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Radio Vinci Park turns a Guanajuato car park into a performance space
Radio Vinci Park transformed an underground car park in Guanajuato into a performance space during the closing weekend of the International Cervantino Festival.
Visual artist Théo Mercier and choreographer and performer François Chaignaud created the work together.
Chaignaud danced, sang and fought alongside a motorcycle as performers played mechanics and a masked motorcyclist faced a baroque creature in high heels.
Harpsichordist Marie-Pierre Brébant played live, setting the delicate sound of an old instrument against the motorcycle’s engine and the work’s physical intensity.
The free event drew a varied crowd, including people who came without knowing the artists or the piece.
The unusual setting and mix of movement, engines and baroque music first confused some spectators, then drew them in.
At the end, the audience applauded, and young attendees approached Chaignaud to ask about his performance.
Radio Vinci Park transformed the San Pedro car park in Guanajuato into a performance space during the closing weekend of the International Cervantino Festival.
The piece was created in collaboration by visual artist Théo Mercier and choreographer and performer François Chaignaud.
The extended performance brought together dance, singing, a harpsichord and a motorcycle in a setting described as wild, sensual and grotesque.
A masked motorcyclist and a high-heeled baroque creature began a ritual duel, while Chaignaud danced, sang and fought.
The free event drew a mixed audience, which responded with shouts and applause at the end.
- Who
- The performance featured François Chaignaud, with music by harpsichordist Marie-Pierre Brébant.
- What
- Radio Vinci Park turned a car park into a performance space, combining dance, singing, a motorcycle and early music.
- When
- During the closing weekend of the International Cervantino Festival. The exact date is not stated.
- Where
- The San Pedro car park in Guanajuato, Mexico.
- Why
- The performance took place as part of the festival. The sources do not state a further reason.
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Radio Vinci Park was staged in the San Pedro car park.
The audience responded with shouts and applause, and Chaignaud rode around the space on the motorcycle to greet people.
- Venue
- San Pedro car park, Guanajuato
- Festival
- International Cervantino Festival
- Creators
- Théo Mercier and François Chaignaud
- Music
- Marie-Pierre Brébant played the harpsichord
- Admission
- Free
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