People in White
10.28 (Wed) 9:00 ~ 14:00
On the streets of Kyoto city, tourist spots
Free
performance
Wrapped up in white costumes and drift between the ordinary and the extraordinary, “People in White” are strange and exposed figures. They appear suddenly and, sometimes involving spectators, defamiliarize the usual scenery. People cannot do anything but to accept those incomprehensible people who occasionally look lost or have a pleased expression. The performance that possesses freedom and awkwardness at the same time is full of wonder which is different from the beauty of sophistication. Their behavior is almost unrealistic and is precarious. Yet, the way they confront time and space according their own melody, without conforming to anyone, seems to suggest the liberation of oneself from the attached attributes.
Artist Profile
Motoko Ohinata
Midori City, Gunma
Exploring the possibilities of physical expression unbound by dance technique. Becoming a “white person” as a modest resistance against being categorized or gazed upon by skin color, social norms, age, or gender. Single-minded and whimsical, the white figure intervenes in daily life and plays humorously while bringing tension and friction. Repeating strange, vulnerable actions, the figure continues to exist and defamiliarize the space. Combining humor, tranquility, and peril, the figure sublimates private memories.
contact:
ohinata-mo@gmu.ac.jp
Organaizer: Motoko Ohinata
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