Although from a while ago, I wanted to write about my favourite guest lecture by far (not just cause shes japanese). After the talk/ performane I left feeling a warmth and affirmation from hearing her explain her process and philosophies. Her use of objects (something I would like to get into) motorised and little, and her ideas of them not belonging to her, feeling the need to recycle so as not to not feel guilty for not using one over another showed glaringly her modesty and charm. A non studio artist working ‘here and there’ I find her performance practice fasinating. Mostly working on the floor she emphasises small things aren’t always toys – it’s just scale and the comforting fact that human scale has and will always be consistent.
It seemed to me that the idea of understanding was important to her work – more objectively when considering the floors texture during her performing and also where the audience are positioned and how they would experience the piece. However in a deeper sense she warns to not trust your understanding of yourself, we always have limitations – we gain when we lose and lose when we gain.
Seeing her more recently perform in her band O Yama O at Cafe Oto was a great experience. Showing how sound art and music dont have to be seperate and demonstrating the versitility of sounding objects working in song and band context. I see a link with the fluxus notion of everday pleasure in art that I have been researching. Both are full of spirit.
A final quote from her lecture I love is ‘boredom is boredom’ I’ll leave it out of context :))