FILM&VIDEO
THE TRIAL OF THE WHITE SNAKE
404 READING CLUB (2024)
404readingclub 2This cipher is not a symbol, but a language that can be typed, used and translated. It would be used diversely in this projects.
MARCH 2024, ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION INTERPROFESSIONAL STUDIO, LONDON
FACING THE MONSTER
Costume Designer & Music Composer & Graphic Designer: Kailin Xu Animator & Tech Assistant: Lucy Wei Video Producer: Pingxiangzi Qiu Literary Consultant & Co-Text Composer: Freya Shi Videographer: Jingwen Li Photographer: Luoyi Xu Stage Assistant: Jieming Lan
“CODED LANGUAGE”
Literature References: The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe 1984, George Orwell Brave New World, Aldous Huxley The Call of Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft The Burning of The Books, Bertolt Brecht Wuhan Diary, Fangfang The White Book, Han Kang
IG: kkk.kailin xkl981026@gmail.com
SHEDWOOD
© 2024 Kailin Xu. All rights reserved.
Cast: Host - Ayisha Mi Dancer - Yuchen Wu Conceptual Artist & Director: Kailin Xu
TURQUE
RED ROSE, WHITE ROSE ( 2019 )
HAND CRAFTS
CREDIT LIST
KAILIN XU
MIRACLE
READING CLUB
“READING”
CONVERGENCE
(2024)
DIRECTOR / COSTUME & SET & GRAPHIC DESIGNER / MUSIC COMPOSER
FRUIT MINIMIZER
HOMEPAGE
HomepageBINOCULARS
PSYCHO
PERFORMANCE
CAGE
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CANAL DIALOGE
MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
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"404 Reading Club” is an audience-participatory spatial experimental performance that was shown publicly in London as part of the Architectural Association Interprofessional Studio's March event in 2024. Inspired by the hidden communications of people in resisting official ideology, the performance combines literature with video, sound, material, and body movement to create a spiritual connection between the audience and the performance that is beyond the verbal. The performance is organised as a ‘reading event’. ‘The Reading’ is divided into four thematic chapters that share information and emotions with the audience through the host's ‘reading' and guidance. In the process of reading, the audience's perspectives and identities are transformed, and they participate in a mystical ritual together with the performers. The ‘coded language’ is the key element of this work, which is ‘read’ by the audience in a multi-sensory way. A truly usable ‘secret language’ is also designed and applied to the performance.
OEDIPUS THE KING
INSTALLATION
THEATRE
DREAMER
404 READING CLUB (2025)
404readingclub 2COLLAGE & GRAPHIC
RED ROSE, WHITE ROSE ( 2021 )
OTHERS
LA CATRINA'S HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
RED ROSE, WHITE ROSE ( 2022 )
THE BROKEN DOLL
THE CRUCIBLE
AWAKENING ALICE