Guild Hall: ‘How Does It Feel To Look At Nothing’ / In-Process Artists-in-Residence, 4.30th, 7 PM

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TONIGHT, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 7 PM

IN-PROCESS: HOLLAND ANDREWS AND YUNIYA EDI KWON—

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LOOK AT NOTHING

Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon’s Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence develops How does it feel to look at nothing, an experimental opera and pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. Blending composition, improvisation, movement, and ritual, the work explores the forces and conditions that compel life’s emergence, and the spiritual act of meaning-making during epochs of decay.

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Creators / Composer-Performers / Soloists: Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon

Creative Producer: Roya Amirsoleymani

Sound Design: Lester St. Louis

Lighting & Production: Maggie Heath

Scenic Design: KC Englander

Stage Manager: Ariana Swei

Costume Design: Bonan Li

Movement Coach: Marie Lloyd Paspe

How does it feel to look at nothing has received support from a Guggenheim Fellowship, Creative Capital Award, Sweat Variant’s Artists Supporting Artists Program Grant, and the Baroness Nina von Maltzahn Fellowship from The Watermill Center. The project has been developing in residencies at Teatro Municipal do Porto (Portugal), National Sawdust, BAM, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Shadowcliff Artist Residency, The Watermill Center, and Guild Hall. The project’s lead commissioner is John C. Robinson, with special thanks to Chiwoniso Kaitano. The project is powered by its 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Producer Hub.

How does it feel to look at nothing will have its world premiere in Fall 2026 before touring nationally and internationally.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence

Principal Sponsor: Kathy Rayner in memory of her husband, Billy Rayner.

Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from Bobbie Braun -The Neuwirth Foundation, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway and Vital Projects Fund.

Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Toni and Seth Bernstein, Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, and Barbara Toll.

All Musical Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.

PHOTOS:

Holland Andrews. Photo: ©Liv Toerkell

yuniya edi kwon. Photo: ©Lindsay Morris

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