Stage Element for Wings Against the Veil of Light
The Contemporary Austin, 2024

Cricket Egg is a stage installation I created for the performance Wings Against the Veil of Light, a multidisciplinary work exploring the sensory world of crickets and the impact of artificial light on their behavior. The performance blends Butoh movement, speculative design, and wearable instruments that mimic the sound-making wings of crickets.

The piece, Cricket Egg, served as both a sculptural anchor and an interactive environment within the stage. It was designed to evoke the fragile, protective space of an egg—part shell, part shelter—inviting the audience into a more-than-human sensory world. The form responded to themes of emergence, transformation, and interference, echoing how crickets are affected by light pollution and ecological disruption.

Built to support movement and atmospheric shifts throughout the performance, Cricket Egg was shaped to hold stillness and vibration at once—offering both material presence and symbolic weight.

Created in collaboration with Jiabao Li, Rosemary Candelario, and Joy Deng, and performed at The Contemporary Austin: Laguna Gloria, the piece was part of a larger environment of sound, movement, and light inspired by Butoh notations and speculative ecological futures.

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