Theatre Exhibition: "The Mirror of Time"
Time: October 3, 2015, 7:30-9:30 PM
Exhibition: October 4 - October 23, 2015
Location: Beijing One Way Space Huajiadi Store, Building D, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Huajiadi Street, Chaoyang District
Organizers: Ladybug Theatre Company, One Way Space, Wing Women Publishing
Sponsor: Ming Era
Director: Cao Kefe
Performers: Li Xinmo, Li Zenghui, Guo Xing, Wang Chenyuan, Zhou Zan, Xu Weihua, Sun Qiang, Wang Hua, Cao Zuzhi, Cao Kefe, Da Fu
Space Design: Xu Weihua, Sun Qiang, Cao Kefe
Music Design: Li Zenghui
Video Photography: Da Fu
Costume Director: Li Mengxue
Poster Design: Sun Qiang
Stage Manager: Tian Hongmei
"The Mirror of Time" is an exploration between the two art forms of theatre and exhibition. It explores the relationship between the evolution of moments and the constant passage of time, between watching and presenting. As a performance, we start from books based on the characteristics of One Way Space, entering the novels, poetry, and essays of Argentine writer Borges, exploring his ideas about time, labyrinths, dreams, and memory. The performance and installation exhibition space is each participant's response to this.
Starting from the garden of One Way Space, moving to the bookstore café, then up the stairs to the second-floor salon space, the intention is to create a spatial performance interweaving everyday life and meditative qualities through flowing exhibitions in the space.
The performers of Ladybug Theatre Company come from different fields including contemporary art, poetry, theatre and dance, music, and video. They will present performance art, installations and paintings, film, reading, and acting, showing creative processes closely related to their respective living conditions. In this field, different art forms inspire, echo, and translate each other.
An old man is led to the site; he walks quietly with his eyes closed, listening and sitting. Who is he?
The audience here is not a traditional viewer; they move and stay in the space, sometimes closing their eyes or interacting with performers, weaving narratives related to their personal time and space.
After the performance, video, painting, and installations will continue to be exhibited at One Way Space.