Jen Shyu’s Zero Grasses EPK Interview

Vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer Jen Shyu’s newest solo work, ZERO GRASSES, explores the fractured relationship between humanity and nature, while also identifying parallels in how people relate to each other. Drawing upon ancient shamanic art forms from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Timor, the work features Shyu playing the Japanese biwa, Korean gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, and piano, while also singing in various languages including English, Indonesian, and the Tetum Prasa and Tetum