Installation provides space for dreamy show
Mirrors refect innovative approach to staging play, Li Yingxue reports.
The space unfolds like a meditation, half occupied by solid, tangible pieces — sofas, antique wardrobes and lamps, with a faint woody scent. The other half glistens with a play of light, where mirrors are tightly aligned, creating an endless shimmer.
This installation, titled Moment, created by artist Song Dong, is on display at the Ennova Art Museum in Langfang, Hebei province. On a quiet September weekend, the gallery was transformed into the stage for Seven, a play where actors moved among the artwork while audience members sat cross-legged on the floor, blurring the line between spectator and scene.
Written by Tang Danian, directed by Nie Jingzhu, and starring Wu Zhoukai and Leng Xinqing, Seven debuted on Sept 13. In this late-summer moment, the production unfolds like an immersive popup, crafting fleeting, dreamlike visions.
The play is adapted from Bhutanese director Khyentse Norbu's film Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache, tracing the protagonist Tianci as he learns that he has only seven days to live.
