The MengCheng Collective (Thandi Cai, LiLi Nacht, Neena Wang, and Yidan Zeng) will execute a new performance to activate the exhibition Celestial Bodies. The four artists will use intuitive movements to invite ancestral presence into the space, channel healing energy, and create connections and constellations amongst the work.

Featuring: Thandi Cai, LiLi Nacht, Neena Yang, and Yidan Zeng

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MengCheng 梦城团 Collective (pronounced “muh-ng chuh-ng”) is an invitation into
intergenerational dialogue, communal healing, and empowerment by sharing the
Chinese-American experience of living in the American South. MengCheng 梦城 “City of
Dreams” is inspired by the Chinese phonetic name for Memphis, or mèng fēi sī 孟菲斯. As
artists and makers who grew up in Memphis, we formed this collective to challenge the way
our cultural histories have been collected, disseminated, or made invisible. Through an art
making process centered around food, ritual, and gathering, we create spaces to involve the
Southern Chinese-American community in their own archive making, healing, and resource
building. We aim to create transformative processes that allow the Chinese-American
community to not only see ourselves in the history and future of the Mid-South, but also to
claim our agency in enacting change in the region.