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a severe condemnation that could be made of a person​

performed at Peopling the Palace(s) Festival

duration of 00:12:00

photography by dani harvey


Lying to save face. We all do it. 

Struggle, conflict, identity. Emerging from Asian insecurities and troubles is a performance about face. In any social interaction, the constructed persona is at stake. How much respect and deference can a person claim? By what means, through what methods?

​This performance examines the intersection of Asian “face” and Western “standing”, and where the boundary lies between them.