On April 11-12, the Department of Performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago held its annual “IMPACT” performance festival. Graduating BFA students, Eddy Barber-Rozema, Xinyang Xiao, and Twyla Rhode, and graduating MFA students, d.l. Adams, Gouri Bhuyan, Evan Liner, Beile Hu, erψn temp3st, Sylvan Talavera, showed live performances throughout the weekend. Performances from both students in the Department of Performance and Department of Writing included a wide range of styles and formats, like puppetry, dance, readings, sound art, and projection.
Xinyang Xiao (MFA 2025) performs “Into Emptiness.” Photos by Sivan GilbertTwyla Rhode (BFA 2025) feeds a drink to Eddy Barber-Rozema’s (BFA 2025) anteater character on stilts in his performance “Here You Go Beautiful.”Evan Liner (MFA 2025) devours a bag of oranges in his performance “Abridged History of Polk County.”Xinyang Xiao (MFA 2025) performs “Into Emptiness.”Gouri Bhuyan (MFA 2025) performs, “How I Wonder Who You Are.”d.l. Adams (MFA 2025) listens to her baby’s heartbeat in her performance, “Letters to You.”Eddy Barber-Rozema (BFA 2025) dances as an owl in his performance “Here You Go Beautiful.”d.l. Adams (MFA 2025) read letters to her baby on the way in her performance, “Letters to You.”
