PERFORMANCE ＆ FILM
PAST
Kochi LIVE YELL project
AΦE
WHIST
Sat. 07 Nov. 2020 - Sun. 15 Nov. 2020
Date: Saturday 7 November 2020 - Sunday 15 November 2020 (9 days)
Start: 10:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 (total 54 performances)
Venue: The Museum of Art, Kochi - Kenmin Gallery
Language: Non-verval, yet few English
Capacity: 10 per performance
Admission (tax included): 1,500 yen
*Concessions (30% discount) offered to visitors with a certificate of physical/mental/intellectual disability, war-disabled or A-bomb victim, and 1 accompanying care person. (Accompanying care person who do not try VR is not charged.) Please show the valid certificate at box office. Admission(tax included): 1,050 yen
*Visitors with a certificate and their accompanying care person can reserve tickets by the telephone. Please make a reservation at the meseum 【088-866-8000】by 5 P.M. of the day before.
Box office (for purchase of a ticket in advance, Japanese language only): Peatix https://whist-kochi.peatix.com [go on sale on Oct 9]
*Tickets in advance are sold at Peatix only.
*Doors will be sold only if there is space available.Please ask the availability of the day at box office of Kenmin Gallery directly.
▶︎This is a promenade experience. Audiences will be required to wear VR headset and headphones as part of performance.
▶︎Please be advised to wear a pair of shoes for walks.
▶︎Please be advised for leaving your belongings at lockers prior to attending the performance. Audiences only can bring small valuables in the room.
▶︎No late comer policy.
▶︎VR headset is equipped with focus adjustment function. Please kindly be prepared to remove a pair of glasses.
▶︎Although the movie is different depending on the person, it contains scenes of nudity and bloody images.
▶︎ Taking photo is allowed except when audiences wear VR headset. Please refrain from posting pictures of other audiences on SNS.
▶︎Advised age: 15 years old or above. Not suitable for children's watch
"JAPAN LIVE YELL project"
Organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Geidankyo and The Museum of Art, Kochi
Co-presented by Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1 (Yokohama Arts Foundation)
Nominal Supported by British Council, The Kochi Shinbun, RKC Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd., TV Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Kochi SUN SUN TV, Kochi Cable Broadcast, FM Kochi, Kochi City FM
Description
Journey into the unconscious mind as Interactive Theatre and Virtual Reality combine.
AΦE is an Ashford-based dance company founded in 2013 by Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Fourmi. The company's first major commission WHIST, a dance and Virtual Reality (VR) production, received its sold-out world premiere in April 2017. WHIST tells the fictional story of a family, characters of which inspired by Japanese Artist Shuji Terayama and Sigmund Freud's real case studies, and their dreams, fears and desires unveiled through physical theatre. Audiences are invited on a journey into the unconscious mind, where their instincts will guide them to see the story from different perspectives. This mesmerising hour-long experience merges Physical Theatre, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, in an environment that blurs the boundaries between consciousness and unconsciousness, reality and fiction, the physical and the virtual. Through art 3D sound installation coupled with cinematic and interactive 360° film, viewers will be immersed in a surreal world of unfolding dreams and fears.
Credit
Artistic Directors: Esteban Fourmi and Aoi Nakamura (AΦE)
Technology Partner: Happy Finish
Composers: Scott Gibbons and Jozef Van Wissem
Production Designer: James Shaw
3D Sound Designer: Oliver Kadel (1.618Digital)
Dramaturg: Amanda Fromell
Psychoanalyst: Emilia Raczkowska
Performers: Robert Hayden / Tomislav English / Yen-Ching Lin / Nina Brown / Steve Rimmer
Producer: Jia Xuan Hon (Blackwinged Creatives)
Co-produced by Gulbenkian Canterbury and tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf
Supported by Arts Council England and South East Dance
Special thanks to Ashford Youth Theatre, Jasmin Vardimon Company, Kent Wool Growers, Freud Museum London, Liz Moran, Daniel Cheetham, Scott White, Tanya Laird, Mark Atkin, Sanjoy Roy, Ashford Borough Council, Watermans Arts Centre, V&A, Creative Collective, Liat Lerner and Elizabeth Cowie
Artist Profile
AΦE is an Ashford-based dance company founded in 2013 by Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Fourmi with the vision to bring the art of dance closer to audiences. The company's first major commission WHIST, a dance and Virtual Reality (VR) production, received its sold-out world premiere in April 2017. Driven by the power of body and movement in space, their productions are environments that allow the audience to enjoy total immersion. Each element in the performance space - the set, performers, audience, sound, objects - is part of an ecosystem, carefully constructed to allow audiences own reflection on the subject explored. AΦE choreographed, directed and performed for award-winning works, such as Sean Rogg's immersive experience The Waldorf Project, stage productions (Wound, Für Eli), 360 films (The Night Opera, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg video for Google Arts & Culture)and short films (Kai, Bysju promo, Chasing Mirror by Padre ft Jova music video). They were seen live in venues such as Sadler's Wells (UK), CutOut Festival (Mexico), Spill Festival of Performance (UK), and being featured on i-D magaine, The Creators Project and Vimeo Staff Pick.
For Inquires:
The Museum of Art, Kochi
353-2 Takasu, Kochi city, Kochi prefecture 781-8123
Tel 088-866-8000 FAX 088-866-8008
Email museum@kochi-bunkazaidan.or.jp
