2023馬戲節：英巴爾．本．海姆《紙Pli》

創作者專訪

▶在與生命共處的物質世界中，用馬戲說一段材料「她／他」自己的故事 ──專訪馬戲藝術家英巴爾．本．海姆

▶《紙Pli》主創專訪－英巴爾：「我必須接受事物的多樣與無常，並非刻意失敗，而是不追求完美。」

▶你不一定知道什麼是馬戲，但至少知道什麼是紙

「馬戲藝術家運用紙張建構出脆弱的道具和舞台，在冒險之際，也將自己投入獨特的視覺世界中。」——LA TE

★世界首創的極限馬戲：用孱弱紙張，在舞台上吊起藝術家！
★寫高壓世代的晚安詩：學會擁抱不安，在脆弱中長出力量

這是藝術家與「紙」之間的等價交換——
她放盡力氣賭上性命，讓紙張有了力量與生命

當性命懸於紙上，究竟何者比較脆弱？
作為辯證，藝術家選擇了孱弱無力的紙張作為高空媒材，在《紙Pli》中用柔軟的紙張，把強壯的身體高高吊起。一紙懸命的優雅身姿，藝術家透過馬戲技法，把生命推向危險邊緣。
觀眾冷汗直流、膽戰心驚，不安、興奮、緊張與刺激悄悄瀰漫劇場空間。鋌而走險的奇觀令你忍不住懸念：台上的紙撐得住重量嗎？會斷裂嗎？要再高嗎？而台上的藝術家與紙張融為一體，笑而不答。

脆弱與力量緊緊相依，是《紙Pli》想要告訴你的事情。

藝術家英巴爾．本．海姆（Inbal Ben Haim）透過自己的身體與紙張對話，探索脆弱與力量間的平衡。更透過燈光、聲響與紙張互動，創造視覺與聽覺的延展效果。折疊、抓皺、扭曲、斷裂、變形、破碎⋯⋯，看似破壞的工程，卻能讓紙韌性大增。獨一無二的形貌更賦予了紙張有機的生命，紙張在舞台上與身體互文。彷彿——紙是呼吸的皮膚，肌理則是紙張的纖維。

在《紙Pli》中，脆弱的紙張如同懸崖上的花：透過極限的身體賦予其強而有力的生命力；而紙張的柔弱也創造了無數有機的樣貌，長出了豐滿樣貌的無限可能。

「對這位年輕馬戲藝術家而言，紙張是道具、舞台與掩體，更是多面向語彙的基礎，在不斷變形的過程中，訴說藝術家其中的強弱。」——SCENEWEB

演出、創作概念及導演

以色列｜英巴爾．本．海姆（Inbal Ben Haim）
英巴爾．本．海姆（Inbal Ben Haim）於1990年出生在以色列耶路撒冷，從小生長於鄉間，學習視覺藝術的過程中，於2004年在Shabazi Circus組織的Free Dome計畫中發掘馬戲，因為熱衷於空中和肢體創作，她先後學習高空鞦韆和極簡的空中繩索。

她在2011年離開家鄉，前往法國開拓藝術之路，陸續在地區與國家馬戲藝術中心修習，直至2017年12月畢業。

2018年夏天，她在結識音樂家／作曲人／編曲人David Amar及導演Jean Jacques Minazio後，首度演出作品《Racine(s) (Root(s))》。

她也開發出療癒馬戲的教學方法，並參與以色列及法國多部作品，英巴爾．本．海姆揉合馬戲、舞蹈、劇場、即興、視覺藝術，建構自己的詩性表意形式，她的靈感大抵來自舞台與街頭上的人際關係，希望連結觀眾與藝術家、私密與奇觀、大地與空氣、這裡與那裡。

演出、共同創作—場景及配件設計

法國｜多米蒂爾．馬丁（Domitille Martin）

視覺藝術家多米蒂爾．馬丁（Domitille Martin）運用混合材質，在空間中創造裝置藝術作品，靈感源於自然，並觸及動物、植物、礦物質、人類變形，自2015年從法國國家裝飾藝術學校畢業後，陸續與表演藝術家及馬戲藝術家一同創作，也參與英巴爾．本．海姆在2018年的作品《Racine(s) (Root(s))》。她自2018年起擔任非營利機構La Source的駐地藝術家，並在2019年參加法國文化部及Ateliers Médicis主辦的Création en Cours計畫；她在2021年5月與Alexis Mérat創作大型紙製作品La Tornade展出。她曾獲Pierre Gautier-Delaye獎，於2020年至2021年擔任國際藝術城市駐地藝術家。

