去年の夏６月に、NYを拠点とするコンテンポラリーダンサー橋本有子と共に、ダンスと書のパフォーマンス『生生流転』ルーマニア公演へ行って参りました。音楽を作曲してくれたのは、サンフランシスコを拠点に活動するミュージシャン・メディアアーティストChristopher Willits氏。坂本龍一氏とのコラボレーションでアルバムをリリースしていることでも知られています。在ルーマニア日本国大使館主催で開催されたこの公演に加え、ブカレスト市内の５大学と日本人学校での講義＆ワークショップ指導も行ないました。そのレポートが、「書の研究」１２月号に掲載されましたので、ぜひ紹介させていただきたいと思います。
このワークショップやパフォーマンス公演からの写真も、後にアップします！
咏遠 TOWA -Infinity in Nature-
Live calligraphy × dance × sound× visuals exploring the natural order of life
@ The 8th Gallery at CLASKA, Meguro, Tokyo
Artists : Japanese Calligraphy & Visuals:Aoi Yamaguchi (San Francisco)
Contemporary Dance : Mika Yanagihara / Akiko Tomikawa
/ Anna Strand Andersen / Julia Ehrstrand (New York)
Music & Sound : Onpun (Toyama, Japan)
Photos by Waki Hamatsu
Thank you so much for all who share this moment with us. This means a lot to me.
北海道に帰って来ています。
この冬は制作場所を札幌に、久しぶりに地元で新年を迎えようと思います。
千歳へ向かう車内。雪に覆われた道路、山々、木々を眺めながら、夕焼けの空に心を奪われ
自分の生まれた地に白い息を吐いて、こころが還って来たなと感じられる、ここ数日です。
来月は東京、京都でのパフォーマンスショーを控えています。
久しぶりに日本で、世界で活躍する尊敬する仲間と一緒にパフォーマンスできるのは幸福なこと。
今からわくわくしています。
I’m back in Hokkaido.
I’ll be here in my hometown Sapporo for this Winter, working on new pieces and performances. It’s been a while to spend the new years’ day in Japan with my family, very relaxing, refreshing, heartwarming times here in the land of snow.
On our way to Chitose – gazing at the road, mountains, trees covered in snow through the window. Beautiful colors of sunset is stealing my heart.
Seeing my white breath in this cold air, I’m feeling that my heart and my body has returned to my roots.
I have performance shows in Tokyo and Kyoto in January.
I’m excited to perform with my such a talented friends here in Japan – friends gathering from Toyama, San Francisco, New York, and Sweden.
Looking forward to see you all very soon!
今年２月にKenzoの仕事でNew Yorkを訪れた際、New YorkをベースとするマガジンMonocomplexのみなさんと時間を過ごすことができました。新たにリニューアルされたサイトにインタービューを掲載してくださいました。ここから見ることが出来ます：http://monocomplex.net/
ギャラリー巡りをしたり、Armory Showを見に行ったり、おいしいご飯を食べに行ったり、いろんな話が出来て、San Franciscoとはまた違ったバイブのクリエイティビティに刺激を受けました。New Yorkには何度か足を運んでいるけれど、今回は違った過ごし方が出来てNew Yorkの印象が少し変わりました。ありがとう！
またNYCに近々行けることを願って！
When I visited New York back in February for the work for Kenzo Parfumes, I was interviewed by New York based culture magazine, Monocomplex.
Here’s the URL to the site: http://monocomplex.net/
It was a pleasure sharing a good time with folks who create this magazine – visiting galleries in Chelsea, checking out the Armory Show, having a nice dinner at the Chelsea Market, talking about random things etc etc… Thank you Monocomplex :)
Hope to be back in NYC soon!
Our 2nd day in Miami started a little late than we scheduled. My body was crying and screaming because of the busy schedule from the first day, but the mild weather of Miami beach was soothing and refreshing. No need for jackets or scarfs, just throw a tank-top and dress on you, and you’ll be fine. Awesome, Miami…
First we decided to visit Aqua Wynwood, where two of my travel mates had their art works exhibited.
