ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
‘You and Me’ is a non-profit experimental music festival independently initiated, curated and organised by 17-year-old musician Zhao Ziyi. Tickets are not required for entry, and the income from the audience’s appreciation goes to the artists. Zhao Ziyi says, ‘I just want music. It’s just you and me.
For three consecutive days, 2023.08.04-08.06, the inaugural You and Me was held at Glory East Table Tennis Club, 89 Xiaodian Village, Jinzhan Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing. ‘For believing that I can do this thing, and then I went for it. Nonsensical? There is really no reason for this thing, if I have to say, I would like to answer it is because of love.’
‘I want to do it, keep doing it, and now immediately. Just like will continue to love. Continue.’ Zhao Ziyi has already started preparations for the second edition of ‘You and I’, the festival is scheduled to start on 4 August 2024 and last for about a week.
The first ‘You and Me’ festival contains 32 performance units over three days. In addition to a handful of long-time active experimental musicians, a number of young and new faces have been invited. They came from Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Shenyang, Wuhan, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Australia. The youngest of the participants is still in high school.
Zhao Ziyi said, ‘Making it so big is just because I’m too timid. I want to fill myself up, I want to give myself a deep hug. Well, a hard punch would be fine.’
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Li collaborated with Arrington De Dionyso and Lu Zheng in the festival.
