Live performance with Luigi Coppola

The performance is a collaboration between Yingmei Duan and Luigi Coppola on the occasion of the festival “Beauty, Ugliness and the Sublime”. Their performance relates directly to this premise of the festival.

The performance is held in a space in which the walls are covered in mirrors. The audience sits in two rows. The two performers stand at different sides of the space, rather than looking at each other directly, they look at the reflections of their body in the mirrors. Slowly they begin to move towards each other and meet in the middle of the room.

Coppola starts to undress Duan. He concentrates his attention to her and actively tries to change and move her body according to his own wishes. He also encourages the audience to observe and touch her while she remains passive. This gesture gives the impression he wants the audience to support his idea of beauty.

Whilst this is happening Duan appears hesitant. Her face looks confused and full of questions. She occasionally smells Coppola and various people from the audience that approach her.

路易吉·科波拉的现场表演

这场演出是段英美与路易吉·科波拉在“美、丑与崇高”音乐节之际的合作。他们的表演与这个节日的前提直接相关。

表演在一个墙壁被镜子覆盖的空间中举行。观众坐成两排。两位表演者站在空间的不同侧面，他们不是直视对方，而是看着自己身体在镜子中的倒影。慢慢地，他们开始相互靠近，并在房间中央相遇。

科波拉开始脱掉段的衣服。他将注意力集中在她身上，并积极尝试按照自己的意愿改变和移动她的身体。他还鼓励观众在她保持被动的情况下观察和触摸她。这个手势给人的印象是他希望观众支持他的美感。

正当这一切发生时，Duan 显得犹豫不决。她的脸看起来很困惑，充满了疑问。她偶尔会闻到科波拉和接近她的观众中的各种人。