CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi | Performance

JTTE Festival Artistic Director Jian Yi follows up their Made in Scotland showcase run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe of their critically acclaimed Weathervanes with Cloud States – a multi-disciplinary performance art and dance piece mapping queer migrant belonging. Working with movement, immersive installation, multimedia and video art, Cloud States will be performed as a multi-sensory installation with live performers at French Street as part of Journey to the East festival 2023. Robbie Thompson (Cryptic Artist) will collaborate on the project, contributing lighting design/special FX and new media audio-visual content that will be incorporated into the live performance.

BIO: Jian Yi is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance art, multimedia, contemporary dance and new genres. Their practice is rooted in an ongoing enquiry into the ambiguities of emotional experience. They seek to explore the experiential trauma of marginalised persons within our society, such as neurodiverse and queer people of colour, and how we reflect on the broader human condition. Their work has been performed and exhibited internationally in major venues such as New Museum, The Kitchen NYC, Summerhall, Dance Base Edinburgh, Tramway and CCA Glasgow, among others. They are the founder and Artistic Director of JTTE Productions.  www.jianxyi.com | IG @jianx_yi

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JOURNEY TO THE EAST (JTTE) - Scotland’s premiere performance art and contemporary culture festival which centres queer, PoC and East Asian artists and artforms - returns to Glasgow from 22-30 September for its highly-anticipated second festival edition, expanding its reach across the city with a weekend of live performances at CCA, Tramway and a week-long residency at Strange Field.

JTTE festival events are 18+ and may contain coarse language, adult themes, nudity and/or flashing lights. Artist conversations and lecture series may have limited capacity for ticket holders and will be available for entry on a first come / first served basis. Festival pass offers access subject to capacity to all events at all venues, except for the 2 artist workshops (ticketed separately). Individual venue passes offers access subject to capacity to venue events at one location, except for the 2 artist workshops (ticketed separately).

Strange Field is an accessible venue but does not have an accessible w.c.