April 2026

Residency Project:
This April, I Ching collaboration ensemble would like to invite you to join us for weekly Open Labs as we study and explore the ways in which the I Ching translates into practice and performance.

We are excited and honored for the opportunity to share reading, process, exploration, and discovery in residence at Water & Power this month!

No previous experience with the I Ching is necessary. The laboratories will be supported with a collection of print translations and interpretive guides – or you may bring your own. Laboratory sessions will include exploring and responding to the I Ching with music, movement, drawing, and writing.

A final performance at the end of the residency will feature guest artists and an installation of readings and visitor contributions gathered during the Open Lab sessions.
Kenny Zhao, angel lin, and Young Tseng have been reading and exploring the I Ching in collaborative performances that combine divination, improvisation, and listening deeply.

I Ching Collaboration Open Lab Dates

Monday April 13 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Wednesday April 15 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Sun April 19 - 5-7pm - Workshop

Monday, April 20 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Wednesday April 22 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Monday April 27 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Wednesday April 29 - 11am - 3pm - Open Lab

Final Performance - May 3, 2026

Open Lab sessions are free. Donations to support Water & Power are welcome.

ARTISTS:

KENNY ZHAO
Kenny Zhao is a genderqueer cyborg musician and performer exploring the intersection of music, divination, and technology. Beginning in composition and production, their practice has expanded since the COVID era into multidisciplinary and participatory art making. Their recent work is centered around improvised electroacoustic I Ching rituals that explore chance, attention, and audience imagination. Their I Ching practice has been shared at Taipei’s Contemporary Culture Lab, the Audubon Center at Debs Park, 2220, and the Philosophical Research Society. Zhao is currently studying Clinical Psychology at Antioch University, a pursuit that continues to inform their interest in participation and imagination in collective world-building.

Instagram: @zhaomusic
kennyzhao.com

ANGEL LIN Angel Lin is an undisciplinary percussionist, improviser, instrument maker, and sound sculpture artist based in Los Angeles. Utilizing hand made instruments and sculptural pieces crafted from tree branches, driftwood, and other natural/recycled materials amongst a host of gongs and drums to create unique sonic landscapes, their work also integrates elements of spirituality and Chinese ritual magic as part of the performance and creative process.

Instagram: @angellinsounds
grayfeatherfoundation.org

YOUNG TSENGYoung Tseng is a mime. He is curious about how perspectives shift when we pay close attention with all available senses.

Instagram: @youngtseng.work
youngtseng.work

May 2026

Residency Project:

The Seizure of Love, After the Leaving
夺取之爱
离去之后

Through sculpture and performance, continuing to tell the stories that emerge in consciousness. The
flows and returns, the dissolution and disintegration of life. Love, sensation that burn like an endless
flame. I wish to express all, through the flow of consciousness, with the sincerity and poignancy of
poetry.

The performance continues the previous mode of observation, gives life to the objects (sculptures) while
depriving the subject (performer) of sensory perception, leading viewers into an honest experiment of
observation.

ARTIST:

Evesaltocave - @evesaltocave

In evesaltocave’s work, the body becomes a vessel, and objects are living carriers of memory. Her
performances often merge with sculptural installations, unfolding over extended durations or episodic
narratives. Through installations, and intuitive bodily movement, she weaves reflections and imaginings
of the world. Humans and objects act as mediums, continuously transforming and dissolving between
“self” and “other,” as if part of an ongoing cycle of metamorphosis.

Final Performance - May 10, 2026

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