Name: When Light is Alive
Start: 2026-05-02T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-02T20:30:00-04:00
Location: initial research

When Light is Alive

initial research

In this performance, the artist becomes a non-human wearing wearable sculptures made of glass and light.

When Light is Alive Joy Li Doors open at 7:00 PM.Please note that doors will close at 7:30 PM. This performance explores light in different ways. The artist, Joy Li, becomes a non-human creature by wearing wearable sculptures made of glass and light, using them as an extension of the body to interact with the audience. When light is alive, when it approaches, your pupils begin to constrict beyond your control. This event is organized by the initial research 2025/2026 fellow Yu Ji and BHKM, and is part of their ongoing project Shack. “When you enter the space of initial research, you will find a box standing against the wall. We call it Shack, a temporary body of sculpture that represents Yu Ji and BHKM: cardboard walls, painted radish red, cement flooring, supported by 3/8x3/8 wooden sticks, all walls open individually suggests alternative dimensions of the space that contains. Our materialistic practice happens inside and performative practice happens both inside and outside. The Shark employs method of ‘____’ and community building in order to circulate the idea of use “of”. Matters and happenings updated coordinately and improvisedly.”— BHKM and Yu Ji

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