aZn luv luv t0ur

Interactive Performance Theater
Directed and performed by Okyoung Noh and Caroline Yoo

2023 May 11 19:00 / May 12 19:00

DUDERSTADT CENTER, VIDEO STUDIO
2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI


This performance “aZn luv luv t0ur” invites audiences to join Noh and Yoo as tour guides in leading an interactive tour engaging with Western online archives fetishizing the Asian female body. The tour physically maps some of the contemporary digital spaces of racism, sexism, and imperialism that amplify perspectives of sensationalizing and exotification of the Eastern Asian woman such as sub-Reddit communities, porn culture, mail-order brides, and/or memes. In tandem, the performance also maps the psychological consequences in Yoo and Noh’s lived experiences, in relation to the representation and reproduction of sexual fantasy of “fetishized, sexualized and marginalized Asian women.”




두 아시안 여성 퍼포머는 아시아 여성의 신체를 패티쉬화하는 온라인 커뮤니티, 밈, 포르노,데이팅 사이트, 백인 남성과 얽힌 개인사 등을 소재로 5가지 시퀀스를 구성하고, 각 장면에서 20여명 관객의 참여를 유도한다.

관객은 각 씬에서 방관자, 가담자, 소비자, 댄서 등을 선택적으로 퍼포밍하게 된다. 이 과정에서 온라인 매테리얼은 지금 여기 존재하는 몸들의 서사에 편입되고, 아시아 여성의 신체와 관객과의 경계가 흐려진다.














Music: Chien-An Yuan, Caroline Yoo

Video: Caroline Yoo, Jaewon Lee, Seung Ah Lee, Jean Cho, Okyoung Noh

Installation: Okyoung Noh

Production Help: Yuchen Wu, Manali Desai, Carly Lowe

Stage Manager: Yuchen Wu

Stage Tech Support and Filming: Duderstadt Studio Team

Photo: Chien-An Yuan

Poster: Doyeon Son