Bao Nguyen is a performance and visual artist based in Baltimore and raised in Vietnam. They improvise through movement, action, voice and words to unravel a range of emotions. Recently, they recited Cardi B’s “WAP”, rolled in a blanket while being naked, ate soil, scolded the audience and asked for their keys. Bao messes up the context of DIY and institutional spaces they perform in to uncover collective intimacy, openness and vulnerability.
ID: Image of an young male-presenting Asian person on stage. They are wearing a red clown nose and holding a mic. They are sitting on the stage. They are trapped inside an upside down harp cart. Photo by Tim Nohe.