Beijing Action, China

The Beijing Action took place in a small village called 西平庄 (Xipingzhuang) on the outskirts of Beijing. The menu was printed on large posters mounted on the AOD MOBILE BEIJING (tricycle) and featured a 9-minutes-composition, an air cleaning bicycle and a mime improvisation. In exchange for a performance people were expected to trade short activities like taking a picture with the group, telling a story or teaching three Chinese characters. Besides the three performing artists, two assistants were translating and filming. During one day the group was dashing around the village performing inside people’s houses, shops and restaurants.

Participating Artists:

Lilian Beidler (Switzerland, sound artist)

Noah Schenk  (USA, conceptual artist)

王梓 Wang Zi (China, mime actor)

 

 

The menu in Mandarin and English

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Impressions of the day:

 

Trailor of the video documentation (see below)

 

 

The AOD MOBILE BEIJING with the menu

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Handing out flyers in the village

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Wang Zi’s mime improvisation at a supermarket

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Picture with the owner of the supermarket after Wang Zi’s performance there

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Noah Schenk is operating his air cleaning bike at the tricycle owner’s place (a showering shop).

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Lilian Beidler working on her 9-minutes-composition on a freezer behind a fruit stand.

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Video documentation of the AOD Beijing Action

 

 

With the kind support of Inside Out Art Museum and City of Bern (Switzerland)

Bildschirmfoto 2013-08-06 um 17.32.17 Stadt Bern FPI.ai

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