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The Giant of the 7 Seas
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An enormous articulated figure, more than 10 meters high, will
be at the center of the show “The Giant of the 7 Seas”,
which can be seen daily for 141 days at the Forum site, in the Large
Auditorium, with a capacity for 3,000 people. Every day there will
be between two and four sessions of the show, which lasts about thirty
minutes.
This dramatization, directed
by Jordi Aspa and the theatrical designer François
Delarozière, reflects on the degradation
of the sea as a source of vital resources for human
life. Every day, Arutairc, a monstrous character
emerging from this environmental pollution, will
provide a cruel, but kind, point of view to raise
public awareness about marine conservation.
The character will be an articulated giant more
than ten meters high, weighing 65 tons, moved by
15 people and built of all kinds of materials. Its
shape will be reminiscent of a fish, which has become
a mechanoid animal due to the mutations caused by
environmental pollution.
The dramatization consists of an amalgam of different
performing arts, with theatrical machinery specially
designed for the show, circus techniques (trapeze,
trampolining, motorbike acrobatics), acrobatic dance
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An innovative staging
design
In addition, the theatrical design will
be an entirely new concept with a very advanced
technical component, helping to make the
show even more original. “The Giant
of the 7 Seas” will create its own
innovative language by combining theatrical
accessories and supports for a flying trapeze,
with nets and mechanical vehicles.
The intention of all this staging is, as
those responsible for it say, to play with
the spirit of the sea. The Large Auditorium
faces the sea and spectators will have two
views of it: the fictitious view, created
by the dramatization on stage, and the real
view of the sea, which becomes the backdrop
for the show and can be enjoyed by the spectators
in the higher seats as natural scenery.
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| Technical details |
| Creator
/ Artistic director: Jordi Aspa |
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Lighting
design: Eduard Inglès |
| Assistant director:
Cisco Margenat |
Sound design: Audiolab
S.L. |
| Choreography-movement
of actors: Ester Nadal |
Figurine design:
Lluc Castells |
| Theatrical design:
La Machine |
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