Possibility of fusion expression arising from the physicality of the Deaf and the listener
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- NPO Sandoz Plus
- subsidy category
- Social Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4(2022) 2nd Term Social Grant
Business Overview
What kind of artistic chemistry occurs when visual language, the culture of the deaf, and music, the culture of the listening, intermingle? A project in which Deaf people and listeners discuss and create videos. The possibility of fused expression born from the physicality of the Deaf and the listener - Two worlds intertwined by the "movement" that emerges This film is played by Akito Imai and Mika Imai, whose first language is the visual language of Japanese Sign Language, which is a language different from Japanese, and who have the physicality to live by sight, from the bodies that are born in their daily lives. Heartbeat, emotion, vibration, wave .... The "movement" that springs from the feeling of the moment, what is outside and what is inside. What will be created when Kazushun Kusada, who has a voice language and a physicality that lives by hearing, adds “sound ” to the visual works created by these works? This is a video exhibition of the process of the three people creating while talking and the "movement" that emerges. ▼ Film exhibition "Yudo" Cast: Akito Imai Music: Kazushun Kusada Photography, editing: Mika Imai Recording, mixing: Shuichi Morita Steels: Kohei Nomura, Hiroshi Imai Production: Makiko Okamoto Sign language interpreters: Susumu Yamasaki, Satoko Tateishi, Aki Yoshida On-location collaborators: Gunma Social Welfare Corporation, Gunma Fureai Sports Plaza, Takenoyu, Edogawa-ku, Reborn Wood Co., Ltd. Collaborators: Kobungalo, Iwao Yamasaki, Toyo Poles Co., Ltd., Sandoz Plus Co., Ltd.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, December 24, 2023
- Venues
- Kobunga Gallery (Chuo Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【 NPO Sandoz Plus 】
An organization that conducts project activities for the development and understanding of Deaf culture with the aim of contributing to society. In the past, the entertainment information program "GO! GO! Shuwa Rudo" delivered by the Deaf MC was distributed on YouTube. Produced by comedian "Def W". Produced, produced, and managed the "Fun with Sign Language Ikimono Zukan," a Yahoo! donation fund project.