Performance in The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls, Koboji Temple, JP
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls. Part of "Tsugaru art from the temple" exhibition
01.09.2024 – 04.11.2024 from 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: 1-244 Byobusan, Kizukurifukihara, Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan
Production team:
Koboji Temple, https://nishinokouyasan.com/
Shochan Dance / by Shoichi Fukushi, Shoichi Fukushi
Art Design/ by Akeo Ishizawa, https://www.ai-sign.com/
Verdensrum/ by Birgit Kjærsgaard, https://www.verdensrum.com/
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Photo credits: Koboji Temple
Program
Autumnal Equinox Festival (with temple rituals including firewalking): 22.09.24 - 23.09.24
Butohdance performance with live music: 22.09.24, 14:00 Shoichi Fukushi (bbutoh dancer) and Yokozuna Hiromasa (flutist )
Exhibition photos Koboji Temple and Birgit Kjærsgaard
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee & CAVI.
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Koboji Temple (Koyasan in The West)
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The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls. Part of the "Tsugaru art from the temple" exhibition
01.09.2024 – 04.11.2024 from 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: 1-244 Byobusan, Kizukurifukihara, Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan
Production team:
Koboji Temple, https://nishinokouyasan.com/
Shochan Dance / by Shoichi Fukushi, Shoichi Fukushi
Art Design/ by Akeo Ishizawa, https://www.ai-sign.com/
Verdensrum/ by Birgit Kjærsgaard, https://www.verdensrum.com/
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Photo credits: Koboji Temple and Kaneko Hirofumi
Program
Autumnal Equinox Festival (with temple rituals including firewalking): 22.09.24 - 23.09.24
Butohdance performance with live music: 22.09.24, 14:00 Shoichi Fukushi (butoh dancer) and Yokozuna Hiromasa (flutist )
Exhibition photos Koboji Temple and Birgit Kjærsgaard
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee & CAVI.
Invitation/press
Links
Koboji Temple (Koyasan in The West)
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Performance in The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls, Aomori Museum of Art, JP
16.12.2023 – 21.12.2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
Aomori Museum of Art, Community Gallery B
185 Chikano, Yasuta, Aomori City, Aomori Pref. 038-0021, Japan
In cooperation with Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Program
Artist talk (06.01.2024) with Birgit Kjærsgaard
Poetry performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Yasuhiro Numata (mactor and writer),
Stringraphy and dance performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy sound artist) and Dakei (dancer and choreographer),
Exhibition photos Yota Hara and Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
Invitation/press
Links
https://stringraphylabo.com/
https://www.noutaninaline.com/
Facebook: galleryhakusen
Facebook: Minako Momo Suzuki
Instagram: @kjærsgaardbirgit
Momo Suzuki (@momosuzuki_stringraphylabo) • Instagram photos and videos
雫境 濃淡 (@dakeinoutan) • Instagram photos and videos
Performance in The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls, Momo Suzukis House, Tokyo, JP
Performance-exhibition. "The Mountain of Sadness: return of The Souls" in Minako Momo Suzukis House, Tokyo, JP.
Performance by Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy) and Dakei (butoh)
Video Shinjiro Saito
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Assistens: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, Denmark, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, Aarhus, DK.
Links
https://stringraphylabo.com/
https://www.noutaninaline.com/
Facebook: galleryhakusen
Facebook: Minako Momo Suzuki
Instagram: @kjærsgaardbirgit
Momo Suzuki (@momosuzuki_stringraphylabo) • Instagram photos and videos
雫境 濃淡 (@dakeinoutan) • Instagram photos and videos
Performance in The Mountain of Sadness - in commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama
Performance-exhibition. "The Mountain of Sadness: In commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama" in Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo, JP, curated by Shinjiro Saito.
Performance by Momo Suzuki (stringraphy installation) and Birgit Kjærsgaard
Video Shinjiro Saito
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical Consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Assistans: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, Aarhus, DK.
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Performance-exhibition. "The Mountain of Sadness: In commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama" in Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo, JP, curated by Shinjiro Saito.
Finissage performance by Asuka Itagaki with musicians Scott Jordan and Shuhey Yanaguchi
Video Shinjiro Saito
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical Consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Assistens: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, Aarhus, DK.
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Performance in The Mountain of Sadness - in commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama
Performance-exhibition. "The Mountain of Sadness: In commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama" in Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo, JP, curated by Shinjiro Saito.
Performance by DAKEI with musicians Morio Tanimura and Ko.Do.Na.
Video Shinjiro Saito
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical Consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Assistens: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, Aarhus, DK.
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Poetry night in The Mountain of Sadness - in commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama
Performance-exhibition. "The Mountain of Sadness: In commemoration of Kinya Tsuruyama" in Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo, JP, curated by Shinjiro Saito.
