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Earthenware instruments workshop “Shizumu Oto: Calming sounds” 2021: Seeking participants

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  • Kids / Youth ,
  • Art Project ,
  • Workshop

Let’s all work clay to make earthenware musical instruments!
Join musicians for a musical performance with the earthenware instrument you have made, sing a special song, and at the end return the instrument to the earth as an offering to a legendary dragon.
What does that mean?
It means you bury your instrument!

This year we reprise the earthenware instruments workshop “Shizumu Oto” ahead of YATO Summer Fair 2021.Participants will make earthenware instruments out of clay, perform together with them, and then return them to the earth.

At previous YATO Summer Fairs, we have performed shadow plays with children based on an old local dragon legend, and last year earthenware instruments made by participating children were used in a musical performance inspired by the legend and designed to calm the dragon. This year, after attending an earthenware instrument-making workshop, the children will perform at the YATO Summer Fair using the instruments they have made.
Children who participate in the workshops become Yatokko domei members.

Scenes of the 2020 Shizumu Oto performance can be seen here

Process

  1. We ask participants to pick up the materials (clay) from the headquarters of Toukoukai (social welfare corporation). We will be handing over the materials on weekdays between Monday, August 2 and Friday, August 6, 9:00 – 17:00.
    Location: 2-15-64 Tadao, Machida City, Tokyo
  2. Participants will make earthenware instruments via an online workshop.
  3. We ask participants to bring the finished items to Ryoudenji Temple.
    We will be accepting the items on Wednesday, August 25 10:00 – 16:00
    Location: 2-5-33 Tadao, Machida City, Tokyo
    After the earthenware items have been dried, the instructors will fire them.
  4. Learn how to sing the song “Shizumu Oto no uta” by watching the video!
    *The “Shizumu Oto no uta” video can be seen via restricted YouTube access. There is no designated time or date for viewing.
  5. Participants will perform together at the YATO Summer Fair 2021 (September 23 [Thursday/public holiday]), after which the earthenware instruments will be returned to the earth.

*Details will be sent out to the e-mail address supplied with your application.

Eligibility

Elementary school students (1st to 6th grade)
*Those able to come and collect their materials from the designated place in Tadao, Machida City, Tokyo between Monday, August 2 – Friday, August 6.

Capacity

10 people (first-come-first-served basis)

Participation fee

1,000 yen (materials/insurance included)

How to apply

Please fill in the necessary items in the application form here and submit.
*Your personal information will be handled as strictly confidential and used only to send you information from the organizer about this event.

Application deadline
Friday, July 30, 2021 17:00

The performance at YATO Summer Fair 2021

– The anticipation is that children will get together and perform at the site of YATO Summer Fair 2021 with thorough coronavirus preventive measures in place.
– If a state of emergency etc. should be declared, the program will be delivered online instead with instructors giving the performance and returning the instruments to the earth in place of the children.

Contact

Project YATO Office
E-mail：info@yato500.net

Period

Wednesday, August 18 2021, 14:00 - 15:00

Venues

Online

Credit

Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Toukoukai (social welfare corporation)