Category: Pers_inOverview
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The Ark, the Crane & the Turtle
Kagome kagome The bird in the basket, When, oh when will it come out In the night of dawn, The crane and turtle slipped Who is behind you now? Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ) is a Japanese children`s game and the song associated with it is a subject of much interest because of its cryptic lyrics. One…
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Circo
“First, entering the circus, there… we always come across the double gate, behind which stands the keeper of the Circus observing us from a crystal ball… … …Look at me: I am the mistress of gymnasts, clowns, young girls – jumping and flying. They are all my toys, just for my delight, but I let…
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Tropical tree
Tropical Tree is a multimedia project inspired by the 1960`s play Nettaiju by Yukio Mishima. In this play a tragic drama takes place amid the uncluttered minimalist setting of a Japanese garden, inside of which a mysterious tropical tree is rising outrageously. Drawing upon abstract dialogues and memories, Mishima creates a story where nature stands…
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The Box Man
“ I personally feel that a box, far from being a dead end, is an entrance to another world. I don’t know to where, but an entrance to somewhere, some other world.” — Kobo Abe — The Box Man / Hako Otoko These few lines from “The Box Man”, a prominent novel by Abe Kobo,…
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Indefinite Path
Unveiled at Gallery ef in Tokyo in 2006, Indefinite Path speaks about a poetic journey and reflects an atlas of intimate landscapes between Japan and Europe.A delicate sensitive shade floats on the surface of the images, the state of things changes: the landscape, the memory and the color of things appear in a way closer…