演出

智利｜阿爾瓦羅．巴爾德斯（Alvaro Valdes) 

阿爾瓦羅．巴爾德斯（Alvaro Valdes) 畢業於智利世界馬戲學校，曾參與多項馬戲及舞蹈作品，擔任導演或Outside eye，他曾與José Luis Cordova共同執導互動作品《La Texture》，結合馬戲、視覺藝術及工藝，並與Charles Dubois一同成立Compagnie ÑO。他的創作源自情感記憶，運用空中道具檢視流動和特技肢體之間的關係，藉此打造能夠承載的身體／物件，他目前與多個馬戲及舞蹈劇場藝術家/團隊皆有合作。

【演職人員名單】

演出｜Inbal Ben Haim, Domitille Martin and Alvaro Valdes
創作概念及導演｜Inbal Ben Haim
共同創作—場景及配件設計｜Domitille Martin
共同創作—紙質工程｜Alexis Mérat
燈光設計｜Marie-Sol Kim
聲音設計｜Max Bruckert
其他原創音樂｜Caroline Chaspoul & Eduardo Henriquez (Nova Materia)
服裝設計｜ Clémentine Monsaingeon & Anaïs Heureaux
戲劇構作｜Eleonora Gimenez & Shahar Dor
導演助理｜Kamma Rosenbeck
藝術與技術協作｜Sophie Lascombes
物件指導｜Inbal Yomtovian
藝術顧問｜Elodie Perrin
技術統籌｜Yann Guénard
製作經理｜Lucie Brosset
製作單位｜Les SUBS – lieu vivant d’expériences artistiques, Lyon

With the support of the Hermès Corporate Foundation as part of the New Settings program

共製與駐村單位｜Le CCN2 – Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble; La Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie | La Brèche à Cherbourg - Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf; Le Théâtre de Rungis; ARCHAOS – Pôle National Cirque Méditerranée, Marseille; Les utoPistes, Lyon ; 6 mettre – Pôle de création dédié aux arts vivants, Fresnes; Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde, Bagneux, CDN d’Orléans / Centre-Val de Loire, Circusnext

支持單位｜La DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ; La Région Ile-de-France – FoRTE, Fonds Régional pour les Talents Émergents ; La SACD - Processus Cirque 2020 ; La Nationale des papeteries; Gascogne Papier

感謝單位｜Piste d’Azur - Centre Régional des Arts du Cirque; Le CNAC - Centre National des Arts du Cirque Châlons-en-Champagne; ICiMa – Chaire d’Innovation Cirque et Marionnette; ON - Center for Contemporary Circus Création, Israël; Orit Nevo and Lucie Bonnet

主視覺攝影｜LoicNys

《紙Pli》是 2020-2021年Circusnext計畫的獲獎作品，該計畫由歐盟的歐洲創意專案計畫(Europe Creative program)共同經費支持

前太陽馬戲團核心成員再度來台－七手指特技劇場《列車上》

" The wrinkle is there, unalterable, the shiver of a dream, an imperceptible break. It divides and connects, it binds. It is a line created by geometry and chance. " Yves Peyré, PLIS ET DÉPLIS – 2011

A circus artist and two visual artists come together over paper. Thousands of years old, this raw material has acquired multiple identities. From the blank page to the crumpled draft to this page in your hands, paper carries our innermost thoughts and universal truths: a witness to the everyday and our daydreams, our teamwork and our individuality, our culture and our history. What else can it tell us?

Seen through the prism of the circus, paper can be a fascinating playground full of surprises, challenges, and opportunities to listen. A unique conversation takes place between the suspended body and the paper that has become a rope to hang from—and on to.

Is this material that seems so delicate to us really that weak? Can weakness harbor unsuspected strengths? Which is more vulnerable, the suspended body or the paper?

Between flesh and raw material, the ground and the air, we dive into a landscape that is continually built, torn down, rebuilt. Layer by layer, the body and the paper travel together in a fragment of our changing world.

At once a captivating beauty and a distressing sound, paper becomes more than a mirror.

A projection of our inner worlds, it embodies the poetic expression of the living, searching for its vulnerability and, even more than that, its ability to transform.

Lucie Bonnet and Inbal Ben Haim

Inbal Ben Haim,Israel

Born in Jerusalem in 1990, Inbal Ben Haim grew up in the Israeli countryside. After studying visual arts, she discovered the circus in 2004 at the Free Dome Project then the Shabazi Circus. The call of heights and creating with her body led her to specialize first in the static trapeze, then the rich minimalism of the aerial rope.

