Blue Bird
Six 16mm film projectors Performance
Stereo sound / Color / 18 minutes
Materials: Projector stands, speaker, prisms, pencils, rotating station, 16mm film loops
Blue Bird is a mesmerizing journey of self-discovery that unfolds through the captivating dance of six 16mm film projectors. The bird’s soul searches for its body, mirroring my journey for searching for belonging and quest for wholeness through a female and personal lens. Layered with evocative soundscapes and multilingual poems, the performance creates a liminal space where dreams and reality converge.
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Reading list
Song of the Open Road BY Walt Whitman
The Journey BY Yvor Winters
Journey and Return BY Willard Maas
A Journey of the Mental Traveller BY Ernest Sandeen
Abstract Film and Beyond by Malcolm Le Grice
Expanded Cinema BY Gene Youngblood
Expanded Cinema: Art, Performance, Film
Memory in Freud BY Richard Terdiman
Watching list
Outer and Inner Space (1965) BY AndyWarhol
A Short History BY Erica Sheu
Girl From Moush BY Garine Torossian
Wings of Desire
Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling] 2012 – present BY Kristin Reeves
Man with Mirror BY Guy Sherwin
Horror Film BY Malcolm Le Grice
Special thanks to Paul Turano, Malic Amalya, John Gianvito, Kathryn Ramey, Maurice Methot, Shaun Clark, Stephen Jackson, Emerson College DFL, AgX Film Collective, all the audiences, my parents, and classmates who gave me support.
Crew
Artist & Producer – Yue Hua
Co-producer – Yanghuixiao Gao
Composer – Dominik Kalajdzic
Assistant Performer – Yuhan Wu
Associate Producer – Ziqi Cao, Izzy Astuto
Editor – Yue Hua
Trailer Editor – Leon Liu
Assistant Editor – Leon Liu, Guan Huang, Xiaoyi Luo
Sound Mixer – Yue Hua, Nathaniel Gardner
Still Photographer – Asma Nobari Khoshme, Tomas Orrego
Video Record – Asma Nobari Khoshme, Ömer Yılmaz, Carol Shen, Zhengkai Luo, Liu Yi
Assistant Animator – Yi Liu, Arden Pianodes, Carol Shen, Jiyeon Kim, Elise Cohen
Production in Qinghai, China
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