# Vortex Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex Vortex, 2022. North Wind Theatre collective creation. He Fa’s role: Collective creator, member of the announced performing roster, author of a signed article. 2022 / North Wind Theatre collective creation A month of rehearsals and changing participants forms the company’s second production. Poster from the 2022 Vortex performance announcement. He Fa’s role Collective creator, member of the announced performing roster, author of a signed article Company North Wind Theatre, established by He Fa and Qu Wenhao Announced performance 12 March 2022, 19:30; Chongwenmenwai Subdistrict Social Organisation Service Centre, Beijing ## Work record Vortex, 2022. North Wind Theatre collective creation. He Fa’s role: Collective creator, member of the announced performing roster, author of a signed article. Work / series Vortex Date 2022 Medium North Wind Theatre collective creation He Fa’s role Collective creator, member of the announced performing roster, author of a signed article Catalogue section Collaborative practice Cite this record: Vortex · 2022 · Collective creator, member of the announced performing roster, author of a signed article · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex) [2022-03-03 · Vortex: the North Wind Theatre announcement (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-03-03-北风剧社-蝴蝶轻拍翅膀还能再次刮起一场龙卷漩涡吗-7075a457f3/) [2022-07-18 · P4 Theater: Past, Present, Future, 510 (Chinese)](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-07-18-p4剧场-过去-现在-未来-510-73d5a1df7f/) [Original WeChat article (Chinese)](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/L2n_a5j0b8q0aVlI1kN4Hw) ## How the work took shape Vortex is North Wind Theatre’s second production. In his signed article of 3 March 2022, He Fa describes a month of collective creation: some people left unexpectedly, others joined later, and rehearsals were both loose and tense. Each creator brought difficulties from their own circumstances. The notice names eleven members for the announced performance, including He Fa. The text begins with a butterfly repeatedly beating its wings inside a screen, then moves through loops, lost signals, game language, love and uncertain paths. Rather than smoothing collective experience into a plot summary, it places differing voices in collision. Read with the roster and rehearsal account, it shows a work gathering from several people’s circumstances. The announced performance offers a temporary meeting, while the article retains voices that have not yet settled. ## Published participants Liang Yin, Qu Wenhao, Zhou Boru, Gao Pengfei, Zhang Haolin, Guo Qian, Wang Qing’er, Wang Baokun, Chen Chen, He Fa and Qi Zetao. The source states that the order does not indicate rank; this archive retains that order. ## Moving image & related documents [2022-03-03 · Vortex: the North Wind Theatre announcement (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-03-03-北风剧社-蝴蝶轻拍翅膀还能再次刮起一场龙卷漩涡吗-7075a457f3/) [2022-07-18 · P4 Theater: Past, Present, Future, 510 (Chinese) ↗](https://p4theater.cn/articles/2022/2022-07-18-p4剧场-过去-现在-未来-510-73d5a1df7f/) [Original WeChat article (Chinese) ↗](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/L2n_a5j0b8q0aVlI1kN4Hw) ## Archive note Compiled from the listed P4 documents, with later recollections dated separately. Editorial description and source excerpts are distinguished. English translations were prepared for this archive. ## Continue exploring ### Iceberg A small office and fifteen spectators: spatial proximity becomes part of the work. ### P4 Theater Spaces, participants, events and documentation change one another through sustained work. ### Romance Theatre Shared exercises and lived encounters return through documentation to theatre. TAKE A PATH ACROSS ## Other paths from this work. Versions of a work Facing a version before stability [Vortex](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex) ↔ [Untitled](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/untitled-2012-2014) Untitled stops after years of repeated rejection; Vortex’s announcement records members leaving and joining over a month. One ends an individual image’s revision; the other asks an unsettled collective to face a public-performance deadline. 2022 / North Wind Theatre collective creation 2012–2014 / Archival inkjet print Read the source materials Period document [How the work took shape ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex#chapter-1) He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. Artist’s statement [Artist statement in the portfolio ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/untitled-2012-2014#artist-statement) The portfolio statement directly records prolonged making, repeated rejection and eventual abandonment; stopping does not prove that the problem was resolved. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=untitled-2012-2014) Versions of a work ### Facing a version before stability [Vortex](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex) ↔ [Untitled](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/untitled-2012-2014) Untitled stops after years of repeated rejection; Vortex’s announcement records members leaving and joining over a month. One ends an individual image’s revision; the other asks an unsettled collective to face a public-performance deadline. 2022 / North Wind Theatre collective creation 2012–2014 / Archival inkjet print Period document [How the work took shape ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex#chapter-1) He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. Artist’s statement [Artist statement in the portfolio ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/untitled-2012-2014#artist-statement) The portfolio statement directly records prolonged making, repeated rejection and eventual abandonment; stopping does not prove that the problem was resolved. The portfolio statement directly records prolonged making, repeated rejection and eventual abandonment; stopping does not prove that the problem was resolved. [DOCUMENT RECORD](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/becoming-wind) Working together Different people bring different directions [Vortex](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex) ↔ [Becoming Wind, Breaking Waves](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/becoming-wind) Vortex brings together difficulties carried by several members; Becoming Wind builds its invitation around Lifeng’s account. Both gather people, but one assembles parallel experiences while the other proposes a shared task from one person’s wish. 2022 / North Wind Theatre collective creation 2023 / Personal narrative, collective devising and documentation proposal Read the source materials Period document [How the work took shape ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex#chapter-1) He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. Period document [How a personal story becomes a shared project ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/becoming-wind#chapter-1) The 2023 call jointly signed by Lifeng and He Fa starts from Lifeng’s account Ruma and invites collective writing, directing, performance and documentation. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=becoming-wind) Working together ### Different people bring different directions [Vortex](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex) ↔ [Becoming Wind, Breaking Waves](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/becoming-wind) Vortex brings together difficulties carried by several members; Becoming Wind builds its invitation around Lifeng’s account. Both gather people, but one assembles parallel experiences while the other proposes a shared task from one person’s wish. 2022 / North Wind Theatre collective creation 2023 / Personal narrative, collective devising and documentation proposal Period document [How the work took shape ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/vortex#chapter-1) He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. He Fa’s signed performance text of 3 March 2022 records members leaving and joining during a month, multiple personal difficulties and an eleven-member list. Period document [How a personal story becomes a shared project ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/becoming-wind#chapter-1) The 2023 call jointly signed by Lifeng and He Fa starts from Lifeng’s account Ruma and invites collective writing, directing, performance and documentation. The 2023 call jointly signed by Lifeng and He Fa starts from Lifeng’s account Ruma and invites collective writing, directing, performance and documentation. 2026-10-04 / ARCHIVAL ADDITION ## Source materials, process and versions The Vortex document juxtaposes the Beifeng manifesto, original plot, perceived problems and proposed changes. After Vortex asks what happens when a viewer becomes a performer and who carries responsibility for that participation. [漩涡.pdf ↗](https://b.p4theater.cn/sources/cv-vortex-28be3ed96512) [漩涡之后.docx ↗](https://b.p4theater.cn/sources/cv-vortex-70979d70db1c) [IMG_1021-DCIM-101APPLE.MOV ↗](https://b.p4theater.cn/sources/cv-vortex-87efb6a8405e) [Follow the other material strands ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/reading/materials-and-process#vortex) FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE ## Passages between works ### Related records in the archive [Iceberg ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/iceberg) 2021–2022 [P4 Theater ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/p4-theatre) 2015–present [Romance Theatre ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/romance-theatre) 2022