Eva 一娃 Lóu

The summer of 2019 - I had just turned 24, fresh out of college and moved to Shanghai. At the time I was working with an artist collective “TAI” (which doesn’t exist anymore) (r.i.p. and it will always be missed) We together took part in a project called “IsLand Bar” in Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai. In the heavy summer heat, every night we went to work in a contemporary art museum to make art/cocktails, and got PAID (a rare case in those years). Needless to say, it was extremely cool. That’s also when I met Chikara, Minori and Stéphane, the“IsLand Bar” team. I wouldn’t say we became best friends, but for sure shared some of the nicest memories the last summer before Covid struck. Cut to some crazy 7 years later. In 2026 I live in Amsterdam and just finished my master degree. I am preparing for a new work again as part of“IsLand Bar”at Utrecht’s Spring Festival - all because one and half year ago I ran into Chikara, Minori, Stéphane in a theater bar in Utrecht. We had not been in touch for years and had no idea the other party was there. Eyes widened and jaws dropped and soon conversations and drinks ensued. So much happened and changed in me and in the fucking world …but damn life has a quiet, cunning way of circling around and back, in the most blissful way. and today I really feel it in me. ✨🔮🦋🍸 so with tenderness in my heart I share this story and this work ... 📅 21st-23rd of May 📍Utrecht @springutrecht for ticket and more information check Spring Festival website. There are nine cocktails to choose from each from a different artist. (mine is called “Guilty Isles”) my recommendation is to have a bar-hopping night and get a bit tipsy and artsy and touchy feely like I am now?

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐮 📸 by Peteris Viksna @lycheeva is an artist, dramaturge, and creative facilitator currently based in Amsterdam. She creates performances, contemporary theater, workshops, and publications. Her practice centres on relationality and ways of being together, drawing on social practices and curatorial frameworks. Through her work, Eva examines modes of participation, the power of silence and encryption, and the (re)production and fictionality of collective memory. Co-creation and collaboration are vital to her artistic beliefs: she is a member of the _ao_ao_ing ensemble, a performance collective based in Shanghai. Her work has been presented in theatres, contemporary art museums, and cultural institutions in the United States, China, and the Netherlands, as well as in mountains and rivers, on the street, in shopping malls, the back of a caravan, a sex shop, and virtual spaces. Eva is an active ally of art education initiatives for children living in rural China and the Deaf art scene in Shanghai. She weaves her artistic sensibilities into these contexts through leading art camps and workshops, planning events, and co-curating programs. - - - Made possible by @culture360_asef @thesaisonfoundation @springutrecht Realised by @orangcosong @materialise_hk #IsLandBar #storytelling #cocktails #migration #performingarts

Just wrapped up our first workshop series and it was incredible! 🫂 Made some guilty memories with @lycheeva

Launching our WORKSHOP SERIES#1 🔮 🥔WORKSHOP + 🌬PRACTICE SHARING 🗓Sunday September 21 ⏳15:30-18:00 💈electric shadows, Amsterdam Join us for an afternoon of recollecting, sensory translation, and salt-dough making, led by our new studio member Eva LOU. Get a glimpse into her two-year long and continuing artistic research “Guilty Memory”, get thinking on the misused power of memory narratives, and get your hands dirty by (literally) baking some memory of your own. 👉🏽event is free, 10 public slots only ✅please send “your name + guilty memory”through DM to register — Guilty Memory: the re-collective is a project that explores ways to collect and archive the embodied and emplaced memories endangered by censorship and surveillance. It lies at the intersection of personal truth and collective memory, investigating the subversive power of encryption, silence and poetics. When they say that there is a “correct” collective memory … is my body guilty for holding a piece of memory that deviates from it?  …or is my mind guilty for wanting to forget? ——— Eva (@lycheeva ) is an artist, a creative facilitator, and a member of the Shanghai-based performance collective @_ao_ao_ing ensemble. She works through performances, workshops, social practices and engages with curatorial models. Her works often arise from the mundane of everyday life. She uses art-as-process and searches for relationality and collectivity. 🧉Stay for drinks and conversations after.

Introducing our Master Presentations at DAS Theatre Guilty Memory: the re-collective by Eva Lou “When they say that there is a ‘correct’ collective memory… is my body guilty for holding a piece of memory that deviates from it? …or is my mind guilty for wanting to forget? When citizens are forced to stand as defendants, and our memory becomes exhibit A in the court of history, are we guilty as charged?” Guilty Memory: the re-collective explores ways to collect and archive embodied and emplaced memories endangered by censorship and surveillance. It lies at the intersection of personal truth and collective memory, investigating the subversive power of encryption, silence, and poetics. Eva Lou is an artist and creative facilitator working through performances, workshops, social practices, and curatorial models. She is also a member of the Shanghai-based performance collective @_ao_ao_ing ensemble. Supported & advised by: @lin.nil.lin @panqi.studio @mamelgares @malicesenga @aiwenyin @martakeil @oahcoai @plum404 @echoctopus @chen_inny @little_beautymoon @rowanblem @yvonne27jin Participate in Eva’s presentation on March 10 and 13 at DAS Theatre. Book your ticket on DAS theatre website. #DAStheatre #GraduationPieces #GuiltyMemory #CollectiveMemory #Performance

Join us for 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. At Frascati on 18, 19 and 20 February at 20:00. Introducing Eva LOU, the Dreamer of 20 February Dreamer: Eva LOU Dream date: 17 October 2024 Dream title: The full moon siege Place of dreaming: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ‘𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳.’ Join us 18, 19 and 20 February, 20.00 hrs at Frascati: Dream Archive: Live Collection Presented by Andrea Božić and Julia Willms | TILT in collaboration with the Premonitions Agency Would you like to donate a dream yourself? Find out more and get your tickets at the link in our bio 🔗 Image: Julia Willms Photo: Eva LOU More information and tickets: https://www.frascatitheater.nl/.../dream-archive-live... With and by @andrea___bozic @jwillms @8illymullaney @nielsen_runderkampos @freemyeyes_ @tilt.zone @frascatiamsterdam @jana.jacuka @raposo.fred @lycheeva @afk20 @fondspodiumkunsten @cultuurfonds BNG fonds #dream #dreamarchive #lunaris #tiltzone #dreamcollectingsessions #andreabozic #juliawillms #premonitionsagency #performanceamsterdam #artamsterdam

in the open field

love-hate relationship with summer

We always had immense trouble trying to answer the question: how to define 老妖精 _ao_ao_ing’s work? It is difficult to give a simple answer because each performance work is so different and charming to us. So after some serious drilling, our English website is finally ready for you to view. It includes most of our projects in the past six years and who we are individually. We hope you give it a chance, have some fun and get lost in the maze! Hope our online presence kicks off something fun in our shared future 🪩 🔫 🔮 aoaoing.com / link in bio website designed by @lin.nil.lin

to Yoko

little collaboration with Zahra @_mohsenov and the wind

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