Okyoung Noh and Caroline Yoo: Interactive performance and artist talk

The interactive theater piece and performance, ​“aZn luv luv t0ur,” directed and performed by Okyoung Noh (MFA ​’24) and Caroline Yoo, will be presented in Duderstadt Center on May 11 and 12 at 7 p.m.

This performance 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.

In-theater attendance is limited: book your seat for free at bit​.ly/​a​z​n​l​uvluv.

OKYOUNG NOH & CAROLINE YOO: aZn luv luv t0ur
Directed and performed by Okyoung Noh and Caroline Yoo
May 11 and 12, 2023 / 7 – 9:30 p.m.
Video Studio (1^st floor), Duderstadt Center, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI

* Performances, including the artist talk, are around 90 minutes with no intermission. There are visual depictions of sexual and war violence as well as verbal descriptions of mature and adult content.

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

This event is supported by Smucker Wagstaff funding and MicroGrant from ArtsEngine.