Fractured Mosaics
Thu, Mar 30
|White Snake Projects
White Snake Projects presents a live virtual opera that asks what it means to be Asian American. Featuring music performed by the MIFA Victory Players and Tian Hui Ng as Music Director.
Time & Location
Mar 30, 2023, 7:30 PM – Apr 03, 2023, 7:30 PM
White Snake Projects
About the Event
Tickets are Pay What You Can
A LIVE VIRTUAL OPERA
We are often fractured, but when we come together, we form beautiful mosaics.
Fractured Mosaics responds to the surge in Asian American hate. The term “Asian American” is a social and political construct which groups together 20 different ethnic groups originating from more than half the earth’s land mass. Though loosely bound by the color of our skin, we are not a monolith. Our different cultural and political histories are deeply embedded in our origin memories. We struggle to explain what it means to live in a yellow skin - a skin which is not dark enough to deserve protection from violence or discrimination; a skin which is not white enough to be accorded the privileges of whiteness. How do we explain the insidiousness of “yellow racism”? These four scenes by four Asian American composer/writer teams bound together by musical interludes say what words can only say, inadequately. They show what we dream of, what we struggle with and how we triumph. We are often fractured; but when we come together, the fractured mosaics form something beautiful.