orangcosong
The artist collective is made up of Chikara FUJIWARA and Minori SUMIYOSHIYAMA,
who are based in Yokohama and have worked in various cities. Their works are basedon the theme of human mobility or crossing borders. Especially after covid-19, they
have been trying to create onsite/online spaces where people can meet safely anddevelop their trust.
From 2024, some associate members have joined the collective.
https://orangcosong.com/
https://www.instagram.com/orangcosong/
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orangcosong@gmail.com (contact person: Chikara)<Members>

Chikara FUJIWARA
An artist based in Yokohama. He studied political science at university and has
previously worked as a magazine editor and theatre critic. Chikara's artistic journeybegan in 2014 when he invented a aneur style touring project “Engeki Quest”. And in2017, he invented “IsLand Bar” with transnational artists at ADAM in Taipei. His artistic
focus revolves around two main themes: the exploration of 'invisible walls' that breed
discrimination and prejudice among people, and 'mobility/gravity' which are caused bycross-border journeys or emotional attachment to speci c places. He is recognized asa Saison Fellow of The Saison Foundation (2017-20), East Asian Cultural Exchange
Envoy of Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs (2017), an adjunct lecturer at Kanagawa
University (2023-).
He was also invited as a critic/curator/mentor for holding a lecture or presentation, such as Theatre Der Welt (Mannheim, 2014) , Dialogue about Theater after
Disasters (Seoul, 2014), Penghao Theater (Beijing, 2015,16) , Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (Shanghai, 2016), Ming Contemporary Art Museum (Shanghai, 2016),
KARNABAL X (Manila, 2017), FFT Nippon Performance Night (Düsseldorf, 2015, 16, 17), ADAM Artist Lab (Taipei, 2017), Power Station of Art (Shanghai, 2018),
Kyonggi University (Seoul, 2018), Xintiandi Festival (Shanghai, 2018), iPanda (Shanghai, 2018), Hong Kong Book Fair (Hong Kong, 2018), Myanm/art (Yangon, 2018),
Asia Art Media Roundtable (Singapore, 2019), APAF Lab. (Yogyakarta/Tokyo, 2019), The 4th International Symposium for Media Art (Tokyo, 2020), Rose University(Makhanda, 2022), Nafasi Art Space (Dar es Salaam, 2022). He had also appeared in contemporary theater section of NHK Yokohama's radio (2016-18)-Interview about his background http://performingarts.jp/E/art_interview/1.html

Minori SUMIYOSHIYAMA
A multimedia artist, Dancer, studied architecture at Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Based in Kyoto, she has acted in the works of numerous directors such as dance,butoh, and theater, and belongs to the Sennichimae Aozora Dance Club (2009-11) andEnsemble Sonne (2013-18). She started solo work creation in 2010. Currently, she is amember of the art collective orangcosong (2019-) and a registered member of dracom(2018-). Her works are focusing on the relationship between space and body, and alsocreating relationships with audiences by making tools herself such as balloons orkaruta (Japanese card game)...etc. Sometimes she collaborates with musicians orarchitects. Since 2017, she has been active in various parts of Asia, holding "Hitsudankai - From now/here, Silence" in a completely
silent situation with only writing. Since 2020, she has launched an online international collaboration project "2x2 WindowS" withfi

flVietnamese multimedia composer Tam Thi Pham.

Biography
2009 (M) Joined a buto group “Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club” studied under Akadama (-2012)2012 (M) Joined dB Academy (Kobe, Japan)
2013 (M) Joined a contemporary dance group “Ensemble Sonne” (-2018)2013 (C) Co-published the book “Engeki Saikyo-ron: New Currents in Japanese Contemporary Theater” with Kyoko Tokunaga
2014 July- (C) 3 pieces of “Engeki Quest” in Yokohama (offered by blanClass, Honmoku Art Project, Theater zou-no-hana)2015 February (C) “Engeki Quest” at TPAM 2015
October (C) “Engeki Quest” at Kinosaki Art Center
December (C) Program director of Honmoku Art Project in Yokohama
2016 June (C) “Engeki Quest” at KARNABL Festival in ManilaOctober (C) “Engeki Quest” at FFT Düsseldorf, Nippon Performance Night2017 January (M) Started “Hitsudankai”
May (C) “Engeki Quest” in Ansan Street Art Festival

