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Fun Magazine, March 2003
By C'est le Nanan
Translated by April Lin
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Off
Performance Workshop - Project #5.2
The Eyeball Loves the Globe ¡V ¡§The Cruel Flower¡¨
Conceptual Apparel Show VS Modern Theater |
Off
Performance Workshop
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Workshop was established in November of 1984. They¡¦ve
raised the level of theater performance in Taiwan
and became a strong force in promoting the appreciation
for art and culture. The Workshop continuously encourages
young talents to present their work in order to help
maintain the quality of theater and performance in
Taiwan. As a result of this effort, the Off Performance
Workshop was created in the year 2000 with the objective
to strive and search for unlimited creativity. This
objective is wild, not bounded by any principles.
It has endless room for experimentation, for the search
of truth, for mistakes, and for revisions. All these
and yet it can also become something totally different.
With new presence, new people, new topics, new presentations,
it is wild but controlled and well developed.
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The
Eyeball Loves the Globe
¡@¡@This
is about an individual brand, a weird combination of free
spirited artists, a science lab that defies all rules,
etc. ¡§The Eyeball Loves the Globe¡¨ tries to jump away
from traditional views on the function of apparel. It¡¦s
no longer something to keep us warm but something that
has a life of its own. Never speak the words ¡§Can you
wear this on the street?¡¨ because this would no longer
be necessary.
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¡@¡@With
the collaboration of these two exceptionally creative
groups comes a show called ¡§The Cruel Flower.¡¨
It is inevitable that a mixture of conceptual apparel
design and modern theater will create most unpredictable
sparks. This show describes a part time graduate
student named May. She goes about her everyday life
in her own unique way. During her search for a plant
that could cure her mother¡¦s illness, she stumbles
into a forest of her imagination. In this world
she slips in and out of reality and has a strange
encounter with the plant she was searching for.
¡@¡@The
most striking quality of this show is in the modern
and alternative presentation. The costume uses basic
flower and plant shapes that are paste together,
creating the most clashing and bold effect. The
main themes seem to be about unbalanced beauty and
new clothing that appear to be worn and torn. This
intentional play on contradiction is consistently
apparent throughout the whole stage.
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¡@¡@The
visual effects in this show are all about a sense of oddness,
but the attitude focuses on the interesting mix of humor
and seriousness which seems to parallel the same complex
mix of the good and the bad in life. The audiences are
carried into this fantasy world through the moving images
which penetrates each person to the core. ¡§The Cruel
Flower¡¨ is a hypnotic experience that forces you to rethink
the meaning of life.
| ¡@¡@Designer
and director Chen Bor Wei is the soul and core of
this show. His work includes everything from installation
art, sketching, fashion design, to stage design. His
creation, The Eyeball Loves the Globe, cannot be confined
to a simple art performance but should also be considered
a conceptual fashion show. Apparel becomes more than
clothing but is upgraded to pieces of art with life.
The combination of a fashion show and theater results
in a performance that not only is rich visually, but
it¡¦s almost like bringing the audience through a
funky carnival. Another talent on this team is the
creative director Tsai Kang Yeong. He¡¦s had a lot
of experience with theater productions; working with
both set and costume design. He was also the designer
responsible for ASOS¡¦s last album and hosted the
Golden Horse award show. |
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Additional
Information:
Time: March 14th, 15th 7:30pm & 9:30pm; March
16th 7:30pm
Location: Huashan Arts District
Price: NT$450, available from ERA (02) 2391-1295
For information call: (02) 2698-2323
Website: www.eyeball.com.tw |
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