It’s a dance, a rescheduled date.
part of 「你有什麼非實體見面的原因嗎」, 04/25/2025 SHANGHAI SEMINARY, Chicago, IL
Videography: Qiuchen Wu, Editing: zhuyan ye, Cover Photography: Eugene I-Peng Tang
Photography: Eugene I-Peng Tang
notes:
1. How to flip a ball, a glass and a lectern? (Are we talking about what’s not dance for us?)
2. Last summer in Biesenthal, M asked me if I had any technology for getting ready for a performance. I was a little bit embarrassed as I feel like I am not the person with a clear routine of getting focus on the performance. There are no such rules as not talking, not eating and even specific stretching before the performance for me. Rethinking this question a year later, I still have the same answer… It’s a privilege to understand, this body has to be focused for a performance, for a structured calendar. So I talked about this idea with Steven and Q while had a studio visit with EJ after seeing her thesis show. We came up with this event in the neighborhood where three of us happened to live in. It’s also so sweet that liming’s video was companying with us for the night.
3. “你有什麼非實體見面的原因嗎” means “do you have any reason to meet in person.” I explained this in the end of the event. Thanks for coming to Bridgeport, my friends. 🕸 💙 (this event not necessarily responds to this quote. It’s a spontaneous coincidence.)
4. I realized I was developing an intentional discomfort in the performance. Then I saw Silas and quinn were in the audiences. So I looked at them, seeking a common ironic reconciliation(寻求一种共同嘲讽的和解), as if the performance stoped and we were just on a dinning table.
5. Special thanks for Q, always asks sincere questions and provides support.
6. One day, Zio and I got off the bus in front of the library. Three Chinese teenagers were talking to each other in mandarin. They were 嬉皮笑脸/插科打诨。it seems they are on their way home from school.
7. Thank you Steven’s family and the living room.
1. How to flip a ball, a glass and a lectern? (Are we talking about what’s not dance for us?)
2. Last summer in Biesenthal, M asked me if I had any technology for getting ready for a performance. I was a little bit embarrassed as I feel like I am not the person with a clear routine of getting focus on the performance. There are no such rules as not talking, not eating and even specific stretching before the performance for me. Rethinking this question a year later, I still have the same answer… It’s a privilege to understand, this body has to be focused for a performance, for a structured calendar. So I talked about this idea with Steven and Q while had a studio visit with EJ after seeing her thesis show. We came up with this event in the neighborhood where three of us happened to live in. It’s also so sweet that liming’s video was companying with us for the night.
3. “你有什麼非實體見面的原因嗎” means “do you have any reason to meet in person.” I explained this in the end of the event. Thanks for coming to Bridgeport, my friends. 🕸 💙 (this event not necessarily responds to this quote. It’s a spontaneous coincidence.)
4. I realized I was developing an intentional discomfort in the performance. Then I saw Silas and quinn were in the audiences. So I looked at them, seeking a common ironic reconciliation(寻求一种共同嘲讽的和解), as if the performance stoped and we were just on a dinning table.
5. Special thanks for Q, always asks sincere questions and provides support.
6. One day, Zio and I got off the bus in front of the library. Three Chinese teenagers were talking to each other in mandarin. They were 嬉皮笑脸/插科打诨。it seems they are on their way home from school.
7. Thank you Steven’s family and the living room.
something else:
新年的第一天在美景市的飞机降落，去R和P家的路上我睡着了。那种脸被人揍了一拳然后美美晕过去的感觉。还在飞机上的时候就看到这里好多从没见过的泥浆的颜色。山路变成高架桥，新的城市长在河流的平面之上，盆地的停车场，雨季的海绵路标。然后果真大雨来了，摇晃醒，想着第一次来的半球还是不要在出租车上睡觉好，可是已经一周没睡，车变成船只，晕船症也没了。死过去又因为必须说服自己的恐惧醒来，反反复复。（我最近读到”喜出望外“这四个字，又读到有人的诗集第一句便是“醒，是梦中往外跳伞”）这大半年，我的身体偶尔会被带回到那个车内。演完"Archer and Loomis" 我（或许）在Steven的客厅沙发睡着了，天亮的时候他的鸟，或许只是住在客厅的那只，或许是那两只同名的鸟一起，在客厅的天花板大转圈，也说着话，芝加哥上午的阴天阳光。另一次在公车上，后排有人用有中文腔调的英文在聊天，那个语言像是漏水从芝加哥总是过长的公车后部往前倾倒，我竟然生气起来了。最近一次在一个偶然的旅行中，有一个和美景市按比例缩小的德国盆地，公车，睡不饱，下雨，出大太阳，回程的火车上，找一个清静又不太冷的位置睡觉，耳朵里却不断在辨认邻座人说什么语言。
新年的第一天在美景市的飞机降落，去R和P家的路上我睡着了。那种脸被人揍了一拳然后美美晕过去的感觉。还在飞机上的时候就看到这里好多从没见过的泥浆的颜色。山路变成高架桥，新的城市长在河流的平面之上，盆地的停车场，雨季的海绵路标。然后果真大雨来了，摇晃醒，想着第一次来的半球还是不要在出租车上睡觉好，可是已经一周没睡，车变成船只，晕船症也没了。死过去又因为必须说服自己的恐惧醒来，反反复复。（我最近读到”喜出望外“这四个字，又读到有人的诗集第一句便是“醒，是梦中往外跳伞”）这大半年，我的身体偶尔会被带回到那个车内。演完"Archer and Loomis" 我（或许）在Steven的客厅沙发睡着了，天亮的时候他的鸟，或许只是住在客厅的那只，或许是那两只同名的鸟一起，在客厅的天花板大转圈，也说着话，芝加哥上午的阴天阳光。另一次在公车上，后排有人用有中文腔调的英文在聊天，那个语言像是漏水从芝加哥总是过长的公车后部往前倾倒，我竟然生气起来了。最近一次在一个偶然的旅行中，有一个和美景市按比例缩小的德国盆地，公车，睡不饱，下雨，出大太阳，回程的火车上，找一个清静又不太冷的位置睡觉，耳朵里却不断在辨认邻座人说什么语言。