While her mother slowly loses her vision, optometrist Leslie Ting makes a career change to pursue her dream of becoming a professional musician. After her mother dies suddenly, Leslie, now a violinist, listens to the silence to discover what she never saw before.
Speculation is a theatrical concert with an immersive visual design based on the experience of vision loss. A monologue interweaved with live performances of Beethoven and John Cage tells a mother-daughter story of loss and listening.
“...very moving and very intelligent....the most worthwhile artistic performance (or artistic anything) I’ve attended in the past five years.”
“It was mesmerizing for me...the story of mothers and daughters, told in such a beautiful way.”
Photo: Melissa Sung
