# Sangou GIF Theatre Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre Sangou GIF Theatre, Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022. Online images, looping animation and text. He Fa’s role: See the credits and archive note on this page. Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 / Online images, looping animation and text A virtual character builds a theatre through repetition, transformation and brief pieces of language. Public image accompanying I—a Sangou; original article byline: frankfaker. Creative duo FakingAosome: He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang Early document The team’s work list on page 1 of their jointly signed CAFAM proposal dated 5 September 2016 Later publication bylines Five 2022 articles credited to frankfaker and aosome; original bylines retained ## Work record Sangou GIF Theatre, Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022. Online images, looping animation and text. He Fa’s role: See the credits and archive note on this page. Work / series Sangou GIF Theatre Date Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 Medium Online images, looping animation and text He Fa’s role See the credits and archive note on this page Catalogue section Selected works Cite this record: Sangou GIF Theatre · Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 · See the credits and archive note on this page · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-我-一条三狗-bca574236a/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与波德莱尔-d5bdb331c6/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与哈姆雷特-430651ca8b/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与居伊-德波-d2b3d71ab9/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-独舞的三狗-7d869195ac/) ## Building a theatre from a virtual character A 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works. It describes a “cyber-theatrical action”: using the internet to create a series of GIF images of a virtual character and collaging them into new theatrical and narrative spaces. The attribution comes from an explicit team work list, rather than assumptions about aliases or folder names. In the public images, the simply drawn character repeats as a blue pattern, changes its posture in magenta lines and moves in loops against a green ground. A limited number of frames turns small gestures into fragments that can be watched again. Brief poems and wordplay add another voice to the figure. A body need not first stand on a physical stage: arrangement and timing themselves organise the encounter. ## Connecting two sets of documents Five public articles from August 2022 place Sangou alongside solo dance, Baudelaire, Hamlet and Guy Debord. Four are credited to frankfaker; A Sangou Dancing Alone is credited to aosome. The 2016 proposal establishes the work’s relationship to the duo, while each 2022 publication retains its byline. Aliases are not forced into one-to-one real-name matches, nor are all later images retrospectively dated to 2016. ## Works & details Public image accompanying Sangou and Baudelaire; original article byline: frankfaker. Looping animation from A Sangou Dancing Alone; original article byline: aosome. ## Moving image & related documents [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-我-一条三狗-bca574236a/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与波德莱尔-d5bdb331c6/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与哈姆雷特-430651ca8b/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-三狗与居伊-德波-d2b3d71ab9/) [2022-08-22 · Original public article (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-08-22-独舞的三狗-7d869195ac/) ## Archive note The 2016 proposal establishes the team and work attribution, not participation by this project in the CAFAM Biennial. Images come from the 2022 public articles, with their proportions, loops and article credits preserved. ## Continue exploring ### Hamlet’s Mirror Performers, projections and screens reflect one another as Hamlet is broken into shifting fragments. ### Shadow Counterpoint A time-limited collective production becomes a looping narrative of GIFs and text. ### P4 Theater Spaces, participants, events and documentation change one another through sustained work. TAKE A PATH ACROSS ## Other paths from this work. Versions of a work How fragments occupy time [Sangou GIF Theatre](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre) ↔ [Fragments](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/duanzhang) Fragments spreads image strips across a plane, while Sangou GIF Theatre places small actions in loops. One lets the eye choose where to stay; the other repeatedly returns an action during that stay. Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 / Online images, looping animation and text 2012 / Photography, light box Read the source materials Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/duanzhang#chapter-1) The complete horizontal image consists of dense horizontal strips, with divisions and seams remaining visible. Period document [Building a theatre from a virtual character ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=duanzhang) Versions of a work ### How fragments occupy time [Sangou GIF Theatre](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre) ↔ [Fragments](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/duanzhang) Fragments spreads image strips across a plane, while Sangou GIF Theatre places small actions in loops. One lets the eye choose where to stay; the other repeatedly returns an action during that stay. Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 / Online images, looping animation and text 2012 / Photography, light box Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/duanzhang#chapter-1) The complete horizontal image consists of dense horizontal strips, with divisions and seams remaining visible. The complete horizontal image consists of dense horizontal strips, with divisions and seams remaining visible. Period document [Building a theatre from a virtual character ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. Versions of a work A body need not arrive first [Sangou GIF Theatre](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre) ↔ [Hamlet’s Mirror](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror) FakingAosome’s Hamlet’s Mirror displaces live bodies and projections; Sangou GIF Theatre organizes loops through virtual figures. The duo explores different theatres, and a preceding physical performance cannot be assumed for the GIF work. Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 / Online images, looping animation and text 2015 / Moving image and performance Read the source materials Artist’s statement [Projection and performance ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror#chapter-3) The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. Period document [Building a theatre from a virtual character ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=hamlets-mirror) Versions of a work ### A body need not arrive first [Sangou GIF Theatre](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre) ↔ [Hamlet’s Mirror](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror) FakingAosome’s Hamlet’s Mirror displaces live bodies and projections; Sangou GIF Theatre organizes loops through virtual figures. The duo explores different theatres, and a preceding physical performance cannot be assumed for the GIF work. Listed in a 2016 proposal; public images and texts in 2022 / Online images, looping animation and text 2015 / Moving image and performance Artist’s statement [Projection and performance ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror#chapter-3) The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. Period document [Building a theatre from a virtual character ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/sangou-gif-theatre#chapter-1) The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. The 2016 proposal jointly signed by He Fa and Zhang Aoshuang lists Sangou among FakingAosome’s works and describes virtual characters, GIF drawings and a collaged theatre. FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE ## Passages between works ### Related records in the archive [Hamlet’s Mirror ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror) 2015 [Shadow Counterpoint ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/shadow-counterpoint) 2016 [P4 Theater ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/p4-theatre) 2015–present