「12」視覺劇場｜Visual Theatre Archives

Interview with Leo Warner, creative director of 59 Production
專訪59製作公司創意總監里歐·華納

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Interviewed by: Joanna Dong / 採訪：董一燃 Text by: Struan Robinson / 撰文：Struan Robinson Translated by: Peng Zuqiang / 翻譯：彭祖強 59Production is a pioneer design company in contemporary global context, their project such as London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony shown their talent to everyone on this planet. Whether creating stage productions, museum installations, live music shows, large scale events, …

Bannerman on Live
生動的旗手

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Text by: Struan Robinson / 撰文：Struan Robinson Translated by: Peng Zuqiang / 翻譯：彭祖強 The marriage between the live action of stage and the smooth cinematic experience of screen is central to Katie Mitchell’s most recent work, Forbidden Zone. Emphasis upon the visual is a recurrent theme throughout her plays; from the illustrative projections in Some Trace of …

The global stage and Digital Theatre
全球舞臺，數字劇場

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Text by: Joanna Dong / 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Syndi Huang / 翻譯：黃煥欣 While people have been repeatedly stressing that the world is becoming a global village, the concept of theatre stage, due to the popularity of the internet, has begun to blur. Nowadays, only to login in your computer or mobile devices, you are always able to …

Punchdrunk
暈眩劇團

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Text by: Ava Davies / 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by: Zhao Kunfang / 翻譯：趙坤芳 Fusing installation art, physical and site-specific theatre, Punchdrunk are the world’s most recognisable immersive theatre company. Set up in 2000 by Felix Barrett, the troupe has garnered a huge following and spawned multiple lookalike companies which seek to emulate their global success. Though no …

shunt 尚特劇團

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Text by: Struan Robinson / 撰文：Struan Robinson Translated by: Shen Xinyi / 翻譯：沉心懿 “shunt” was founded by ten artists from Central School of Speech and Drama, who met in 1997 whilst doing a one year postgraduate course. Its beginnings as a collaborative effort has become the group’s defining feature, as embodied in the company’s title as a …

Le Patin Libre
自由冰舞舞團

ARTZIP | 8 Mar 2015

Text by: Ava Davies / 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by: Zhao Kunfang / 翻譯：趙坤芳 Le Patin Libre, which translates as ‘The Free Skate’, are the first company of their kind, coining a new form of performance which they have named ‘contemporary skating’. They completely overturn any notion of a saccharine, ‘Dancing on Ice’ style, and forgo the glitter …

The Architects 《建築師》

ARTZIP | 28 Feb 2015

Text by: Joanna Dong / 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Sherry Luo / 翻譯：羅逸清 After got out of the tube station, the GPS led us to an abandoned biscuits factory. It seemed to be the right place, but we were still not quite sure, as the east London in a winter night looks far lack of security. Someone opened …

Kneehigh Theatre 虹彩劇團

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by 翻譯： Li Ruixue 李瑞雪 Cornwall-based Kneehigh’s humble beginning as a community theatre workshop in 1980 is essentially the key to understanding them as a company. Led by artistic director Emma Rice, who started her career in Kneehigh as an actor before progressing into directing, as many of the company …

DV8 背離劇團

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Edited by 編輯：Ava Davies Translated by 翻譯：Li Ruixue 李瑞雪 Information Provided by 資料來源：DV8 背離劇團 DV8 are a dance and theatre troupe who look to challenge boundaries and subvert preconceptions, whether in their physical performances or in the intellectually challenging issues they grapple with. Set up in 1986 by Lloyd Newson, who remains their artistic director …

Complicite 同夥劇團

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by 翻譯：Li Ruixue 李瑞雪 The company that perhaps created and are now synonymous with the concept of contemporary visual theatre are almost certainly Complicite, set up in 1983 by Simon McBurney, Annabel Arden and Marcello Magni. Complicite are probably the most influential experimental theatre establishment in the UK, setting the …

The Beauty of Silence 大音希聲

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Modern physical theatre is first and foremost influenced by mime and contemporary dance. Presently, an exact, clear definition of the physical theatre is still called for. To the audience, however, the rich, unconventional body movements bring the physical theatre onto the border between contemporary dance and conventional theatre. It is exactly this unmarked border of …

