Are we approaching a new form of normalcy?
Since the start of the health crisis, everyone has been trying to find solutions.
To dream, dance, survive.
Faced with the closure of concert halls, cinemas and theaters, the alternatives multiply and compete in originality.
On January 22 and 23, the American rock group Flaming Lips offered its fans an extraordinary concert.
A futuristic show organized in Oklahoma City, United States, performed in front of an audience of spectators installed in plastic bubbles.
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At first glance, it feels like the heart of a dystopian anticipation novel.
Singers and musicians barely distinguishable through their transparent interior, and in the pit a hundred people locked in mouse traps.
Vision of horror for some, inevitable projection for others ... the concert was nevertheless a success.
Under a strict health protocol, each participant was required to wear a mask until entering his bubble, and had to undergo a temperature test.
Once there, the balls contained interior speakers to optimize the sound.
They also had
“a bottle of water, a battery-operated fan, a towel and a sign 'I have to pee / it's hot in here',”
as the
BBC
reported
.
A sign "
I have to pee
"
The experience is not new.
Before the pandemic, Wayne Coyne, the singer of Flaming Lips, already had a reputation for appearing at concerts in a transparent bubble before rushing into the crowd.
At the start of the first confinement in March, the idea of his audience playing with him had amused him.
What was then only a joke, will end up succeeding for the first time last July during the program
The Late Show
of Stephen Colbert.
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A few months later, in September, Wayne Coyne in mad genius ordered nearly 100 inflatable bubbles directly from China in order to renew the experience with his fans.
This took place in a concert hall in Oklahoma City.
In an interview, the singer explained that each bubble had an oxygen reserve of one hour and ten minutes.
Enough time to enjoy a concert worthy of the life before.
For the leader of the group, this kind of performance may well become the "
new normal
", as he explained to the British media.