STATIC THEATER  is a concept I initiated in 2014 and has been developed into two full scale performances.

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Static Theater explores the crossover between visual arts and theatre, as well as carefully examining the boundaries between performance and exhibition. The concept is to challenge the central role of performers on stage which leads to the question: what is the essence of performance as a live art? Contrary to conventional forms of theater, static theater does not involve any actors and bodies.Instead, on stage there are different forms of art: paintings, photos, sculptures, found objects, texts, videos, audios. Moreover, the artworks on stage are consistently static, never moving. What is constantly moving is the audience's perception of the artworks, and time. This is achieved through the composition of the lighting design, the sound installation, and the shifts between what can be seen on stage, and what can be seen through live video projections of the art works lively filmed by a video camera. Instead of presenting a certain subject from only the director's perspective or base on a fixed script, static theatre invites artists from different background to interpret the subject initiated by the director and express it in any art form (except for performing on stage). The artworks will be selected and composed by the director into an integrated performance. Static Theater works with a clear beginning and end. The fixed duration and orchestrated flow and dynamic by the director is essential for static theater to be perceived as a performance rather than an exhibition. This differs from installation art and exhibitions, where the audience can freely compose their own time to experience the artworks.