The lightest dark is darker than the darkest light | Nien Tzu Weng

Danse-Cité and MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) co-present Canadian Taiwanese artist Nien Tzu Weng‘s new creation, The lightest dark is darker than the darkest light, from April 9 to 12, 2025.

Combining performance and futuristic visual compositions, this immersive experience plunges audiences into a dreamlike landscape at the crossroads of science fiction and manga.

The team of digital artists, video artists, sound designers, video mapping creators and augmented reality experts cobble together a prolific trans-disciplinary, multi-dimensional project, a space-time portal where past and future meet.

With this new creation, Nien Tzu Weng deconstructs the cultural roots of her practice, experimenting with a body identity linked to ancient concepts stemming from Taoism. Through the yin and yang aspects of the body, she navigates a fluid, paradoxical state on the edge of inner and outer worlds, bridging physical and virtual spaces.