What we do

“erika”-performance installation

  • Organization : Minami Sakurai
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single Individual
  • Art Forms : Visual Art / Media Art

Outline

An installation work in which multiple physical artists perform in a space designed by artist Minami Sakurai. Under the hypothesis of a possible future world in which civilization based on the physical body has been abandoned, dancer Aika Ueda choreographs and appears in a live performance concerning the physicality (range of motion) that prevails amid the ongoing decay.
Performers Ikumi Yang, Yosiya Yoshimitsu, Hirona Kai, Tomoaki Sakaguchi, and
Kabutomusi give a rendering of the range of motion possessed by people just after the development of civilization when people desired the advancement of human society, as well as a rendering of the limited nature of human movement; the filmed performance is projected as an installation.

Profile

Minami Sakurai
Born in 1997, Tokyo-based Sakurai creates works in different mediums including sculpture and performance installation.
Focusing both on the body’s range of motion and its limited nature, Sakurai produces works while keeping in mind the fundamental act of creating with the “body,” recognizing that personal thoughts and ideas are the product of very specific environments and actions.

Venues

Tokyo Babylon, Kita City, Tokyo