Movement, Memory, Mirage

Movement, Memory, Mirage investigates how culture threads its way across generations and continents, resonating in our subconscious experience of the current moment. Using dance, movement practices and ritual as a constant within an ever-shifting stream of consciousness, Movement, Memory, Mirage takes us from traditional practices and shadowy memories of the ancestors, to the cutting-edge expressions of the current generation. The themes and questions explored in the work include the complex "American" identity and its inherent contradictions and dualities, multilayered histories that are embedded within cultural landscapes, the folding and unfolding of experiences, and the ways in which culture carries, shifts, and expands on specific narratives and legacies towards future generations.

This video installation incorporated experimental media, documentary filmmaking, dance/choreography, and sonic arts to create a monumentally scaled experience, immersing visitors in a dreamscape of Chinatown past, present and future.

Created by Fernanda D’Agostino, Felicia Lowe, Miche Wong, and Knxout in collaboration with Chinatown Media and Arts Collective and the Center for Asian American Media, San Francisco

Location/s: Chinese Historical Society of America, Chinatown, San Francisco, 2021
Additional performances by Judy Chan, Lisa and Juju Kusanagi, Chan Moly Sam, Mariko Ohno, and Beverly Wong
Media/Details: Three-channel projection mapping project, 120’ x 40’ x 60’D