Verge Center for the Arts is excited to debut KOKO’s Love: The Technicolor Unfairy Tale Ball, an all-new video installation best described as a dynamic dramedy that will engage and captivate exhibition guests. The debut of KOKO’s Love is timed to coincide with the official Launch Party for Sac Open Studios!

Loosely autobiographical, KOKO’s Love is an original East Asian/American Asian hybrid soap opera series written, produced, directed, and performed by the talented Yoshie Sakai. Using videos within installations that are pushed to exaggerated and imaginative levels, KOKO’s Love: The Technicolor Unfairy Tale Ball offers a creative and immersive video experience that simultaneously explores and challenges stereotypes, myths, and universal beliefs passed on through generations. Sakai’s various characters – all performed by her -- function as avatars that act out (sometimes uncomfortable) responses to contemporary society while raising questions about ever-compelling issues such as cultural identity, gender roles, and personal relationships.