“Without new works—and new perspectives behind them—we have no hope of ending the division in our culture. Therefore, I am honored to use my platform as a National Sawdust curator to present the first ever Pan-Asia Sounding Festival in collaboration with Spring Revolution. My goal is to question the ownership of culture and demystify the Asian culture, a culture viewed too often through a lens of “tourism” and exoticism. Through six music performances, one film screening, and one installation, the festival will serve as a vehicle to encourage new ways of writing and performing new music. It is my hope that audiences not only come away both more engaged and less assumptive about Asian culture, but also with a deeper, more intertwined understanding of the region which I call my native land.”
Du Yun, Curator and Founder of Pan Asia Festival
