How City People Say Love — Ada Zhang Portfolio

ABOUT

Ada Zhang
adazwork26@gmail.com
@adandan0520

I use water, body, and public participation to trace my own Chinese-ness through longing, loss, and circulation.

I grew up where rivers meet in Chongqing, China,
and now live in Brooklyn

Selected Project How City People Say Love

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How City People Say Love

I performed as Lily from Duolingo, a city elite holding both American passport and a Shanghai ID, who teaches peasants how city people speak love.

This piece is first performed at Yiwei Lu’s Show, Ride or Die Train, at Center of Performance Research, Brooklyn(2025/10), then performed at NYU Tandon ITP, Brooklyn(2026/6)

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performance slides, click left and right to navigate