Kyoto Experiment 2016 Spring Researchlight “In Search of Kappa (tentative)”
Kyoto Art Center
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Kyoto Experiment has continued to explore the intersections between performance and other fields. Taking this a step farther, this new project presents a “recut” of Kyoto from the perspective of design and architecture. Leading the project is UMA/design farm, a studio whose wide-ranging portfolio includes graphic design, spatial design, exhibitions, welfare, and regional projects, and who also handles art direction for Kyoto Experiment. Partnering with UMA/design farm is dot architects, a team working to present fresh perspectives on social through architecture projects, from planning to construction.
Together they will examine the theme of urban infrastructure. While on the one hand infrastructure is the organization of economic and lifestyle bases through engineering, it is also an invisible presence in society controlling our daily lives and environments. What has been lost through this? This project will open a “test site” in the Rohm Theatre Kyoto courtyard, Rohm Square, in an attempt to recover what has been lost in modern times due to the advance of infrastructure. A symbol of this is the kappa, a supernatural creature from Japanese folklore said to live in rivers. The courtyard space will host infrastructure-inspired sculptures, along with experiments in finding new ways to use infrastructure as well as workshops. Videos and design notes will be exhibited at Kyoto Art Center.
As Kyoto Experiment aspires to be not just a collection of exciting theater and dance performances, but a communication hub utilizing the performing arts and theater spaces, this research project will form a major signpost toward this goal.
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from 3月 05, 2016 at 10:00 to 3月 27, 2016 at 20:00