Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Hydraulic mechanisms tilt singers at Moncler AW14 presentation
www.dezeen.com: An Alpine choir pivoted on hydraulic platforms as part of French fashion house Moncler's Autumn Winter 2014 presentation at New York Fashion Week, which concludes today
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This is epic! Being not mechanically minded like I am, this is actually really impressive. It is a feat for the actors to get use to the movement and not freak out. I'm sure they did the first time since they are moving at weird angles, but that takes a lot of will power to continue to act as you move, even more to sing without crazy shaking in their voices. Some of them look pretty nervous while they are singing, but hey wouldn't you be nervous too if you were tilting while standing still.
This is really cool but also really really strange. The movement is just so unnatural but I guess that's the point. I will say that for how elaborate the rig is, they didn't really make that much use of it. All of the movement really happens in the first minute. After that they just stay in one position. Ignoring how difficult it probably already was for the singers, I would have liked to see them move a lot more and more elaborately. That being said, it was still really cool.
I see how this creates a spectacle, but I don't see how this adds to the show. I'll be the first to bring up that I don't know what they are singing about or what the context of the show is, but as far as I can tell there is no reason why they are on these hydraulic mechanisms or why everyone is wearing padded clothing. The tech is very cool, but I just don't understand why it is being used. I do think the the aesthetic is very strong and that there is a epic side to this. At the same time the image of these grown men tilting around is someone comical.
This was crazy cool and extremely entertaining! I wasn't sure what they were singing since it was in a different language, but just the effect of the movements and lighting really created something spectacular. We usually expect performers onstage to stay on one plane as they perform, but this transcended that common thought and moved the singers in positions that I had never thought possible. The wall behind them was also fascinating in the way that they subjects were illuminated and turned into something out of this world. I would love to see something like this in person!
This was both absolutely amazing and just a bit frightening which is exactly what I look for in performance art. The hydraulics were weird but they managed to work. I think they would have been more effective if they were spread apart more but nonetheless it was a very cool aesthetic and worked very well with the internally lit choir boxes as well. This was a fantastically unique singing experience and I hope to see similar things soon.
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