Bottom Edge Air by lu yim

Pageant Presents: Bottom Edge Air by lu yim

Bottom Edge Air feels through public symbols and characters to reckon with our bodies as weapons and subjects of crisis.

This project continues Yim’s research on dissociation to understand it as an expression of our collective interiority, thinking beyond the language of symptom and through a somatically metaphysical and quantum lens.

This iteration will feature a series of overlapping duets that begin with two subjects, Elon Musk’s personal “Tesla Roadster” and “Starman”, a mannequin astronaut, who in 2017 were rocket launched into space, marking a significant gesture towards SpaceX’s colonial project.

Bottom Edge Air will be accompanied by live audio description by Kiera Bono.

Performed by: Cynthia Chang, Ella W-S, lu yim, Nami Yamamoto, Takahiro Yamamoto, Yining Chi

Audio Description: Kiera Bono

Costumes: Laurel Atwell

Lighting: Maggie Heath

Installation: DB Amorin