AQUA ART (http://www.aquaartmiami.com/)
Aqua Art is one of the big art fairs at Art Basel. Participants are 50 galleries from cities like New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Osaka, ans so on. Each gallery gets their own booth to exhibit art works and promote up-and-coming artists.
I headed to Thinkspace, where Brett had his pieces exhibited. Thinkspace is a contemporary art gallery from Los Angeles.
“Waiting #47” by Brett Amory
I love these two pieces. I love they way he uses colors..
Brin also had his works exhibited at Aqua. Brin makes bronze sculpture and designs toys and figures for artists such as Mars-1 and Ron English.
I was also able to meet and talk with Ted Lincoln, who uses sumi-ink in his art works. Since he uses similar ink and method in his creative process, I was interested in his works for a while – I saw his pieces at 111Minna a while ago, and they were so beautiful. He used to live in San Francisco, but now he moved back to his hometown in Florida and owns a larger studio.
As I kept exploring, I found Gallery Edel from Osaka, which was the only one gallery from Japan at Aqua. They had Yayoi Kusama’s piece at the front, obviously caught my attention immediately. The gallerists got their unique “osaka” style humor in the conversation and I enjoyed contemporary Japanese art.
And I kept exploring…
I love this.
Gallary representatives from Edel Gallery, Osaka. おつかれさまです。Now you guys can party!
After spending three hours at Aqua Wynwood, we rented a car near the Miami Airport, and stopped by California Pizza Kitchen for the dinner. Oh no we didn’t plan to go there, we just randomly stumbled upon CPK… I, of course, felt so funny about us having a dinner at CPK although we are in Miami. I remember that all the menus were a little expensive than CPK in California. We didn’t care anything at this point, since this trip has been troublesome for all of us…
“Waiting for my BBQ chicken salad!!”
Fountain (http://www.fountainexhibit.com/)
We drove back to Wynwood area to check out Fountain. The loud sound of the live band performance at the outdoor area induced us to get in, as a flux of people pushed me into the party crowd regardlessly.
Live silkscreening demo. It’s huge!
We got lost on the way back to where we parked, then suddenly we found El Mac’s gigantic mural in a deserted area. Breathtaking. Look at Brin at the bottom – now you can see how big this is.
I wanna do this in Japanese calligraphy version..
Back to South Beach, Beach Paradise Hotel.
This is the last photo of me with my Sony Erricsson phone. At this point, I didn’t know that my phone will be stolen at the beach after this fun conversation with my friend who missed Art Basel…
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Hanging out at the beach all night, everything started to seem like a fairy tale in a well-made dream. Art Basel in a summer-like breeze took me out to a paradise, far, far away from cold rain in San Francisco. With this view, you’ll be speechless; nothing can be more eloquent to describe this moment than just feeling it.
Floating house on the sea water. This was part of installation for Art Basel, which I was not aware of.. With the marmalade sunrise as a background, it’s so beautiful that does not even look like it’s real… it is almost like a painting.
To be continued…
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2009 12:25am.
Julianne Yates, Brett Amory and I departed from SFO, excited with our first trip to Miami and this America’s largest art fair, ART BASEL. I wasn’t able to manage buying a new bikinis (simply we run out of time), but I was so excited to experience new vibes, meet people, get inspired by art, and relax in the tropical weather in Winter time, which I’ve never experienced in my life.
Rubbing our red eyes, three of us fell a sleep soon after the plane took off.
We changed our plane at Texas, Dallas. Diamond night view of Texas from the sky…
MIA! Already filled with tropical feeling!
We stayed at a hotel called “Beach Paradise Hotel” on Ocean Dr. Brin Berliner, another travel mate, has checked in the hotel room already, taking a nap to store some energy for this adventure later on that night.
South Beach.
Our journey has begun.
Wynwood Walls: A collaboration between Deitch Projects & Goldman Properties
I randomly met Yone, a Japanese photographer from Cexwork. He was with his wife, strolling around the Wynwood area. I was able to talk with him about how the Japanese art scene is so closed-minded and does not allow young artists to create something new without worrying about public image – “People are stiff. Everything is done for money, and people just copy each other. That is why nothing new grows in Japan right now”, Yone said…
“Stages”
Raymond Pettibon’s piece.
