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.”
Music: Chien-An Yuan, Caroline Yoo
Video: Caroline Yoo, Jaewon Lee, Seung Ah Lee, Okyoung Noh
Installation: Okyoung Noh
Production Help: Yuchen Wu, Manali Desai, Carly Lowe
Stage Manager: Yuchen Wu
Stage Tech and Video: Duderstadt Studio Team
Photo: Chien-An Yuan
Poster: Doyeon Son
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.”
Music: Chien-An Yuan, Caroline Yoo
Video: Caroline Yoo, Jaewon Lee, Seung Ah Lee, Okyoung Noh
Installation: Okyoung Noh
Production Help: Yuchen Wu, Manali Desai, Carly Lowe
Stage Manager: Yuchen Wu
Stage Tech and Video: Duderstadt Studio Team
Photo: Chien-An Yuan
Poster: Doyeon Son