May Chikara & Minori started to work together.
May “Woman In A Port” at KARNABL Festival in Manila
July Workshop series “Port Detectives” at blanClass in Yokohama
August (C) Joined ADAM artist lab in Taipei, created “IsLand Bar”
October (C) “Project from ‘Nothing’ ” at Paratriennale 2017 in Yokohama
December “Engeki Quest” in Yokohama.
2018 (M) Became an associate member of the performing arts group “dracom”
July “Engeki Quest” at Hong Kong Art Center
August “IsLand Bar” at Taipei Art Festival
September “HONEYMOON” at Myoko Cultural Hall and blanClass
October “Engeki Quest” at Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum2019 February “Engeki Quest” at Low Fat Festival in Bangkok

April orangcosong was founded.
August “Engeki Quest” at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
September “IsLand Bar” at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai
Sep-October co-captains at APAF Lab in Yogyakarta and Tokyo
2020 February “IsLand Bar” at YPAM Fringe
July (M) Started “2x2 WindowS” with Tam Thi Pham
July “Stay Home Labyrinth”
2021 January “Engeki Quest” at Namiki Art Plus in Yokohama
February “Solidarity?” at TPAM Fringe
July “Engeki Quest” at Festival de la Cité in LausanneAugust Joined Fei-hao Chen’s “Othello” at Tokyo Biennale
November “Hitsudankai” at TOKAS Open Site 6 in Tokyo
December “Good Morning, Yokohama” at YPAM Fringe2022 March “Engeki Quest” in Macau
June “Engeki Quest” in Makhanda
September “Engeki Quest” in Takatsuki
December “Coffee Conversation” at YPAM Fringe Center
2023 May “Hitsudankai” at Prototipoak in Bilbao
June “Hitsudankai” at Afrobanana Festival in Cyprus
September “Engeki Quest” in Myoko
December “Shuki-Shuki Juicy” at YPAM Fringe

<Works/Projects>

Engeki Quest (2014-)“Engeki Quest” is a flaneur-style walking project to explore a city.
The participants wander the city alone, relying on the instructions
written in the ‘Adventure Book’. It has been created in Yokohama,
Kinosaki, Manila, Düsseldorf, Ansan, Hong Kong, Tokyo,Bangkok, Lausanne, Macau, Makhanda, Takatsuki, Myoko, andMilan.
This project, which is not only a game but also an art, will bring a new perspective to the participants and try to drill
holes in ‘invisible walls’ that divide people.
orangcosong usually stay in the place for about 6 weeks for research, and edit the book (JP/EN). The team members
are at least Chikara and Minori (research, writing, editing), and the additional members are Haruka Shinji (illustrator),Stéphane Noël (producer), and Moe Matsuhashi (assistant researcher). And we need local collaborators, including atranslator for the local language on the book. The size of the area and the number of pages can be flexible according tothe condition.
https://orangcosong.com/project/engeki-quest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedzHYtFVas(introduction by Materialise https://materialise.io/works/engeki-quest/)

photo: Hong Kong Art Centre, 2018

Hitsudankai - From now/here, silence (2017-)“Hitsudankai” was initially a small gathering held in Minori's
home in Kyoto. It has since taken different forms, travelling toOsaka, Busan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Kochi (Japan),Yangon, Yogyakarta, Yokohama,Tokyo, Bilbao, Cyprus.
Participants try to communicate by writing on a large paper
under complete silence. Here, writing communication is not anaid to normal conversation. It is not about perfect/fluent
communication, rather, like as dance, music, film, painting andpoetry etc., it is a place of communication with mysterious

Photo: TAKAHASHI Kenji, Photo courtesy of Tokyo Arts and Space

possibilities. The participants will be watching, listening,waiting for the others' narratives, and the time accumulates on the place.
Short version: 60-90min. It can be like a workshop for 5-8 people at an each table.
Long version: Several hours. It’s more performative. The participants can come and leave anytime.

