Tracing the production of 85% of the world’s fireworks back to the Chinese factory town of Liuyang in Hunan, Amaury Vanderborght (performer and fireworker) and Cathy Blisson (documentary performance artist) have launched this fascinating outdoor film and performance show. In an ironic, stroboscopic narrative montage, it combines documentary and video footage of large-scale collective pyrotechnic celebrations. Truly an artistic experience that’s poppy and reflective, musical and danceable, political and philosophical, and full of surprises!
Tracing the production of 85% of the world’s fireworks back to the Chinese factory town of Liuyang in Hunan, Amaury Vanderborght (performer and fireworker) and Cathy Blisson (documentary performance artist) have launched this fascinating outdoor film and performance show. In an ironic, stroboscopic narrative montage, it combines documentary and video footage of large-scale collective pyrotechnic celebrations. Truly an artistic experience that’s poppy and reflective, musical and danceable, political and philosophical, and full of surprises!
BIOGRAPHY
> PAL/SECAM – AMAURY VANDERBORGHT and CATHY BLISSON (Belgium)
Trained as an aerial acrobat, Amaury Vanderborght studied́ at Circus Space (London) and the École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque (Brussels). In 2014, he created the Compagnie du Poivre Rose with Claudel Doucet (Le poivre rose, Mémoire et Lions show). In 2020, he directed his first short film, Translucides, with Arno Ferrera. At the same time, he trained in pyrotechnics and worked with several pyrotechnic companies, while continuing to perform (Peaches).
A playwright and documentary performance designer, Cathy Blisson spent nine years as a journalist with Télérama, Libération and Mouvement. With Groupe Berlin, she conceived and directed the filmic play Zvizdal (2011). From 2015 to 2022, she created the Collectif &. with Anne Quentin and has since participated in the creations of various companies (hEARt, Grand-mères, Symptôme Positif/Voix Off, Les Furtifs, #Whiteout, etc.).
Cathy and Amaury created the PAL/SECAM duo in 2023 to devise projects at the intersection of performance, audiovisual writing and pyrotechnics.
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