Theresa-Xuan Bui

is an interdisciplinary poet working in performance, video, and sculpture.




SELECTED WORKS

together you’re home, now where are we?
as if our hands could hold the weight of promise
upon skin, upon stone
To Love So Freely,
Body Shop
Fweakiest Fwiday: A Gender Reveal Party
W(H)ELCOME
AAPIasinDDMS


SELECTED POETRY

Behind my boys’ backs, I dream of my boys, and falling in love
I’ll choose love every time
 TLDR; My poetry is bigger than your poetry
the intimacy of a distance
Going, Growing, We Go
I’m good at being self-sufficient
ATEASE
Ô ăn quan
upon skin, upon stone collection
Posturing

ARCHIVED 

I built a pool of gold so we’d always stay afloat
One with the prison, one with the promise, together we give each other form
FUBU
Untitled (Blue)
Basics with Bui: Learning the Letter E’s
Collective Ideation #5

PROCESS  JOURNAL

 Experiments in movement




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To love so freely,

2024

To love so freely, is a site-specific installation by Theresa, created in collaboration with Echo and set within a three-story wooden elevator at the Upper Jay Art Center. 

The work combines a poetic soundscape and visuals of improvisational movement, inviting audience interaction through a MIDI controller to manipulate the video’s color, speed, and contrast.

The soundscape features a dialogue from Theresa’s poetry, exploring love, trust, and vulnerability. Warped voices, echoes, and reversed sounds create a sense of claustrophobic introspection, mirroring the complexities of unreciprocated love and the intangible nature of trust.

The visual component presents Theresa performing slow, improvisational movements that evoke the deliberate pacing of someone practicing. These visuals mirror the unwinding, reflective nature of the piece and are amplified by the elevator's confined space, heightening the immersive and intimate quality of the work. The tight quarters intensify the presence of the soundscape and visuals, drawing viewers deeper into the layered exploration of love's complexities.