TOUCH OF THE OTHER
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Takao Kawaguchi
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY27 Term II Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
Produced in Los Angeles and Tokyo based on the research and study materials of sociologist Lord Humphreys possessed by ONE Archives in Los Angeles, and released a new performance in Spiral Hall in January 2016. With the legalization of same-sex marriage, the gay liberation movement, especially since the late 1960s, seems to have achieved its main goal. Sexual minorities, including homosexuals, are finally participating in the economic, legal, and cultural order of the majority. However, when these sexual minorities are given “equal status ” by the majority, the minority is expected to abandon the“ practices ” that made them unique when they were marginalized. Between the 19 and 20 centuries, the unique gay sex culture that was invented and developed because of discrimination and oppression is now at a major turning point, with the spread of the Internet and social media. While LGBT social rights are being established in many parts of the world, this film dares to explore this "deviant" gender that needs to be discarded and why it matters for the future of our society.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, January 15, 2016 - 17th (Sun)
- Venues
- Spiral Hall (Minato Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
Kawaguchi Takao
From 1996 to 2008, he participated in "Dam Type". At the same time, since 2000, he has explored the wide range of possibilities of stage performance, crossing the borders of genres such as theater, dance, film and art, focusing on solo work. There are many collaborations with artists of other genres. In 2008, she started a solo performance series "a perfect life" with the theme "talk about yourself". His recent works include (Co-stars: Tanabe Tomomi, Ono Kazuo Festival 2012) and "About Kazuo ONO" (Kazuo ONO Festival, 2013). After its premiere, Kazuo Ohno has performed in Yokohama (Japan), Gwangju (Korea), Münster (Germany), Zagreb (Croatia), and is scheduled to tour Europe and North America in 2016. In March 2015, the creation of the new Japan-US joint project "TOUCH OF THE OTHER" began, with small presentations in Los Angeles in April and August. It is scheduled to premiere at Aoyama Spiral Hall in January 2016.