In 2011 she left her homeland to follow her artistic path in France, furthering her research through important artistic encounters and training: first at the Centre Régional des Arts du Cirque PACA – Piste d’Azur, then the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne, from which she graduated in December 2017 (29th graduating class).

In Summer 2018, she premiered Racine(s) (Root(s)), which developed from her meeting the musician, composer, and arranger David Amar and the director Jean Jacques Minazio.

At the same time, she developed a teaching method for therapeutic circus and worked in various contexts in Israel and France. By blending circus, dance, theater, improvisation, and visual arts, Ben Haim has created her own form of poetic expression. Largely inspired by the human bond made possible by the stage, the ring, and the street, she aims to create strong connections between the audience and the artist, the intimate and the spectacular, the earth and air, and the here and there.

Domitille Martin, France

Domitille Martin is a visual artist who sculpts composite materials and creates artistic installations in space. Her work is inspired by nature and deals with the transformation of animals, plants, minerals, and humans. Since graduating from École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2015, she has worked with performance and circus artists, bringing creations to life for the likes of Nina Harper, Kamma Rosenbeck and Quentin Folcher.

She designs sets for the choreographic shows of Anna Rodriguez, Cie Le jardin des délices, and worked with Inbal Ben Haim in Racine(s). Since 2018 she has been artist in residence with La Source, a non-profit organization, and took part in the 2019 “Création en Cours” program run by Ateliers Médicis and the French Ministry of Culture. In May 2021, she created a monumental paper work called “La Tornade” with Alexis Mérat. It is installed under the Skylight at Les Subsistances. Martin is a Pierre Gautier-Delaye prize winner and was in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts from 2020 to 2021. 

Alvaro Valdes, Chile

Alvaro Valdes, a circus artist and dancer, is a graduate of the Circo del Mundo school in Chili. He has worked on numerous circus and dance projects as director and outside eye. He co-directed “La Texture” as an interpretive piece (circus, visual arts, and fine crafts) with José Luis Cordova, then with Charles Dubois founded Compagnie ÑO, which will create “Girafe”. Emotional memory is his primary creative resource. He examines the relationship between fluidity and acrobatics on aerial equipment. This research is motivated by his intent to organically build and inhabit a body/object. Alvaro currently works with Cie Lunatic, Cie Barks, the theater dance collective Poetic Punkers, La Muse en Circuit, Inbal Ben Haïm, and the Nok dance collective.

Creative and Production Team
With: Inbal Ben Haim, Domitille Martin and Alvaro Valdes
Conception & Artistic Direction: Inbal Ben Haim
Artistic Collaboration, Scenography, Accessories: Domitille Martin
Artistic Collaboration, Engineer – Paper Handling: Alexis Mérat
Light Creation: Marie-Sol Kim
Sound Creation: Max Bruckert
Additional Original Music: Caroline Chaspoul & Eduardo Henriquez (Nova Materia)
Costumes Creation: Clémentine Monsaingeon & Anaïs Heureaux
Outside Eyes & Dramaturgy: Eleonora Gimenez & Shahar Dor
Direction Assistantship: Kamma Rosenbeck
Artistic & Technical Collaboration: Sophie Lascombes
Objects Handling Advices: Inbal Yomtovian
Artistic Advices: Elodie Perrin
Technical General Management: Yann Guénard
Production Management: Lucie Brosset
Production: Les SUBS – lieu vivant d’expériences artistiques, Lyon

 With the support of the Hermès Corporate Foundation as part of the New Settings program

Coproduction & Residence: Le CCN2 – Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble; La Plateforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie | La Brèche à Cherbourg - Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf; Le Théâtre de Rungis; ARCHAOS – Pôle National Cirque Méditerranée, Marseille; Les utoPistes, Lyon ; 6 mettre – Pôle de création dédié aux arts vivants, Fresnes; Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde, Bagneux, CDN d’Orléans / Centre-Val de Loire, Circusnext

Supports: La DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ; La Région Ile-de-France – FoRTE, Fonds Régional pour les Talents Émergents ; La SACD - Processus Cirque 2020 ; La Nationale des papeteries; Gascogne Papier

Thanks: Piste d’Azur - Centre Régional des Arts du Cirque; Le CNAC - Centre National des Arts du Cirque Châlons-en-Champagne; ICiMa – Chaire d’Innovation Cirque et Marionnette; ON - Center for Contemporary Circus Création, Israël; Orit Nevo and Lucie Bonnet

Pli is the prize winner of Circusnext 2020 – 2021, project co-financed by the Europe Creative program of the European Union.