chromic.duo
chromic.duo

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.

“…sets a High Bar for a New Era.”

Marin Heinritz, Revue Arts


“And it’s often the smallest wonders that blossom into the grandest and wildest concoctions.

Genevieve Trainor, Little Village Mag

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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.

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.

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.

StairWELL

Blending Art, Mental Health and Technology, to create an interactive installation through a multi-year Artists and Innovators Residency at Purdue University.

How Fragile We Bloom

An immersive AR Soundwalk inviting listeners to reflect on Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” to foster resilience and civic engagement.

Hacking Grains

An immersive performance reimagining the rice cooker as a cultural synthesizer, exploring the interconnectivity between ritual, technology, and Asian identity.

 Testimonial

Partnering with Chromic Duo has had a lasting impact on the College of PVFA at Texas A&M. 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 worked with students in many of the degrees we offer, creating an important contribution to the arts landscape at Texas A&M University, and transforming the student body. 

Dr. James Ball, Texas A&M
Associate Dean for Industry and Community Engagement
Director of the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts

let’s work together.

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 Support Us

If our music and projects has moved you, inspired you, or simply made you pause for a moment — we invite you to be part of what comes next.

Make a tax-deductible donation to Chromic Duo below.

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