HOW I DISAPPEARED

HERE Arts Center SUBLETSERIES: CO-OP

August 16-18, 2022

145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013

As wondrous and monstrous as it can be, New York City is a living being that collects, preserves, and destroys people’s dreams. Is this city the memory of the future or the desire for the past? How I Disappeared rediscovers the cityscape with memories, desire, and intimate moments and expands the discussion of urbanism into cyberspace.

How I Disappeared is a collaborative multimedia puppetry show co-conceived by five Chinese female new immigrant artists: Qingan Zhang, Yuexing Sun, Ningyi Zhang, Jiaoyang Li, and Tianding He, with original live music by John Tsung, digital puppetry designed by Brian Ellis and projection designed by Euxuan Ong. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, devisers weave their poetic and personal urban life experiences in NYC with various styles, scales, and materials of puppetry.

Director: Tianding He

Co-directors/Devisers/Performers:  Jiaoyang Li, Ningyi Zhang, Qingan Zhang, Yuexing Sun

Mostly Sounds and Music: John Tsung

Graphic and Scenic Designer: Euxuan Ong

Creative Coder: Brian Ellis

Producer: Yaqi Liu

Stage Manager: Siyin Yan