Van Lefan樂凡 is a Taiwanese multidisciplinary artist who honors art as powerful medicine for healing, change, sharing of stories and ideas. Her practice includes music, sound art, visual media, written works, theatre, northern Shaolin kung fu, dance, and aerial hoop.
An inquiry into personal and collective experience, her 2022 album, "What Holds Us Together?" is a sonic journey that synergizes folk, pop, experimental soundscapes and poetry, weaving a tapestry of ancestry, identity, ecological reverence and social justice.
Her work "Unsent Letters: To Whom It May Concern '' is an experimental play/immersive multimedia installation researching the intersections between her artistic practices and healing modalities. Inspired by personal experiences and background in psychology and counselling, this work is an intimate dive into the cyclical nature of interpersonal relationships, attachment patterns, and memories. Using songs, movement, monologues, and controlled feedback, Lefan investigates how experiences are imprinted in bodies, spaces, objects, and the processes we engage in to re-write these stories.
In recent years, she has worked with Immigrant Lessons, Rumble Theatre, What Lab, Media Arts Committee, Bard on the Beach, Jade Music Festival, and currently works as a 4DSOUND technician at Lobe Spatial Sound Studio.