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To be Livestreamed Worldwide Tomorrow!

Cai Guo-Qiang's The Birth of Tragedy Daytime Explosion Event

(Links to livestream platforms enclosed)
Introductory video for Cai Guo-Qiang's The Birth of Tragedy:
Introductory video for Cai Guo-Qiang's The Birth of Tragedy, 2020
Directed by Shanshan Xia, produced by 33 Studio
Preview of the three acts in The Birth of Tragedy:
Opening Act:
 
Scene One: Opening Ceremony
Scene Two: The Seduction of Lavender
Cai Guo-Qiang, Sketch for The Birth of Tragedy, 2020
Pencil, marker, paper, 28 x 43 cm
Courtesy Cai Studio
Act 1: Bring on the Wine, A Poem

Scene One: Drinking with the Moon
Scene Two: Bring on the Wine
Cai Guo-Qiang, Sketch for The Birth of Tragedy, 2020
Pencil, marker, paper, 28 x 43 cm
Courtesy Cai Studio
Art 2: Wild-Cursive Script, A Scroll of Calligraphy

Scene One: Black Cursive Script
Scene Two: White Cursive Script
Cai Guo-Qiang, Sketch for The Birth of Tragedy, 2020
Pencil, marker, paper, 28 x 43 cm
Courtesy Cai Studio
Art 3: Dionysus, A Drama

Scene One: The God of Wine
Scene Two: La Bacchanale
Cai Guo-Qiang, Sketch for The Birth of Tragedy, 2020
Pencil, marker, paper, 28 x 43 cm
Courtesy Cai Studio
Paris, September 24th
 
Inspired by Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy,” the first-time ever worldwide livestream of one of Cai Guo-Qiang’s daytime explosion events will bloom, accompanied by the artist’s narration, over the river Charente in Cognac, France on September 25th (tomorrow) at 3 PM CET / 9 AM EST.

The artist and his teams from China and France have been working onsite for over a week amid changeable weather conditions with scattered rain showers.
Cai with the Chinese and French pyrotechnic teams at the dock working zone by the Charente in Cognac.
Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
The 15-minute, three-act fireworks event unfolds as if on a scroll of calligraphy, a piece of poetic writing, and an act of drama, manifesting the human spirit that, while acknowledging pain, nonetheless embraces and rejoices in life, in harmony with nature. The explosion event honors the universal values of resilience, courage, and hope, and demonstrate mankind’s heroic faith in life and power after a strenuous feat.

While the pandemic continues, the world is shrouded in pessimism and uncertainty. The artist hopes that a sense of ridicule toward human nature evoked by the display will inspire the audience to find liberation, healing, and rebirth...
Watch the Livestream:
 
Hennessy
Facebook
YouTube
Tencent Video
 
September 25, 2020
3 PM CET / 9 AM EST
 
The Birth of Tragedy was commissioned as part of “A World Odyssey,” which marks Hennessy X.O’s 150th anniversary. Cai’s daytime fireworks use exclusively non-toxic, eco-conscious, CE-certified pyrotechnic products.

More Information:

Cai Studio

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