I think one of the novelties of being in a foreign country is that I feel twice removed from my Chinese heritage. It is very a surreal and disorienting "out of body" "out of character" "out of comfort" state. It puts into perspective for me what it means to be Chinese. What it means to be the child of immigrant parents. What it means to be the child of Taiwanese-born Chinese parents. What it means to be American-born Chinese. What it means to be an American in a foreign country. A Chinese-American in a foreign country. A tri-lingual Chinese-American in a foreign country. And it makes me wonder how much or how little the people in that place understand this layered identity. How do they process me? All the nuances, the politics, the prejudices, the social constructs, my multi-cultural values, the pieces of my heritage that I choose to wear and the other pieces I've chosen to shed-- They can't they possibly understand any of that, but what do they see instead?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Improvisational Impulses: The mp3 Experiment

I participated in the mp3 Experiment today! Basically, the premise of this event is:
1. Download the mp3 track
2. Meet in the predetermined location at the specified time with the requested supplemental items (in this case: 2 sheets of paper with one letter on each, a marker, a wrapped item that you no longer want but someone else might enjoy, a roll of toilet paper)
3. Hit play and follow the instructions!

We exercised a variety of our artistic faculties: we danced with clothing in retail stores, froze on the street, played hide-and-seek in the park, human scrabble, sketched portraits and world maps, and lastly a mummified disco dance party. See the footage here: http://improveverywhere.com/2010/10/02/mp3-experiment-seven-thanks/

Hugs and improv,
Angela
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