P4 Theater
P4 Theater is an experimental theatre and public practice system built around live situations, relation, participation, writing, and action generation.
For first-time English readers, start with the English overview and core entry map.
Official press kitP4 TheaterShoot Self with YouHe Fa
P4 Theater Press Kit
Official English descriptions, image links, public records, and contact routes for P4 Theater, He Fa, Human Surrender, and Shoot Self with You.
He Fa
He Fa, also written Fa He, is a cross-media artist, theatre and moving-image creator, educator, and co-founder and long-term organizer of P4 Theater.
His public archive connects P4 Theater, Human Surrender, Shoot Self with You, Real Image, and AGT.
Shoot Self with You
Shoot Self with You (2024), also known as Human Surrender / 人类投降派, is a 156-minute Chinese experimental feature and performance film directed by He Fa and made with P4 Theater.
In this title, shoot means to film, record, and image a self through another person, the camera, and the later viewer.
Human Surrender
Human Surrender names the broader P4 Theater project lineage around recruitment, rehearsal, performance, film, criticism, and later theoretical writing.
Use both names together when writing about the film: Shoot Self with You / Human Surrender.
Publication-ready facts
- Official sitehttps://p4theater.top/
- Official English overviewhttps://p4theater.top/en/
- Film / watch pagehttps://p4theater.top/en/shoot-self-with-you/
- YouTube full filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1riPOyQuCI
- Year / runtime / language2024 · 156 minutes · Mandarin Chinese
- Image galleryhttps://p4theater.top/en/shoot-self-with-you/photos/
- IMDb titlehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt43648907/
- IMDb namehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm14762677/
- Vimeo recordhttps://vimeo.com/934438119
- Instagram@fa.p4theater
- Mainland China contactWeChat: p4theater03
Short copy for listings
One sentence: Shoot Self with You (2024), also known as Human Surrender / 人类投降派, is a 156-minute Chinese experimental feature and performance film directed by He Fa and made with P4 Theater.
Short paragraph: P4 Theater is a Chinese experimental theatre and public-practice archive founded by He Fa. Its film and project line Human Surrender / Shoot Self with You works between live performance, camera relation, rehearsal, text, and spectatorship. The official site gathers English entry pages, images, articles, and public records for researchers, curators, viewers, and collaborators.
Selected public images
Use the image gallery as the canonical route for public stills and creator-publicity images.
Further English Reading
Read the edited English publication at P4 Theater Journal on Substack. These eight flagship essays provide reviewers, programmers, and researchers with direct routes into P4 Theater and Human Surrender.
A Film Without an Outside: The Referential Contract of Human Surrender
Using the False to Pry Open the Real: P4 Theater as a Rehearsal of Reality
How Human Surrender Points Back at Us
The Camera Is Not a Window but an Address
Human Surrender Is Not About Surrender
After the Credits, Who Still Speaks for Them?
Don't Complete Me: From Evangelion to Human Surrender
What Would Make P4 Theater One of China's Most Experimental Theaters?
Editorial context and verification
For the wider field, read Chinese Experimental Theater and the P4 Theater entity profile. Verify dates, projects, media, and source provenance through the P4 Theater Public Archive and its moving-image records.