K. Sid Zhang with Moon Dog presents "Postmortem II"
Postmortem II
Toying with the detective fiction genre with a bizarre twist, the Postmortem series traces the investigations by a detective duo within a black-and-white cityscape as they roam in search of a mystery among vast memories and existential oblivion. Inspired by absurdist theatre, Roberto Bolaño’s “detective” poems from The Romantic Dogs, and the streets of San Francisco, these performances visualize a post-apocalyptic world at the convergence of abstraction and mundanity.
The first Postmortem premiered at Church of Clown, SF, in July 2025. Postmortem II reimagines and rearranges the scenario of the previous show, continuing the themes with more unexpected elements: love, robots, and dinosaurs.
Artist Biographies
K. Sid Zhang
Sid Zhang is a director, dancer, and poet from Nanjing, China, and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She searches for space between words and their silence and creates visual poetry out of interdisciplinary, movement-based performances. Sid received a BA (Hons) in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University, with a Minor in Creative Writing (poetry). Her work has been presented at, among others, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the San Francisco International Arts Festival, and Stanford University. Recent work includes directing Postmortem I (Church of Clown), co-organizing the ecological arts program and speculative gift shop Future Finds (Bathers Library), and puppeteering in The Monkey King (San Francisco Opera).
Event Links
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