Arranged by JETPOETS:
Video Shinjiro Saito
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical Consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Assistens: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, Aarhus, DK.
Links
VERDENSRUM V, Japan: The Mountain of Sadness (Osorezan), Berlin, DE
Performance-exhibition with "Verdensrum V, Japan: The Mountain of Sadness (Osorezan)" in A trans Vitrinen, Kleistpark U-Bahn, Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel. IN PROGRESS.
WITHIN 9TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2020
Opening
Performances by Yon Natalie Mik
Video Bernd Kumar
Idea and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical Consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Supported by: The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation , The Danish Embassy in Berlin, The European Cultural Region, Der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction.
Invitation/press
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A trans
European Month of Photography Berlin 2020
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Performance-exhibition in Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP
19. 5. – 2. 6. 2018
Program
Kinya Tsuruyama (19.05.2018, opening performance) with Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Hiroshi Abe (musician), Morio Tanimura (musician) and Akito Sutou (musician)
Kinya Tsuruyama, (27.05.2018, poet night) with Yasuhiro Numata (performer), Hiroshi Abe (performer and musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Morio Tanimura (musician)
Kinya Tsuruyama (2.06.2018, finissage performance), with Elizabeth Muñoz Castro (dancer), Satoru Hirashima (musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Hiroshi Abe (musician), Morio Tanimura (musician) and Akito Sutou (musician)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa-Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, The Danish Embassy, Tokyo, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX,
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus
Links
Invitation
Press
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Performance II in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer) with Elizabeth Muñoz Castro (dancer), Satoru Hirashima (musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Hiroshi Abe (musician), Morio Tanimura (musician) and Akito Sutou (musician)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2018, curated by Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
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Poet reading in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (performer), Yasuhiro Numata (performer), Hiroshi Abe (performer and musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Morio Tanimura (musician)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2018, curated by Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance I in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer), Hiroshi Abe (musician), Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), and Morio Tanimura (musician)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2018, curated by Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance-exhibition in A trans c/o Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Berlin, DE
13. 1. – 10. 2. 2018
Program
Performances every Saturday 4 – 6 pm during exhibition with:
Kinya Tsuruyama (13.01.2018, opening performance)
Kinya Tsuruyama with Junku Iwahashi, Yoshihiro Shimomura, Mishiyasu Furutan, Zam Johnson and Sebastian Quiroga Chand (19.01.2018)
Kinya Tsuruyama (20.01.2018)
Momo Sanno (27.01.2018)
Brigitte Westkemper (03.02.2018)
Andy Ninvalle (10.02.2018)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Sasakawa-Foundation, The Art Council in Aarhus, The Danish Embassy, Tokyo, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX,
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus
Links
Performance II continues in Gallery Von Frei with Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer) with Junku Iwahashi (dancer), Yoshihiro Shimomura (dancer), Zam Johnson (musician). Photo credits Bernd Kumar
Performance II in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer) with Junku Iwahashi (dancer), Yoshihiro Shimomura (dancer), Mishiyasu Furutan (dancer), Zam Johnson (musician) and Sebastian Quiroga Chand (musician)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 55 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance III in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance IV in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Kinya Tsuruyama (choreographer/dancer) with Annalisa Maggiani
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance V in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Momo Sanno (choreographer/dancer)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance VI in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Brigitte Westkemper (choreographer/dancer)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
Performance VII in VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Ryōkai Resist
Performance by Andy Ninvalle (choreographer/dancer)
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 13 minutes
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 45 minutes
Team:
Idea, images and Animations: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Sound Track: Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe
Businessman: Kinya Tsuruyama
Urban woman: Sayoko Onishi
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesøe
Computer technical consultant: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Architektur Gallerie Berlin, Satellit , Berlin, DE, 2010, curated by Isolde Nagel
WITHIN A trans´ program of A Radical City 2018
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and A trans.
VERDENSRUM IV, Japan: Landscape/Portrait, Open Stage, Aarhus, DK
VERDENSRUM, Japan: Landscape/Portrait
Premiered at Open Stage, Aarhus 6th December 2017 within the program of AARHUS 2017
and within The Japanese Embassy in Denmarks program for the celebration of the 150-yearsanniversary for Japanese/Danish diplomatic relations.
Year of production: 2017
Running time: 60 minutes
Team:
Birgit Kjærsgaard: Idea, animation
Kinya Tsuruyama and Sayoko Onishi: Dancers and choreographers
Jørgen Teller and Shinichi Watanabe: Composers
Willie Flindt: Instruction, dramaturgy
Ernst Kallesøe: Lighting Design, technical consultant
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction: Digital technical consultants
Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, The EU Japan Fest Committee, The Art Council in Aarhus, SITNI SATI, THINKBOX, CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus and Open Stage, Godsbanen.