Andrew Thomas Huang pairs new sculpture with digital lions
East Wind, the filmmaker's 2018 motion-capture video danced by an LA troupe, shows with brand-new work at 999 USA Chan through Nov. 6.
- When
- Through Fri., Nov. 6, 2026.
- Where
- 999 USA Chan, downtown Los Angeles.
A traditional lion dance is already a puppetry rig: two dancers inside one body, animating a creature neither of them is. East Wind, Andrew Thomas Huang's 2018 motion-capture video, swaps the silk and papier-mache for a skeleton of data. Huang recorded performers from the East Wind Foundation, the Los Angeles Chinese lion dance troupe the piece is named for, and used their movement to puppeteer lion avatars through digital space. The two-channel video now hangs beside a body of new sculpture at 999 USA Chan in downtown Los Angeles, and the pairing closes Nov. 6.
An excerpt from East Wind (2018). The full six-minute video, with sound, is on Huang's site
Huang describes the work as re-embodying "the diasporic gap" through the virtualization of the lion dance.
The show, which Huang announced this week, is curated by Anjélica Vasquez and 011668, the archaeological-service-styled account behind the space, and runs at 106 E 11th St. 999 USA Chan itself operates between Los Angeles and Mexico City, more project space and shop than white cube, which suits work this allergic to category.
Stills from East Wind, via Andrew Thomas Huang
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