Nomadic Minutes & Jiayun Zhuang
Based on four Chinese artists and their mothers, the documentary theater piece explores their diaspora experiences and the dynamics of their feelings and perceptions of home.
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KEY VISUAL To Mom, I want to …
An inescapable dilemma: the alienation of global citizens from a single sense of belonging on the one hand and their profoundly complex feelings for their mothers and homeland on the other. The play sheds light on how individuals constantly cross linguistic, temporal and spatial borders and deal with information asymmetries and socio-cultural differences. The tendency towards cultural de-globalization plays just as much a role as the uncertainty of mobility, the tension of multiple identities and the redefinition of diaspora in the contemporary context.
The Berlin-based collective Nomadic Minutes consists of the artists CAO Kefei, ZHOU Niannian, ZHANG Deng and LIU ShiYu. They were born in China in four different decades, live and work in Germany and are active in artistic creation and cultural exchange between the two continents. »To Mom, I want to…« is a co-creation with author and playwright Jiayun Zhuang, who lives in China and the USA.
- The premiere on May 10 will be followed by an audience discussion.
- Duration: 100 minutes
- Languages: German, English, Chinese
Additional information
Concept, direction, texts: Jiayun Zhuang & Nomadic Minutes (CAO Kefei, ZHOU Niannian, ZHANG Deng, LIU ShiYu)
Performance: Nomadic Minutes
Dramaturgy: Jiayun Zhuang
Stage & light design: Edwin van Steenbergen
Videodirection: Wenhua Shi
Sound design: Jue Wang
A production by Jiayun Zhuang & Nomadic Minutes in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost Berlin and Theatre YOUNG Shanghai. Supported by Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund (IKF) and with the support of the Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General Shanghai, Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf, Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut Boston, UMass Boston and Dr. Liya Yu.
Performance: Nomadic Minutes
Dramaturgy: Jiayun Zhuang
Stage & light design: Edwin van Steenbergen
Videodirection: Wenhua Shi
Sound design: Jue Wang
A production by Jiayun Zhuang & Nomadic Minutes in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost Berlin and Theatre YOUNG Shanghai. Supported by Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund (IKF) and with the support of the Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General Shanghai, Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf, Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut Boston, UMass Boston and Dr. Liya Yu.
Dates
May 2025
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