The Heads 《腦袋腦袋》

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by: Joanna Dong 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Elaine Yu 翻譯：余寧 Blind Summit was founded in 1997 in an attempt to overturn and reinvent Japanese Bunraku Puppetry. People have always visited their productions with great expectation and the plays have often caused surprise. Blind Summit does not repeat itself merely to please audiences, it …

Little Angel Theatre 小天使剧院

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Interview with Slavka Jovanović, Interim Director, Little Angel Theatre 专访小天使剧院临时主任斯拉夫卡约万诺维奇 The Little Angel Theatre’s modest appearance, tucked away from the London bustle in an old one hundred seater Islington hall, does little to betray its status as the UK’s premier theatrical puppetry company. It is widely seen as being the ‘Home of British Puppetry’, …

40th Anniversary of Puppet Centre
傾心於“偶”40年

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Interviewed by: Harry Liu 採訪：劉競晨 Text and edited by: Ava Davies 採訪整理：Ava Davies Translated by: Michelle Yu 翻譯：余小悅註釋：本文中所提及的木偶並非只是木質偶，只是出於習慣統一使用“木偶”相稱。 Interview with the Co-founder of Puppet Centre, Penny Francis 專訪木偶中心聯合創始人潘妮·弗朗西斯 “If we don’t know the answer to your question, we know someone who does.” As a national development agency for puppetry, Puppet Centre focuses on …

Not only a Puppet 無獨有“偶”

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

From the moment of its animation, puppet becomes one with its master. Be it small, colossal, realistic or abstract, behind the puppet lies the inexplicable inspiration of the artist. Puppetry may be one of the oldest form of theatrical performance, related closely to religious rituals. Because of its profound history, puppetry is fascinating …

The Roundhouse 圓屋劇場

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Interviewed by: Joanna Dong 採訪：董一燃 Edited by: Struan Robinson＆ Sarah Pettitt 編輯整理：Struan Robinson＆ Sarah Pettitt Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：陳婷 Originally built in 1847 as a railway turntable engine shed, Chalkfarm’s Roundhouse is now better known for serving London’s culture and arts than its railways. Its conversion from a disused locomotive house to a …

NoFit State 别扭馬戲團

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by: Ava Davies 撰文：Ava Davies Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：Chen Ting NoFit State is a circus troupe like no other. Borne as a product of Thatcherite Britain and a creative reaction to the recession surrounding them, they have been part of British culture for twenty-seven years and are a valuable asset to the …

A Brief Introduction of Contemporary Circus
當代馬戲簡史

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by 編輯整理：Struan Robinson Reference 資料來源： John Ellingsworth Translated by 翻譯：Chen Ting 陳婷 For most people the word ‘circus’ will usually call to mind classical images of red and yellow tents, performing animals, painted clowns and long chains of wagons and trailers – whilst circus may have indeed looked like that at one point in …

Contemporary Circus: Physical Surprise
當代馬戲：身體的驚喜

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by: Joanna Dong 撰文：董一燃 Translated by: Chen Ting 翻譯：陳婷 Contemporary circus, or Cirque Nouveau, is a term coined mostly to differentiate itself from traditional circus. Yet the difference is not in the innovation of skills. Compared to traditional circus which is a form of entertainment, contemporary circus strives for greater artistic achievement. Today, …

The World is Our Oyster
藝海拾貝

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

Text by: Honour Bayes 撰文：Honour Bayes Translated by：Li Bowen 翻譯：李博文 “I think in British theatre there’s been an ongoing problem of what to call things that aren’t plays because it doesn’t seem to be enough to just call it theatre. So there’s been a steady trickle of names; alternative theatre, physical theatre, experimental theatre but …

Visual Fest 視覺盛宴

ARTZIP | 19 Feb 2015

The physical existence of theatre proves the importance of visuality in theatre. In the numerous languages transformed from the text, the verbal is always the first that one can think of; however, undeniably, the carefully choreographed body movements and the meticulously crafted environments on stage also reads and writes the text at the same time. Occasionally, these …