Flock
Shadows and Lights Party
Experiencing between fantasy and reality
Performed by: KMA (UK)
Band: Lights and Sounds (UK)
Transforming Public Spaces Project is a one year programme of collaborations between artists in China and the UK to increase community awareness of public spaces and highlight the role art can play in shaping cities and thus transforming public spaces to improve the quality of life.
Inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Flock is a large-scale interactive public installation originally commissioned by the ICA with the support of the Royal Opera House that premiered in Trafalgar Square in February 2007.
Flock (a free event) created a “virtual Swan Lake” in the heart of the city where members of the public became “pedestrian performers” and embarked on a journey where fantasy and reality merged.
The Cultural and Education Section of British Consulate-General is proud to introduce the art work of KMA to the Chongqing public on both 18th and 20th of November. As the final event of the “Transforming Public Spaces” project, the Flock- shadows and lights party promises to be a brand new and mind blowing experience of artistic phenomenon and public space. Technology used by the artists detects a person’s presence and allocates each participant their own personal spotlight. Following the light they cast, each participant reveals a series of ghostly projections. These take participants on a journey through the real physical space and also the emotional narrative of the swans’ world.
Where & When
7:30pm Nov. 18th 2009
Chongqing People’s Square
Renmin Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
7:30pm Nov. 20th 2009
Chongqing Tiandi (with performance of the ‘indie-pop’ band Lights and Sounds)
800 meters west of the JiaHua Bridge, HuaLongQiao, YuZhong District, Chongqing
