The Story of the Tower [LIVE FROM TOKYO]
Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo (Japan)
An avant-garde performance, created from three elements: words, dance,
and projection mapping. With the rapid development of technology, we can
instantly exchange words with someone far away. How will language change
as we confront each other as anonymous bodies with no physical
connection? Based on the mythical Tower of Babel, this work uses
excerpts from Yasunari Kawabata’s One Arm, Mimei Ogawa’s The Black
Tower, and automatic transcription of the breaking news of the 2001
terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Take a peek through the camera at
the dismemberment and reconnection of body and words.
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Author Mitsuko Hirai
Language Performed partly in Japanese and partly in English
Dates Run ended
Format Digital scheduled live
