Film by Niko de La Faye & music by Miranda Vukasovic & Astryd Cottet

In 2011 French Artist Niko de La Faye presented for the first time his sculpture called ‘M2B’. Since, he traveled from Beijing to Hong-Kong (2012-2013) - completing a 3.400-km and 80-days performance – and was invited to ride in the streets of Paris (2014-2015) and New York (2016).

M2B is a representation of the Universe placed upon a traditional Chinese tricycle. In a time and environment in which development and productivity holds such a strong focus, Niko de La Faye's intention was to create a contrasting slow bubble, a "poetic interference" that appears within the hectic Chinese contemporary traffic. It then became a worldwide traveling performance.

The Artist will screen first a selection of videos shot and edited since 2011 in China until last year in the US (35 minutes). Then Croatian singer and performer Miranda Vukasovic (funder and lead-singer of The Radiance) will improvise live on a video combining sequences the 35.000 km artistic road-trip through China, France and the US in a 35-minutes sequence. French lyric singer Astryd Cottet will bring the magic of opera into this surprising performance.

About the artists

Niko De La Faye - Photo: Leo

Niko De La Faye is a French born Beijing based self-taught visual artist. He works across sculptural objects, photography, video and performance. De La Faye’s work consists of making compositions of shapes, geometrical and natural, referring directly or indirectly to universal laws and Nature in various forms. He creates instinctively and the foundations of his work lie in collaborations and encounters with people he meets and environments in which he finds himself living and working.

De La Faye has shown his work both nationally and internationally. Selected shows include: Summer Streets, New York (2016), Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing (2015), Mebospace, Beijing (2015), Xiangsi Gallery, Tianjin (2015), Young International Artist Art Fair, Paris (2014), MCM Art Space, Macao (2014), HK Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong (2013), Mur Nomade Gallery, Hong Kong (2013), Croisements Festival, Beijing-Shanghai (2011-2012), Caochangdi Photospring Festival, Beijing (2011-2012), Art Beijing, Beijing (2011), Performing Arts Center, Suzhou (2009), Sylvia Rhud Gallery, Paris (2009).

Miranda Vukasovic

Miranda Vukasovic, vocal and Piano, graduated from the Music Academy "Blagoje Bersa" in Zagreb majoring in Music Theory in 2001. She lived in many countries and worked in architecture, media and art industry. She is now living in Beijing and has her own jewellery and furniture brand. She uses her diverse experience to create the music of her own unique style.

Astryd Cottet－ 歌手(女中音女高音) / Singer (Mezzo Soprano)

Astryd Cottet began her singing career as a young child, performing as a soloist with the Paris Opera Children’s Choir. She has often appeared as an oratorio soloist in the most prestigious churches and concert halls of Paris such as Saint-Augustin and la Trinité, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and abroad in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral (New York), the Breakers (New Port) and others.

Astryd Cottet studied voice at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Conservatory of Music and Theater in Leipzig, Germany (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,).

On stage she has performed the roles of “Pastoureau” in Aucassin and Nicolette by Paul Le Flem, “Simone” in Les Mousquetaires au Couvent by Louis Varnay, “Pamina,” “Second Lady,” and “Second Spirit” in The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart, “Eurydice” in Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck, “la Pastourelle,” “Cat” and “Squirrel” in The Child and the Spells by Maurice Ravel, “Denise” in Mam’zelle Nitouche by Herve, “Marcellina” in The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart, “Mum” in Albert Herring by Britten, and “Metella” in La Vie Parisienne by J. Offenbach, in a production by Isabelle Gardien (actor-member of the Comédie Française.)