For four hours between 4 and 8 p.m. on July 17 the Grand Lobby of the Yerba Buena Center for Arts will host a free performance of ConVerge: Water, "an experimental, participatory dance deeply engaged with water movement and meaning expressed through the physical medium of bodies."
Performance artist QinMin Liu and her ensemble are presenting an "experience centered on the fluidity of the medium and dimension." She is an interdisciplinary artist from China, who uses choreography, performance art, and visual art as tools to explain what she calls "unseen forces." She explains:
After 15 years of dance training and performing, body language becomes an irreplaceable element in my art creating. I have been exploring a new art concept (4A concept) after I discovered my own unique body language. 4A concept describes my creative motivation and inspiration, which represents “anywhere,” “anyone," “anything," and “anytime."Straightforward dance movements, improvisation, non-traditional theatrical spaces and unrestricted creating styles are my tools to describe our daily lives and explain modern society’s unspeakable problems. It is my responsibility to vocalize in art people's voices and concerns through my works. Making art becomes a process of questioning social issues and answering them at the same time. Paying attention to public art reminds me of the connection between artist and audience. As an artist, my hope is remove the line that separates us.
I clash, intertwine and fuse with unpredictable elements, whether they are visible or not. I long to connect with one point and any other points that don’t have traits of the same nature. My art and movement explodes in the middle of such dynamic and infinitely connections. My work is not an end product of any kind, but yet pertains to a flammable energy always seeking to invade diverse entranceways and exits. These dot-connecting movement of mine doesn’t simply draw lines; instead, it floods out a dimension, a map that’s overspilled by my rawest human desire.