IsLand Bar (2017-)
Island Bar is a performance project conflating cocktailmaking and storytelling in a bar environment. Each of theartists hosts an island to serve a signature cocktail, a politicalconcoction of island histories and realities. Audiences areinvited to drink and rethink about what has made culturaland social identities.
IsLand Bar is an open-source project by Taipei Performing
Arts Center (TPAC), first initiated as an experiment inADAM (Asia Discovers Asia Meeting for Contemporary@Taipei Art Festival 2018 photo: Taipei Performing Arts CenterPerformance) 2017. It was commissioned in Taipei Arts Festival 2018, led by principal artists Scarlet Yu, ChikaraFujiwara and Lee Ming-Chen. orangcosong presented it at Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum (2019) and at TPAM
Fringe in Yokohama (2020).
(introduction by Materialise https://materialise.io/portfolio/island-bar/ )IsLand Bar (Shanghai) - Butterfly Dream @Rockbund Art Museum (2019)

IsLand Bar (Yokohama) - Port Undersea @TPAM Fringe 2020 photo: Taipei Performing Arts CenterStay Home Labyrinth (2020)
A video work. The audience can chose their way from somechoices, while staying home.
In 2020, the human mobility was restricted by covid-19 and a“Stay Home” status was recommended by people andgovernments. orangcosong wondered: ‘Is it possible to have anadventure in such a situation?’ So, they made this artwork.
Language: JP/EN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszEjJEE2gI

2x2 WindowS (2020-)
This is a collaboration performance between Minori
Sumiyoshiyama and Tam Thi Pham (Vietnamese multimedia
composer based in Hamburg), an improvised networked music
and dance performance project since 2020. By using twocameras per a performer, the audience can watch more diverse
images.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9_lnAKzSrAGood Morning, Yokohama (2021)
Coffee Conversation (2022)
In a situation where people are divided, distrustful of each otherand believe only in their own justice, what are the ways inwhich we can still have something to say?
Orangcosong started with this question in mind and tried tomove away from the formal battlefield of discourses. Rather, it
is an experiment in the possibilities of sustainablecommunication and presentation.
This project was born under the umbrella of "Solidarity?"
project, it has been running for several months as an online
form, but at YPAM 2021 and 2022, it happened as an onsite
project with some local / international guests.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6x9-hZIdFM

Shuki-Shuki Juicy (2023)
1873, Yokohama Port. A girl was on board a ship from faraway Shanghai…
“Shuki-Shuki Juicy” is a collaboration project between the art collective orangcosong (Yokohama), Erik Kuong(Macau), and Jimi Zhang (Taipei). Participants can experience the story by downloading the programme implemented
within the app ”Chito”. The app is linked to GPS and the story progresses by visiting the actual location. The story is
about the 150-year history of a family in Yokohama Chinatown.
A pilot version was tested at the YPAM 2023 Fringe. A development version is currently being planned.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHoHGRiznc

Rendez-vous Possible (2024)
In Guy Debord's 1956 text "Theory of Dérive", there is the phrase ‘rendez-vous possible’. The details were scarce, but
it was probably something like a workshop, a play, or a prank. orangcosong has devised this project based on thismysterious word. This might be a workshop, a play, or a prank.
This project was conceived as a workshop that could be implemented during a residency. By conducting thisworkshop, for example at the beginning of the research phase of 'Engeki Quest', we could deepen our understanding of
the city and build relationships with the local people.
Planned by : Chikara FUJIWARA, Minori SUMIYOSHIYAMA, Moe MATSUHASHI