How VORTEX Began: First Interviews & Early Rehearsals (2021–22)

How did VORTEX begin? This archival access edit assembles 11 recovered camera segments recorded from 15 December 2021 through 3 March 2022, including rehearsals, workshop discussion, and three participant interviews. It is not one continuous interview; the first 00:31 is silent in this public-access copy. Simplified Chinese and English subtitle tracks are included. VORTEX — FIRST INTERVIEWS & EARLY DEVELOPMENT This multi-date archival access edit brings together 11 recovered camera segments recorded from 15 December 2021 through 3 March 2022. Presented in capture order, the material documents read-through and rehearsal fragments, a lighting test, workshop discussion, three participant interviews, and group rehearsal. It is not one continuous interview. ARCHIVAL EDIT The 11 selected segments are joined in capture order. One 00:40 failed setup take (source identifier MJIX), recorded immediately before the third interview, is omitted from this public-access edit; its verified source remains preserved unchanged. No speech or scene has been reordered. This YouTube access copy is presented at 1080p. WORK VORTEX Creator: Beifeng Theatre Recorded: 15 and 30 December 2021; 14 and 26 February 2022; 3 March 2022 Running time: 00:56:13 Record type: multi-date interviews and early-development camera record Archive code: P4C-VORTEX-FIRST-INTERVIEW-MULTIDATE AUDIO NOTE The first 00:31 is silent in this public-access copy because third-party background music heard in the recovered recording was omitted; its clearance has not been confirmed in the project evidence. This edit does not claim rights in that music. SUBTITLES Primary spoken language: Mandarin Chinese. Simplified Chinese and English subtitle tracks are included. DUPLICATE REVIEW Content-level audio fingerprinting covered 21 comparison pairs and found no reliable overlap. This result does not prove that all compared material is entirely different, and it does not exclude same-event footage recorded from another camera or material with altered audio. CHAPTERS 0:00 Read-through fragment (silent access copy) 0:11 Rehearsal fragment (silent access copy) 0:31 Lighting and rehearsal test 0:50 Workshop discussion and performed material 5:33 Evening rehearsal fragment 5:58 Evening rehearsal, continued 6:33 Participant interview 1 20:34 Participant interview 2 32:04 Participant interview 3 41:26 Group rehearsal preparation 42:38 Group rehearsal RELATED RECORDS VORTEX — film version, 5 March 2022: https://youtu.be/0mZCo0DgnK0 VORTEX — public performance record, replacement-score proxy, 12 March 2022: https://youtu.be/-VMSaa6-1-4 OFFICIAL P4 BACKGROUND Project and event details: https://p4theater.top/articles/2022/2022-03-09-%E5%8C%97%E9%A3%8E%E5%89%A7%E7%A4%BE-%E5%9C%A8%E6%BC%A9%E6%B6%A1%E4%B8%AD%E6%98%AF%E7%A7%8D%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C-ae08871522/ P4 Theater: https://p4theater.top/en/ #ExperimentalTheatre #PerformanceArchive #P4Theater