Press Release
‘Cross-Contamination’ is about the possibility of developing and building a scene in a mutual relationship. And using the theatre as a platform for transformation.
For me, theatre can be understood both as a space for making fantasies and as a place where the body undergoes a certain kind of training. The theatre offers a double meaning in terms of both spatial meaning and functionality.
The ‘cross-infection’ is a reconfiguration of both the space and the way it is read. And by ‘infecting’ each other, it produces a genetic ‘lesion’.
‘Cross-infection’ consists of two parts.
The first part: the ‘virus’ – which is made up of images, devices. (Diagram 1). A public resource is transformed into a visual symbol. The enclosed space simulated by two hair dryers creates a simple ‘artificial environment’ with thousands of white plastic bags moving in the air, forming a new artificial landscape with the theatre’s entrance hall and video.
The second part: ‘Clinical Signs’ – the theatre’s lunchroom is set up as a space with multiple styles, traditional theatre? Chinese auditorium? Cinema? (Diagram 2). The film screen overlaps with the matinee. At the same time, the scenes of the film take place on the same platform. The film in the theatre space and the theatre in the film space form a warm visual experience.
Wang Jianwei
2007-1-29
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