photos by Ohno Ryusuke | courtesy of Tokyo Arts and Space
Homesick for Another World Homesick for Another World: a film unfolding in space
60min performance
2025
Tokyo Arts and Space | Tokyo, Japan Traversing various societies, time periods, and political struggles, Mei Liu stages interdisciplinary multimedia performances in which past, present, and future overlap.
Her storytelling performances interweave documentary footage, oral histories, dreams, detective fiction, and personal reflection in unexpected ways.
She draws connections between collective consciousness, memory, and contemporary technology, exploring the theme of dreaming under oppressive conditions with both humor and insight.
Concept Mei Liu Writing / Performers Mei Liu, Malaz Usta Support Forecast Mentorship with Lieko Shiga Amarte Fonds Electric Shadows studio Installation Collaborator Xinyi Mei