- Toward the future bodies that nest in cities - Thinking about "Whenever Wherever Festival" as a starting point, schools and festivals
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FY31 (2019) Creation Grant [Long-term Grant Program]
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[1st Year Project Overview] Shirikiri-vent! vol.1 ~ 3 Project Description: 3 events held at WWFes2018, starting with the idea of how to coexist simultaneous programs in a limited space. Conveniently set up a function to "divide" space and time at each location to conduct workshops and performances. The plasticity of shikiri unavoidably emphasized programs that stood on the boundary of a mixed environment, and it was intended to open a circuit in which participants acquired and learned to act independently in a place where heterogeneous things were adjacent. Date: vol. 1 Friday, August 16, 2019, vol. 2 Sunday, October 6, 2019, vol. 3 Friday, January 24, 2020 to 26th (Sun) Venue: vol. 1 SHIBAURA HOUSE (Minato-ku, Tokyo), vol. 2 Tsutsujigaoka Atelier (Chofu, Tokyo), vol. 3 MOTO MOVIE CENTER (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo) Planning and Management: Aokid, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Mina Nishimura, Mari Fukudome, Yutaro Murashiro, Riku Yamakawa, Kota Yamazaki [Outline of Year 2 Project] (1) Whenever Wherever Festival 2020 Research Project Description: Members of the artist collective that manages the festival conducted research on themes they set for WWFes2021, and published their reports online through meetings and note magazine. In addition to dance and theater, members from various fields specializing in architecture and film continuously share activities at each base. During the pandemic, in the process of exploring the possibility of creating outside the theater, which is associated with everyday life, the concept of "rahen" was formed, which is a peripheral area with a range of time and space including the interaction that occurs in association with the festival. Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 to Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Venue: Mainly online (2) Online Event Content: Two open online meetings as an extension of the research in (1). We experimented with a new festival format in which each member's presentation from different places becomes a performance itself. Pool River "The Technique of Matsuri: Open Presentation at WWFes to Create a Village in Japan [Hitori Festival-style]" Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Venue: Online Date: Saturday, March 27, 2021 Venue: Online Members: Kota Yamazaki, Yutaro Murasha, Aokid, Kei Shichiri, Minami Nishimura, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Riku Yamakawa, Mari Fukudome, Kanako Iwanaka, Keitaro Sawabe [Outline of 3 Year Project] Whenever Wherever Festival 2021 Project Description: A dance/performance festival that reimagines the city of Aoyama through the body. It consists of an experimental project by co-curators (MA) and a 13 hour dance work "Becoming an Invisible City Performance Project" by Kota Yamazaki and 27 collaborators (BIC). The BIC found a form of festival that manifests the vision of the city by performing dance works based on scores collected in public spaces in Aoyama in theaters. The MA also included a 7-day rental shop in the Sugamo Jizo-dori shopping street and an online event, showing the multilayered nature of the city's ubiquitous performance. Date: Thursday, December 23, 2021 to 26th (Sun) Venue: Spiral Hall (Minato-ku, Tokyo), Around Aoyama, 7days Sugamo (Toshima-ku, Tokyo), Online MA Curators: Mina Nishimura, Aokid, Mari Fukudome, Yutaro Murasha, Kei Shichiri, Kanako Iwanaka, Keitaro Sawabe, Masako Inmaki, Kota Yamasaki, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Riku Yamakawa Participating Artists: Many BIC General Direction, Choreography, Performance: Kota Yamasaki BIC Performance, Choreography Collaborators: Kei Asanuma, Kana Anayama, Kota Kihara, Mai Kubota, Kaho Kogure, Yu Goto, Kazuhito Tsuruya, Kaho Tsutada, Kanami Nakabayashi, Wataru Naganuma, Nozomi Matsuo, Nanako Matsumoto, Yuki Miyawaki, Miyu Motegimiyu, Kotaro Yagi, Shizuka Yamaguchi, Mei Yamanaka, Akika Yamanobe, Yoshiano, Kana Bando, Hanako Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Yuichiro Tamura, Yoshio Otani, Yo Funabashi, Yuma Takeshita
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[General Incorporated Association Body Arts Laboratory]
Founded in Tokyo in 2008 as an organization run by artists with a focus on dance performance, Body Arts Laboratory became a general incorporated association in 2021 (Director: Kota Yamazaki). Held 9 Whenever Wherever Festivals (WWFes) in Tokyo until 2021. With an emphasis on radicalism and a curatorial system, WWFes has a unique presence in the field of physical art, with the concept of being a network that connects artists in the creative process.