The Standing Men-AADN
Lend an ear to The Standing Men, these phosphorescent mannequins are purveyors of stories, words and culture, they will light up with words and colors, with the contact of the public. The Standing Men is a suprising and welcoming interactive installation, that has been specially adapted to the Chinese audience within the frame of Croisements Festival. They hail the passers-by and invite them into a dialogue. They tell their stories in Chinese, wonder about life and the environment they occupy. The audience is not only a spectator but also touches, speaks, answers, plays along and engages in a tactile dialogue with these luminous beings with often funny and unexpected comebacks. Children and adults, come touch them, listen to them, hug them, and in turn, whisper some words into their ear, The Standing Men will answer in words, lights, and colors. Valentin Durif, Victor Roux and Pierre Amoudruz, three designers of the installation worked in residence in Beijing. The voices of Hu Ge Ji Le Tu (Ajinai), Randy Abel (Randy Abel Stable Band), Liu Yusi, Djang San, Xiao He, Xiong Liang and other passers-by, lenders of stories are used as main material of the installation.
BEIJING April 29 、May 2 Art Beijing May 3 、May 12 17:30 - 22:00 On the terrace of Penghao Theatre
WUHAN May 16 、19 Wuhan Guangu New World Center
SHANGHAI May 23 、26 Sinan Mansions
ZHONGSHAN May 29 、June 2 Greenville City
Pause Lynn Pook & Julien Clauss
Five hammocks, speakers, and a network of sensors transforming the vibrations of the spectators-actors' bodies into sounds broadcasted into the installation. Pause is an authentic sensory, auditory, and interior experience. Come and take a 'pause' at the heart of this apparatus conceived by Julien Clauss et Lynn Pook by becoming the actor and instrument of the new plastic creation made in France...
GUANGZHOU June 15 、16 Fei Gallery
BEIJING June 21 、30 Yuanfen Flow Gallery