TECH MAKES PERFECT

RETHINKING ABOUT KELLERMAN

Kellerman is really an amazing performance of what I seen, which combined film, animation and live action into a new performance. What's more, it interspersed with the past, future and present to tell the whole story at the same time. I would like to define it as a "performance", even though it combined so many art forms.

Admittedly, the mainline of the story is ambiguous and crabbed, without any obvious ups and downs plot. However, i think that's a absolute visual performance, no wonder some observers commented that "near as dammit a total work of art".Then I want to ask, how far could a designer play a part in performance?In Chinese drama, we always dig and explore the fascination of language (actor's dialogue), and the stage, lighting, sound are not so multivariate, they are the accessories of the actors and acting. But now I noticed that designers are playing more important effect in group works, or can be concluded that form is more engagable than content in western. Hence, sensory stimulation is more powerful than the spiritual touching.


1. Combining various art forms
They can be matched as one behind of another as a background; both of them display at the same time as the same size, one left one right, or one above one below.
Besides, the two art forms can show the same situation, but in different angle, so that audience can get more than one impression image in synchronization. (See supporting images in front page)


2. Establishing the diversify stage
The usual stages whatever they are black box or open circular, they are always in landscape orientation, and in three-dimensional, that make the performing area open wide as a open visual field to the audience. However, in this case, designer made the stage become a vertical one which looks like a big film screen, and covered most of the standing screen, dropped shadow on it and gave some active uncovered space to the performer. (See supporting images in front page)