Pass through the Moon Gate to mark the full moon, and Asian Heritage Month, at the Polygon Gallery May 23
Looping media works, sonic storytelling, and streetdance explore theme of circles nd cycles
The Polygon Gallery presents Moon Gate on May 23 at 7 pm
A MOON GATE is best known as that circular opening in classical Chinese garden wall, acting as a round pedestrian passageway. But it’s also an important symbol of the cycle of birth and renewal, a portal between the earthly and the celestial, bridging mortal time and the divine.
An event marking Asian Heritage Month at the Polygon Gallery riffs on the Moon Gate, featuring works by Eric Cheung, Cristian Gonzalez, OURO Collective, and x/o.
On view is streetdance and media artist Eric Cheung’s Everlasting, created in collaboration with engineer and coder Cristian Gonzalez—a mesmerizing audiovisual experience that explores the cycle of existence through looping, repeating, transforming circles.
Elsewhere on the evening, OURO COLLECTIVE performs excerpts from 7y98d, a piece conceived in collaboration with street-dance virtuoso RubberLegz and creating moving tableaux of intersecting bodies. Watch for imagery representing the Earth's and Moon's cyclical nature and the looping and stretching of time and space (with dancers Ash Cornette, Cristina Bucci, Eric Cheung, Rina Pellerin, and Shana Wolfe.)
Meanwhile, x/o probes into the realm of duality and tension with Chaos Butterfly, exploring personal transformation and identity through sonic storytelling. x/o is electronic music producer, DJ, and performer Veron Xio, who’s performed everywhere from Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park to Berlin’s Berghain and Paris’s Palais de Tokyo.
The film and performances launch at 7pm, with an artists' Q&A following. The event is free with RSVP at the link at top.
Janet Smith is an award-winning arts journalist who has spent more than two decades immersed in Vancouver’s dance, screen, design, theatre, music, opera, and gallery scenes. She sits on the Vancouver Film Critics’ Circle.
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