Birds Are Real, Ambushed from Ten Directions

Birds Are Real, Ambushed from Ten Directions, is a twenty-minute performance blending live percussion, piano, and shadow puppetry. Inspired by the “Birds Aren’t Real” conspiracy theory and the traditional Chinese piece “Ambush from Ten Directions,” it explores modern cognitive warfare, where misinformation blurs the line between reality and fiction.

Also presented is a live shadow puppet show, “Jin Doushan One-Horned Green Bull,” an excerpt from Journey to the West performed by Tung-Hua Shadow Puppet Theater from Taiwan.