too quiet to hear
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spoken word performance, c. 16:00
pen-pals, phone scams, mosquito sound, and sensitivity.
instead of being louder, can you come closer?
too quiet to hear is a spoken word performance that consider quietness as a level of sensitivity. In this performance Li intertwines his personal stories into a sonic experience through the use of text, voice, and the slippages of meaning. In “The Wild Swans” by Hans Christian Andersen, a princess must remain quiet and knit stinging nettles from the graveyards into shirts to save her brothers. There is beauty associated with the quiet and lack of agency which essentially makes the prince fall in love with the princess. To what extent can an accent be sexy, otherness be exotic?
Performed at Center for Arts, Research, and Alliance, New York, NY (2023)
Asymmetry Foundation Day Ritual, London, GB (2023)
Preview here
spoken word performance, c. 16:00
pen-pals, phone scams, mosquito sound, and sensitivity.
instead of being louder, can you come closer?
too quiet to hear is a spoken word performance that consider quietness as a level of sensitivity. In this performance Li intertwines his personal stories into a sonic experience through the use of text, voice, and the slippages of meaning. In “The Wild Swans” by Hans Christian Andersen, a princess must remain quiet and knit stinging nettles from the graveyards into shirts to save her brothers. There is beauty associated with the quiet and lack of agency which essentially makes the prince fall in love with the princess. To what extent can an accent be sexy, otherness be exotic?
Performed at Center for Arts, Research, and Alliance, New York, NY (2023)
Asymmetry Foundation Day Ritual, London, GB (2023)
Preview here