Crystal Clear
27 - 28 August 2022
Nakacho-no-ie, Tokyo
Contact: performancelab.geidai@gmail.com

Crystal Clear
by Performance Lab
27 - 28 August 2022
Nakacho-no-ie, Tokyo
Still murky water
Cradles nebulous moments
Ever crystal clear
Crystal Clear explores the connection between thesenses and memory. Through somatic experimentationsof performances and interactive installations,
Performance Lab aims to reconceive Nakacho-no-Ie as atransitory space for the playful rediscovery of thisconnection.
Supported by: Art Access Adachi: Downtown Senju Connecting through Sound Art, Nakacho-no-IeOrganised by Performance Lab, a group of background-diverse
students and graduates of Tokyo University of the Arts thatexperiments with performativity in the fields of visual arts, dance,theater, music and curatorial practices.
Participants: Gamze Baktir, Dan Dagondon, Jini, Iłla Jeraševic,
Lea Embeli, Sun Kim, Benjamin Korman, Alissa Osada-Phornsiri,
Chloe Pare, Efrat Arielle Peleg, Finn Ryan,
Fanny Terno+Thomas Vauthier, Yoshiya Yoshimitsu
Curation: Gamze Baktir, Dan Dagondon, Sun Kim,
Chloe Paré, Finn Ryan
Producer: Alissa Osada-Phornsiri
Publicity: Gamze Baktir, Lea Embeli,Jini, Benjamin Korman, Chloe Paré,
Thomas Vauthier, Yoshiya Yoshimitsu
More about the participants

1.

Chloe Paré
1000 A4 washi cosmos squares, 2022
Interactive installation
Laser-cut paper
Dimensions variable“1000 A4 washi cosmos squares” invitedthe audience to tactilely explore their memoir,by shaping a given paper cutout. When one cameto the exhibition they were handed one of thethousand pieces and were encouraged to assemble anitem and situate it in any place in Nakacho-no-Ie. The
contributors expanded this rhizomatic artwork with
their own multiplicities. The installation grew by theaudiences’ subjectivities exposed to tactile, spacial andarchitectural discoveries.

2.

Finn Ryan
Reading Space
Selection of picture books
Books by: Yu Chiao Kuo, Luna Sue,
Leah Yang, Rainbow Yang, Yiyan Zang

A collection of illustrated narrative books fromartists who live and work in the UK.
The content of the books varied, linked by thetheme of memory and the artists’ use of thesebooks as ways to recount their personal
experiences ranging from mental healthissues to queer relationships, to abittersweet summer vacation.
Artworks included: Luna Sue’s Boy in the
Cardboard Planet (2019), Find. (2021), and 金
色的房子(The Golden House) (2022);
Leah Yang’s Yellow can be Sadness Blue can be
Gentle, and Two Bad-Tempered Girls;
Yu Chiao Kuo’s A Little Visitor in Garden

3.

Yoshiya Yoshimitsu
Objectivitude, 2022
Interactive performance/workshop
Wood blocks

A puppet-object theater workshop, allowed
guests to explore how objects can be
manipulated or treated using an approachinspired by the care-giving method,
Humanitude.
Participants sat around the floor, where woodblocks of different shapes and sizes were spreadout. After a demonstration, the participants
were encouraged to play with the blocks.

4.

Efrat Arielle Peleg
Flow & Movement in Mokuhanga Prints, 2022
Woodblock prints
water-based pigments on washi paper

5.

Jini + Lea Embeli
Converging Pathways, 2022
Performative drawing
charcoal stick, paper

The two artists did performative
drawing sessions, each lasting for thirty
minutes. The artists shared one large
sheet of paper, laid out on the table,
and were drawing with charcoal. They
exchanged positions for each session,
walking around the table and sitting inthe spot where the other waspreviously. When exchanging positions,artists were giving each otherpermission to change, erase andmodify each other’s drawing.

6.

Benjamin Korman
Senju sen, 2022
Audio-visual Installation

千住線 was an audio-visual work
projected onto the 床の間.
The work imagines a ride on a train
line that transports house guests
through the historical and present
environment of Senju in Adachi-ku,Tokyo.

7.

Fanny Terno + Thomas VauthierSorry, I have to live, 2022
Performance

Thomas Vauthier and Fanny Terno
performed a series of individual andcollective micro-actions spread out
through the day from 10am to 5pm.
The performance aimed to inhabit as much as possible - the space of
the Nakacho-no-Ie. During this time,
Fanny and Thomas were dressed inpajamas and tried to live as theywould at home.

8.

Iłla Jeraševič
Packaged culture, 2022
Installation
PacCage culture, 2022
Performance

One period is changed by another: stone age bybronze, bronze by iron, iron by industrial. If I had tochoose a name for the era that we are living in
nowadays, I think it will be fair to name it the age ofplastic. Its invention has characterized a new era ofsocial and cultural relationships. Plastic not only
allowed us to create new objects, but also became areplacement for many old ones. It became a part ofour everyday culture. And now, it is seeped andstarting to modify a centuries old tradition.
Probably the most common shape of plastic weencounter in our daily lives are packages.
Overpackaged food, overprotective environment.
Everything is being wrapped in plastic to the point
where the product itself disappears and becomes
invisible behind packaging. In a similar way, people
are putting on suits and masks over and over again,
and going through life often not being seen as theirreal selves, but rather, by their exterior. We don’t
judge a book by its cover anymore – instead, we
judge it by its package.

Wrapped tokonoma as asymbol of fear of foreign
impact and confrontation,
whether it’s an immaterial
time or material human’s
performance. How long will
it take until we entrust to
plastic-package culture ourmost precious and valuable
traditions, if we havealready entrusted it ourdaily lives?

9.

Dan Dagondon + Sun Kim
Glub Glub… Voices from the Puddle, 2022
Radio ethnodrama and installation
Performance devise: Dan Dagondon
Script and narration: Performance Lab

“Glub Glub… Voices from the Puddle” was an
installation with a devised sound recording using
personal histories of the artists. It is a narration of theirlife’s timeline from birth up to the present moment they
meet, translated into a common language—the senses.
The recording served as an introduction of thePerformance Lab members and was played throughout
the day in the old pond in the garden.