we are chromic duo.
Blending toy piano, electronics, and multimedia into installations, genre-fluid concerts, and immersive experiences, we’ve cultivated partnerships with colleges + cultural institutions internationally to share our passion for transforming spaces into places of beauty + belonging.
We believe that, by slowing down and looking at the smallest objects of the everyday, that we can uncover truths and reimagine how we connect with one another.
We reimagine how we gather, in and outside of the concert hall, and bring experiential works and installations as a creative studio and performing arts duo.
Our process for approaching storytelling + experience design is inspired by our experiences as third-culture kids within the Asian American diaspora— finding and creating moments of belonging wherever we are.
No matter the medium,
the heart of what we do is constant:
To cultivate intentional spaces for gathering to share stories that have been left out.
“…was incredibly beautiful in how it slowly revealed all components together as a body of sound. I reveled in the music’s immersiveness and inclusivity.”
Jennifer Pyron, OperaWire
“And it’s often the smallest wonders that blossom into the grandest and wildest concoctions.
The toy piano is like a symbol of being able to give yourself the permission to play, to not judge yourself, and to show a little bit more empathy for yourself and for the people around you.”
Genevieve Trainor, Little Village Mag
Of the Sweetness, We Remember
“What food reminds you of home + belonging?” A Dance Piece + Ritual co-created with the community that invites us to find empathy and connection through the lens of food.
We Are Here
A commissioned experience, artist residency and performance inviting museum visitors to reimagine the next 100 years of AAPI art + history at the Smithsonian National Asian Art Museum.
From Roots We Carry
A Performance Ritual and Installation tracing our stories as first-generation AAPI to create a collective moment of healing and belonging.
Hacking Grains
An immersive performance reimagining the rice cooker as a cultural synthesizer, exploring the interconnectivity between ritual, technology, and Asian identity.
StairWELL
Blending Art, Mental Health and Technology, to create an interactive installation through a multi-year Artists and Innovators Residency at Purdue University.
Ocean of Memories
An immersive AR Soundwalk on Texas A&M’s college campus, Inspired by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Life Under Water
Testimonial
Partnering with Chromic Duo has had a lasting impact on the College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts at Texas A&M University. Dorothy and Lucy are brilliant artists and are beyond generous with their time and creativity. In public performances, class visits, and workshops, they demonstrated to our students new possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration. In their commissioned work, Ocean of Memories, they managed to work with students in many of the degrees we offer, including Music, Theatre, Performance Studies, and Visualization. Ocean of Memories is an important contribution to the arts landscape at Texas A&M University, and our students have been transformed by their experience with it.
Dr. James Ball, Texas A&M
Associate Dean for Industry and Community Engagement
Director of the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Performance and Visual Studies