Stay in the LADY H

Time Scale ART 
2005
Exhibition title : HOSOMI CONTEMPORARY003-Toricol'art
HOSOMI MUSEUM (Kyoto）

 

  After completing the work  "Beginning -a view from the space ship", I wanted to explore further the concept of how our imagery perception can be changed with narratives.
 In preparation of this work, I had a series of interviews with a woman called “Lady H” over a two-month period. I knew nothing about her prior to this work.
We exchanged several correspondences and sometimes she took me out for a walk around Tokyo.
Consequently, I created a fictional story about her inner thoughts and the landscape that lives in her mind.
The purpose of this work is for viewers to experience her inner world by listing to the fictional story and learning it through the different senses: namely, hearing, smelling, and from witnessing.


Outline
Place: A teahouse in Hosomi museum (Hosomi museum in Kyoko is renowned for its exquisite old Japanese garden and tea house.)
5 performances / day x 4 days = 20 performances.  Reservation only.


Performer
Mizuho Araki,  Shinichiro Sugiyama, Ippei Ikeda, Kanade Yagi, Ai Hayashi

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Beginning - A view from the space ship

Time Scale ART
60min
3-5,Feb,2005
helpartime (TOKYO）

The ceremony of rediscovering the everyday scenery.
   
This work can be interpreted as a ceremony of rediscovering the everyday  scenery around us.
By listening to a fictional story of the link between our lives and the universe, the view in front of us somehow is changed. Even the way we look at the sky can be slightly different after taking part in the work.
At the end of this work, audience opens his eyes and sees the view of Tokyo city right in fort of him as this small room has an entire wall made of glass.
The view is incredible. 
Now he is left in the room, looking out the window, one particular day, one particular moment, facing the view of Tokyo metropolis with its gigantic Shinjyuku buildings further away.None of the elements in each performance were the same; the condition of the light in the room, temperature, the view from the window and even the way story was  told. 

Sweet drink made from fermented rice, Storyteller, Scenery.

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はじまり、宇宙船から眺める。

Time Scale Art
60min
2005年 2月3日〜5日　完全予約制
helpartime（東京）

景色と出会い直す為の儀式。

観客は何もしらぬままに指示された部屋を一人で訪れ、待っている女性に出会う。
その女性から、ひとりの少女と洪水とご先祖様と宇宙の繋がりの物語を聞いた後、目の前に変化しつづける空が開かれる。
窓の向こうには、その日、その時間だけの空と新宿都心のビル群がある。
私は、宇宙船としての此処に立っている。

甘酒、ストーリーテラー、景色。

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