Betty Apple

Betty Apple (b. 1986, Taiwan) is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance art, sound art, electronic music, DJing, and new media. Centering her practice on body politics and performance, she integrates art, visuals, live streaming, and electronic music. Her inspiration stems from the millennial experience in postcolonial Taiwan and is deeply influenced by rave culture, queer theory, posthuman contexts, and Taiwanese underground culture. By appropriating local objects and kitsch culture, she incorporates industrially-produced symbols of erotica (such as vibrators, lingerie, and silicone breasts) into her performances. Through the dynamic interplay between the body and objects, she creates chaotic and hysterical “magical realist narratives.” Recently, she has used the “mermaid” as a performance symbol to explore the fluidity of techno-mysticism.

Her major performances include Mermaid Awaking Club (Copenhagen, 2023), the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Australia, 2025), Wonderfruit Festival (Thailand, 2024), Luxembourg Art Week Opening (2023), and the Jogja Biennale (Indonesia, 2019). She has also participated in Nuit Blanche Taipei (2020, 2022) and the Taipei Arts Festival (2018, 2020, 2023). Her work Signals From The Future was featured in Libération (France). Additionally, she has contributed sound design for JENN LEE’s fashion shows (2023, 2024) and theatrical works such as New Paradise of Silent Island.

About the Performance: Beta Mermaid and Sheela

A cyberfeminist techno-shamanism ritual by Beta Mermaid and Sheela, in which we create a dimension connected through our moans, held by the world-spanning tissue of air and multiplying like Yin and Yang from the I Ching. We create vibrations from our bodies and sounds and — with the technology of time travel — we hit the point and release the water to create ecstasy for this Universe.