Qiujiang Levi Lu
Qiujiang Levi Lu is a NYC-based performance artist, experimental musician, composer, and educator. Their work transforms the body into a sonic object through interactions with movements and audio technology, exploring identity, sound, and space. Lu designs customized feedback systems with cyborg-like body augmentations inspired by Objectophilia/animism. These include special microphones, speakers placed within bodily orifices, and an augmented amplified laptop. Their resulting performances consist of choreographed, ritualistic improvisations that build upon ancient Chinese drumming traditions to manifest body dysmorphia, sexuality, spirituality, and mortality. Lu is currently a lecturer in Music at the University of Pennsylvania. Their works have been featured internationally, including at MATA Festival, High Zero Festival, Inkonst, E-Flux, IRCAM Forum, and Le Poisson Rouge. Lu has also been an artist-in-residence at ISSUE Project Room, Harvestworks TIP, and Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm.