Lighting the Way
WHAT PEOPLE Wrote
A Secret Journey
Your history together brought us to many unknown lands. You left us feeling we witnessed a secret journey. Cats. Ships passing. String. Sisters. Everyone who has peopled this room. Honoring every moment together. Honoring space. Figurative and literal. Timing of join-ups. Use of room. Start > Finish. Complete.
A Miracle in Nature
"Puzzle-like configurations of two bodies coming together. One body moving another, yet not mechanic, but purely organic. Felt like watching a miracle in nature that happened once in a hundred years; like a waterfall full of glowing stars."
an umbilical cord betweeN
"It was beautiful—a cascading shifting relationship with each other and the space that wasn't quite human, in a world where there wasn't quite verticality. But y'all also managed to be firmly connected—an umbilical cord between you. Thank you for your clarity and simplicity of structure; all felt helpful in these dark days. "
Megan Lowe + Johnny Huy Nguyen
present
Lighting the Way
in
Oakland Chinatown's Lantern Festival
February 5th, 2023
Sunday at 6:30pm-7:00pm
(full festival runs from 3:00pm-8:00pm)
Pacific Renaissance Plaza
388 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607
A duet co-created between Megan Lowe and Johnny Huy Nguyễn, commissioned by AAPI Healers for Liberation, Cut Fruit Collective, Oakland Bloom, and Civic Design Studio, for Oakland Chinatown’s Lantern Festival, celebrating the Lunar New Year. This event was designed to celebrate the diversity of the Asian diaspora and promote joy and healing in our community. There were family-friendly activity booths, light installations, a "night market" with traditional foods, performances, and a maker market.