Synesthesia Opening Performance

October 11, 2025

On Saturday, October 11, Making Space Bmore hosted the opening performance of Differentiation, the 3rd Synesthesia Show. Synesthesia Spectrum is an annual collaborative event presented by the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), two of Baltimore’s leading institutions in music and visual arts. This year’s Synesthesia Show explored the theme of differentiation – how artistic identity is shaped, fractured, or redefined through displacement, hybridity, and personal resistance. The works trace the nuances of being “othered” and the power of artistic self-determination.

Featuring Asian contemporary artists working across sound, performance, installation, and media, this edition invited audiences to experience a layered conversation around visibility, transformation, and creative divergence.

Visual Artists: DooRee Kang (MFA ‘25), Winter Hart (MFA ‘26), Lucia Shuyu Li (MFA ‘25), Michelle Li (BFA ‘25), Wonchul Ryu 류원철(BFA ‘25), YooRaRa (MFA ‘26), Aura Wang (MFA ‘25)

Composers: Yoonjung Lee (DMA ‘27), Yanqi Chen (MM ‘21), Yenhsing Chen (DMA ‘28), Zhishu Chang  (DMA ‘28), YoungJun Lee (DMA ‘27), Lulu Li (MM ‘26), Zhitao Lin (DMA ‘27)