段英梅 · Yingmei Duan

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Flying luggage

Dauer: approx. 3 hours

Marina Abramovic Institute West, San Francisco, USA

Live performance

In this performance Yingmei flies with her luggage in an 800 m2 empty space. Yingmei brings people into her visual fantasy world, and one can experience her imagination and the risks she takes in life.

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“I am flying, I am flying. I fly into a strange city. I can’t see the city very clearly because there are many clouds. In the distance in the street, I see many naked men, they all move towards me ...”

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“I am flying and I see a big desert, I can see a group of people they appear very excited because it is the first time they have been in a desert. However a storm erupts and the sand start to move around everyone so it became difficult to see. The wind is so strong they can hardly breathe any more. They are almost dead, In this moment I see a green tree ...

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“I am flying, I am flying, and time is passing very quickly. Now I am in the future, and am 50 years old, I already have very bad health. I look very old. I am sitting on a sofa. I live alone with my dog, and he speaks to me sometimes. It appears that I will probably die some time in the near future. ...suddenly it becomes dark in front of my eyes, and ...