I was surprised to see how famous Yoshitomo Nara, and Yayoi Kusama are besides Takashi Murakami in the United States. They definitely redefined Japanese aesthetic in contemporary art scene, not only in Japan but also in foreign countries. Their works are undeniably striking, but totally evolved from traditional Japanese aesthetics – they are something new. As a Japanese calligrapher, I aim to preserve traditional aesthetics and skills and at the same time break the boundary of strict rules and old-fashioned practices. If people begin to forget where we came from, and just look at the future… I wonder where Neo-Japan is heading to.
STAGES became one of my memorable places of this trip, and even of my life…
MaxFish
MaxFish, a hip & punk bar/art gallery in Lower East Side, NYC, installed their interior & exterior decorations in a space temporarily for Art Basel: art installations on the wall, illuminating bar, Jaccuzi Boys’ live performance, outside space, paint dripping on the exterior. It was lovely to mingle with people from all over the country.
To be continued..
このアパートの303号室に移り住んで、もう３ヶ月にもなるというのに、階段をいつも上りすぎたりもう一階足りなかったりする碧生です。
気づいたら屋上の階まで上ってたり、ここが３階だろうと思って部屋の前で鍵を差し込もうとしたら202だったり、、、
毎回、「は！！またやっちゃった」って独り言を漏らし、いそいそと本来の階を目指します。
…なんでだろう！？
そんなあたしですが、今夜の夜中1225am発の便で、マイアミへ行って参ります！
Miamiは人生初なので、もう気分はビーチ！カクテル！アート！セレブ！な盛り上がりをみせ、昨夜はなんと朝の６時までGallery HeistでJulianneとプロモーションマテリアルの準備。あたしは延々とwebsiteの更新。うちら二人で、謎にめっちゃ盛り上がってました。笑 アーティストのBrett AmoryとJulianneと３人で、Gallery Heist引っさげて出陣してきます。
このArt Basel、全米で最も大きなアートフェスで、ギャラリーというギャラリー、デザインファーム、ミュージシャンなどが全国、そして海外からも集まって盛大に開かれる末恐ろしい規模のイベントなのです。東京からもいくつか参加しているギャラリーを一覧で発見しました。
Heist一行は、主にAQUA ARTを目指して行きます。
↑あたしめっちゃ眠そう。。。
こんなビデオを夜な夜な作って二人できゃっきゃ言ってました
あたしもまだまだ若いみたいです 笑
冬にビキニを探しに行こうとしているのもある意味人生初かもしれません。考えてみたら、冬に暑いところに行ったことがなかった。さすが道産子。
でも天気はどうやら雨＆雨＆嵐＆ときどき晴れらしくちょっと凹みますが、そんなことは関係なし！
いざゆかんMiami!
Miami is waiting for me!!!
先週日曜日に、SIRメンバーで日帰り小旅行に行ってきました。
行き先はBIG SUR、のはずだったのだけど、長距離ドライブに飽きて来たメンバーは、途中の見晴らしのいいビーチを見るやいなや「ここでいいんじゃん！？」。
さすがうちら。
というわけで、Carmelで止まって、お昼を食べる事に。
真っ白な砂のまぶしいビーチで、ビールで乾杯してみんなで弁当にかぶりつき、大写真大会が開かれましたとさ。
日本帰国してしまうよっしーとわっきーのための旅だったので、二人をまるで芸能人かのように並んで、一人一人記念撮影。
そのあとは、Carmelのダウンタウンを散策して、みんなで思い思いの時間を過ごしました。
碧生＆あっこのFIREに出品予定のコラボ作品の為に写真撮影も。
なかなかいい写真が撮れましたよ。
出来上がりが楽しみ。
最高に晴れて気持ちよかった波瀾万丈のSIR小旅行。
日焼けの跡がそれを物語っています。
次こそはBIG SURへ行けるかな！？
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