Bi-Annual Panel - Digital Breath& Emerging Artists Workshare & Salon

Event poster titled 'Digital Breath: Performing Arts in a New Techno-Sensory Age' with details about Panel 001, hosted by Quadrant International Art Association at La MAMA Galleria, New York, on June 25, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Digital artwork poster for the 'Emerging Artists Workshop & Salon' event, featuring a futuristic black metallic human head with a glowing halo around it, set against a blue and black cosmic background with star-like details. Event details include date, time, location, and hosted by Quadrant International Art Association.
Poster for an event titled 'Digital Breath' at La Mama Galleria featuring panelists with their names and titles, including Steve Pestana, Kengchakai, Kevin Peter He, Mary Mark, White Sellers, Lyell Hintz, and Valeryie Yao, focusing on arts and technology intersection with guest talks and discussion.

Held at La MaMa Galleria in New York City, the event welcomed over 60 guests from across the creative and academic spectrum. The panel featured a diverse lineup of guest speakers—including educators from institutions like Pratt， NYU and accomplished practitioners in digital art, sound, XR, choreography, and immersive media—who are redefining the future of performance through technology and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Two women are sitting on stools against a light-colored wall, watching a video projection on the wall. The projection shows one of the women from the audience. Other people are sitting in front of them, observing the scene.
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On June 25, 2025, Quadrant International Arts Association (QIAA) successfully hosted Digital Breath: A Panel on Performing Arts and Emerging Artists Workshare & Salon continuing our mission to foster meaningful dialogue at the intersection of art and innovation. Presented by Quadrant International Arts Association (QIAA), Digital Breath was a half-day event exploring the evolving intersections between technology and live performance. Featuring an afternoon workshare by emerging media artists and an evening panel with leading voices in new media, choreography, XR, motion capture, digital art, and sound, the event fostered cross-disciplinary dialogue and celebrated new ways of sensing, creating, and collaborating.

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Moderated by Valkyrie Yao, this panel brought together six artists working across fields of performing art and technology.

Panelists:

Special thanks to immersive experience designers Tong Wu and Jianing Cui, whose thoughtful spatial and technical design helped create an engaging, sensorial environment that brought the theme of “Digital Breath” to life for both panelists and audience alike.

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Audience members were also invited to take part in a live interactive segment—blurring the lines between spectator and performer, and embodying QIAA’s vision of collaborative exchange.

QIAA’s Emerging Artists Workshare & Salon offered a vibrant platform for early-career artists working at the intersection of performance and technology. Through short presentations and open dialogue, participants shared works-in-progress spanning experimental dance, sound, and multimedia forms. The event emphasized creative process, peer exchange, and cross-disciplinary connection—fostering a supportive space for new voices to be seen, heard, and celebrated.

Featured Artists:

  • GAI Studio (Jack Chen, Qin Zhang, Dannie Zhao)

  • Jessie Han

  • Bonan Li

  • John Luo & Mingjun Han

  • Chienn Tai

  • Raven Tao

  • Cookie Xia

  • Zihao Zhang