(continued from 11/27/2011) Nearly half a million volts of electricity are handled by a Flam Chen performer standing atop a Tesla coil. Here we see the lightning-like electrical discharge created by the coupled resonant electric circuits.
[photo: YoungSoo Kim & text: Logan Bier]
Aerialist Aurelia performs with chains hanging through the center of the metal tower as Ensphere performs live music.
[photo: Alfonso Elia & text: Logan Bier]
A slow-shutter photo of the fire spinning portion of the performance.
[photo: Tomiaki Tamura & text: Logan Bier]
Dramatic fire explosions filled the vaults, and punctuated the beginning of the climax of the performance.
[photo: Tomiaki Tamura & text: Logan Bier]
As one acquainted with futurism may see here, many parallels exist between Flam Chen's ELECTROPOLIS and Fritz Lang's groundbreaking masterpiece film Metropolis. Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction film which comments on the relationship between an elite class of workers and their subterranean subordinates, with significant creative focus given to architecture, cities and robot-men. Read more about Metropolis here: Read More
[photo: YoungSoo Kim & text: Logan Bier]
At the end of the show, fire flashed and smoke engulfed the Vaults in an enormously colorful and exciting conclusion to a highly original and one of a kind showcase of talent, technology and coordination.
[photo & text: Logan Bier]
Posted by sue on July 29, 2011 8:41:19 AM MST