CO·II

For Beijing Design Week 2018, under the theme “Symbiosis · New Courtyard,” Yanjingli invited its resident image-creative studio — Beijing Shard Island Technology Co., Ltd. — to design and build the main installation, CO·II, together with Atelier You. CO·II is a pure-white rectangular tent set at the very centre of the Yanjingli courtyard for symmetry and balance. Two layers of gauze curtain, inner and outer, separate its interior from the world outside, giving it two wholly different characters by day and by night. By day it is an experiential space; by night the tent becomes a visual canvas, hosting a series of light-and-shadow performances designed and produced by Shard Island that fuse body-motion tracking and lighting control with the music, costume and visual-notation (Votation) work of the invited artists.