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Frequency Impressions in Seattle by Himiko

Below is a lovely poem/text by a  Japanese dancer and calligrapher, Himiko, who attended the Frequency in Motion performance in Seattle. I will post my own report soon.

Text is in Japanese

Photo: Hiroko Komiya

Butoh Dancers: Atsushi Takenouchi, Joan Laage, Vanessa Skantze.

Live Sounds, Field Recordings, Objects: Hiroko Komiya and Chris H. Lynn

Super 8 and Digital Film: Chris H. Lynn

Lighting design: Stella Kutz

Location: Yaw Theater, Seattle Washington.

音と映像と舞踏が溶け合う世界。
なんとも不思議なリズムと波。時々、音に合わせて
流れてくる朗読。時に朗読は
意味を
追ってしまうけれど海外で聞く日本語は
一つの波動として
音として
耳にたどりつく。

でも、あらためて
日本語の
音霊の
波動の高さを感じさせられた。

踊りも3人の舞踏家がみごとに
いろんな波の響きを
生み出してくれて
見応えが素晴らしかった。

音と映像と舞踏が、
どれかが飛び出すこともなく
見事に響きあう世界。

とても居心地のよい空間。

いまでも、
まだ余韻が残っています。

素敵な作品でした。

A world where sound, image, and dance melt into one.
Such strange rhythms, such waves.
Now and then, flowing with the music,
comes the voice of narration.
At times the narration
pulls me toward
meaning—
but hearing Japanese from abroad,
it reaches my ears
as vibration,
as sound,
as one wave among waves.
And yet, once again,
I was made to feel
the spiritual resonance of Japanese,
the elevation of its sonic frequencies.
The three dancers, too, were magnificent,
creating such various
reverberations of waves—
the performance was breathtaking.
Sound and image and dance:
none leaping ahead of the others,
but resonating together beautifully.
A space so comfortable to be in.
Even now,
the afterglow remains.
It was a wonderful work.
Himiko

Beyond Encounters #24 Tracklist and archived show

All of the material for this show is new. I know there  were some glitches during the broadcast, so I am happy we have this archive. There are no links to provide.

1.Enveloped in afterimages and echoes (new poem by Hiroko Komiya)

2. Frequency Rehearsal in Kumano, Japan (April)

3, Mountain Bird in Tatsuno, Japan (April)

4. Triton in October

5. Train to Kushimoto (Japan)

6. Kushimoto sands (with vibes)

7. Chesapaeake Bay in October

8. Work in progress

9. Work in progress

10.Crickets/rain in October

11. Antibes piano mix

12. Wind on path in October

Thanks to Awaya and Hiroko.

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.

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

The shore, the trees, the light: The films of Chris H. Lynn at Tanami Theater on 4/16/25

I am really excited to have a screening in Kumano, Japan. This program focuses more on the Chesapeake Bay area films. There will be a discussion and dinner after the event.

1. From Chance to Deal is a journey through Chance and Deal Islands located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Primarily a landscape work, each passage highlights the audiovisual rhythms of land, light and seascapes during the months of June to October.

2. The Light of Early Spring is a color super 8 film from the Journal of Drifting Hours series. The last three images were filmed at Rachel Carson’s home in Silver Spring, Md.

Rachel Carson was an author whose writings contributed to the global environmentalist movement.

The Journal series: Drifting moments, lyrical passages, memory impulses, landscape studies and visual notations explored on super 8 film

3. Avenue of Olive Trees is a b/w super 8 film recorded in Antibes, France during the summer of 2024.

These olive trees go back centuries and I wanted to highlight their timelessness, their serenity, but also their fragility, especially now.

I will provide the Japanese version soon and link to the place.

Beyond Encounters #17 tracklist and archived show

A special guest on this show-Japanese Sound Artist AWAYA ! I am really looking forward to doing a Frequency show with him and Hiroko in Japan this April. More on that later. Links provided for available sounds.

Arigatou AWAYA and Hiroko 🙂

  1. Beyond the Quietness-AWAYA
  2. Breathing of the Earth-AWAYA
  3. Dance with the Elementary Particles-AWAYA
  4. A Tale of Two Bays (Excerpt) Hiroko Komiya Chris H. Lynn
  5. Fragments Accumulate rehearsal in Barcelona-Hiroko Komiya Chris H. Lynn
  6. Hong Kong sidestreet (New) Chris H. Lynn
  7. Winter Proof. Hiroko Komiya Chris H. Lynn

Here is the Japanese announcement from Hiroko:

(日本語 below)
R a d i o 
p r o g r a m
BEYOND ENCOUNTERS by @chrishenrylynn

on Monday 17/2/25
 at 12pmEST(18pm CET) 
https://listen.camp/

Featuring three tracks from  Japanese sound artist Awaya ! Also a fragments accumulate rehearsal with Hiroko Komiya and an excerpt from a Tale of Two Bays and more.

2月のラジオプログラムBeyond Encountersは月曜2/17に米東部正午12時。イタリア時間18時。日本は日付超えた深夜2時より@listen_camp 。https://listen.camp/　今回は日本のサウンドアーティストAwayaより3曲。Fragments Accumulate リハーサル録音、A Tale of Two Bays 録音、その他。各地の 季節の音旅をお楽しみに。
このAwayaと、Chrisと、Hirokoは、4月19日のFrequency in Motion日本公演(田並劇場)で一緒に奏でます。今後のコラボレーションもお楽しみに。

UKIGUMO

Very excited about the Edge of Presence performance with Hiroko Komiya early next week in Warsaw, Poland, but before the event, I am happy to share our latest collaboration: UKIGUMO

This version is slightly different from the version that appeared on Framework Radio a few weeks ago.