHT' a work about the shared colonial past of Penang and Adelaide which was presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre at the 2019 OzAsia Festival and 'HuRU-hARa' a hybrid performance art and venue at the 2020 AsiaTOPA Festival in Melbourne.