Paris Syndrome
Where perception begins to slip.
I want to see your dirty Paris.
–Miho Hatori
Following the success of her multimedia project Salon Mondialité, musician and artist Miho Hatori returns with the world premiere of Paris Syndrome, an EMPAC-commissioned performance created with Michiko Ogawa (shô) and Dan Peck (tuba).
Driven by live sound and moving image, the work reimagines the rare psychological condition known as “Paris Syndrome” as a speculative story from the near future. The condition—most often associated with Japanese visitors to Paris—describes a state of psychological disorientation that occurs when lived experience fails to align with expectation.
In Paris Syndrome, the audience is seated within a shifting field of sound, voice, and image, physically encountering how perception—often unconscious or habitual—is constructed, reinforced, and destabilized. As boundaries between body, memory, and image begin to dissolve, the performance moves between humor, estrangement, and quiet unease.
Both intimate and cinematic, Paris Syndrome asks: What happens when the world no longer appears as you thought you knew it?
Join us in Evelyn's café from 6–9:30PM for snacks and a cash bar.
Main Image: Miho Hatori, Paris Syndrome, development illustration, 2025. Courtesy the artist.
Dates + Tickets
September 4, 2026
Paris Syndrome by Miho Hatori was commissioned by EMPAC / Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
