Installation Theatre - The Game of Empty BoxOct. 21st - Ocr. 22nd, 2017 Black Box Theatre, STA
The clear stage looks like an empty open box. The creator and the observer are together, to construct a real and virtual relationship here. There is always an empty box stored inside of everyone's heart. Reality and dreams are intertwined with potential personal awarenesses. In her empty box, full noises and solitudes from the urban jungle, eagering to break through the barriers of communication, but facing the failure again and again. That "she", is so familiar but also strange, dangerous but full of temptations. Dose she have the courage to face the fact, when the consciousness touches the other herself in this empty box? Death comes down to the earth, whom keeps the routinism, whom looking forward to be changed, beginning to put the first stage property in the empty box of his own... Three stories, three paragraphs of inner self, when all the boxes are opened, what will happen...
Zhang Lingnan
In recent years, Lingnan has supervised and produced plenty of stage shows, such as a multimedia theatre A Ray of Sunshine and a puppet show A Flying Boy, etc. He devotes most of his efforts to the exploration of dilemma of human nature in different times. Besides, Lingnan does his most work in integrating multiple traditional artistic expressional styles on contemporary theatre stage. Audience will find Chinese Opera, puppetry, Nuo opera and other art styles in his works. Understanding the noticeable impact of cultural globalization on Chinese drama, Lingnan is also committed to cross-culture drama study. Lingnan has been to University of Newcastle, University of Rome and University of Florence in Italy, Columbia Calviwa University, etc. to perform and attend drama cultural exchange activities. His adaptation work, The orphan of Zhao, was presented as one of the closing performances on the ninth Asian and Pacific Regional Theater Academy Festival (ATEC) in Colombia.
Huang Saifeng
Huang Saifeng graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy majoring in oil painting. He has always been interested in art and its connection with our innate humanity. From this interest, he has lately created several artworks, including Tin Drum Memories, Silent Memory, Instant Light and the interactive art project Empty Box Game. He observes the world like a spy with a distant look and maintains a dialogue with it in his own unique way. His work is characterized by a feeling of lyrical dreamlike sadness that is always present. He has exhibited his work in Taipei and Shanghai in solo exhibitions Lost in Memory, So Close So Far, Empty Box Game. All his works have also taken part in Shanghai Art Exhibition, Young Chinese Artists Exhibition, Young Asian Artists Nomination Exhibition and etc. In 2015, he received the Saint Angelo Shiny Artists Award.
