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A choreographic installation by Simo KELLOKUMPU in collaboration with Vincent ROUMAGNAC and Nao Yazawa
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| Title | pompom
A choreographic installation by Simo KELLOKUMPU in collaboration with Vincent ROUMAGNAC and Nao Yazawa |
|---|---|
| Date | 2018.12.7(Fri) - 2018.12.22(Sat) |
| Closed | Sundays |
| Time | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Admission | Free |
| Organize | Tokyo Arts and Space (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) |
| Cooperation | The Finnish Cultural Foundation, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme), Arts Promotion Centre Finland |
| Venue | Tokyo Arts and Space Residency |
| Artist | Simo KELLOKUMPU (Finland) Vincent ROUMAGNAC (Finland, France) Nao Yazawa (Japan) |
| Content | Choreographer Simo Kellokumpu presents the final outcome of his project pompom, which was carried out in Tokyo Arts and Space Residency from September to November 2017 (Tokyo-Helsinki Exchange Residency Program). pompom is a work in collaboration with two other artists: French theater-artist Vincent Roumagnac, and Japanese manga-artist Nao Yazawa. The project is based on the questions of Kellokumpu's current artistic practice and doctoral artistic research project Choreography As a Reading Practice. pompom examines the choreographic embodiment of the relations in between movement, place, and material surrounding in the frameworks of hyper-mobile Tokyo, in contextual dialogue with Japanese art of manga. <Performance by Simo Kellokumpu> Date: 12/14 (Fri), 15 (Sat), 21 (Fri), 22 (Sat) 14:00-14:30, 17:00-17:30 |
Art Nao Yazawa /Concept Simo Kellokumpu, Vincent Roumagnac
Profile
Simo KELLOKUMPU
Finnish artist, choreographer and a doctorate candidate in the Performing Arts Research Centre/University of the Arts Helsinki. His work moves in between choreography, performance, video and installation, and is informed by contemporary science-fiction and interplanetary culture. His current doctoral project is titled Choreography as Reading Practice.
Vincent ROUMAGNAC
French-Basque artist based in Paris and Helsinki. His practice is research-based and transdisciplinary including performance, video and installation. Through multi-media installations his artistic research looks into the relationship between scenic thinking and time ecology. He is currently conducting a doctorate, entitled Deepening the Stage, at the Performing Arts Research Centre/University of the Arts of Helsinki.
Nao Yazawa
Japanese manga-artist based in Kawasaki. She won Fujikofujio Award in 1987 and started her career with Corocoro-comic, PyonPyon and Ciao magazines. Her most notable series is Wedding Peach (1994 - 1996, Concept by Tomita Sukehiro), which was made into an anime series and was published worldwide. She is also known for Nozomi (2003), Mizuki (2010) and Shinku Chitai/The Isolated Zone (1988 - 2011). She has given many workshops in Europe and US and currently teaches Manga in English at Manga School Nakano.
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