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Frequency in Motion in ARTEIDOLIA

Deep thanks to the wonderful  ARTEIDOLIA for giving me an opportunity to discuss Frequency with Hiroko Komiya Komiya and my screening event in Japan.
You can go here to read the article
Photo credit: Stephen Black from the show in Kumano
The video in the article is from our Hong Kong performance in 2024
Special thanks to Daniel Barbiero for suggesting this.

Winter Skies, River Thoughts at UNZA Lab in Milan, Italy


I am very happy to report, I will be heading to Italy to present some new Super 8 films with live projection along with River Thoughts at the wonderful Unza Lab in Milan. More exciting news on the way. Program below:

River Thoughts is a lyrical journey through the city of Nanjing, China during the summer months. Modern architecture, urban landscapes, melodies of folk songs, rainy ancient villages, and studies of the Yangtze river are carefully blended together to create a visual and aural tapestry of the city.

Winter skies from the Journal of Drifting Hours series-Drifting moments, lyrical passages, memory impulses, landscape studies and visual notations captured and edited in- camera on Super 8 film.

Here is the link to the event

Super 8 still is from Winter Skies.

Frequency in Motion in Kumano, Japan

Frequency in Motion at the Tanami theater was really a dream show for me. The atmosphere, the setting, the remote location really added to the mystery of this frequency. We rehearsed for a few days, but the final version was still relatively new. All improvised, this set was less dramatic than others, but the intensity remained. All the past frequencies were in major cities, but Kumano is remote, near the sea and mountains. I am certain this contributed to the mood and tempo of the dancers and the sounds. I was lucky to have a real piano during the set and I incorporated some new tracks as well. I really enjoyed improvising with Awaya and Hiroko and look forward to sharing some of the material. After the show, we had a very illuminating Q and A session. The questions varied from the nature of improvisation, Butoh culture, the structure of the film, and pacing. We had a great audience!

Massive thanks to the dancers: Atsushi Takenouchi (JP), Ioku Ero Nikaido (Hong Kong), Himeko Narumi (JP), Arisa Hiura (JP) for adding to the Japanese dream.

I have lots of additional work I will be sharing about this show and will report on my screening and filming in future posts.

Deep thanks to everyone involved in participating and putting this show on.  A fantastic event!

Photos above provided by: Stephen Black