When actions speak louder than words: Japanese performance work with music by Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto heads to Hong Kong
- ST/LL, Japanese contemporary artist Shiro Takatani’s latest collaboration with renowned musician, forms part of city’s Beyond Multi-Arts Series
Most people’s daily communication is verbal – through words, be they spoken or read. But non-verbal communication can be powerful.
The performing art, in various forms, from mime to puppetry to dance, have long investigated how to communicate meaning and emotion without words, but instead using movement and facial expressions, music or sound, visual effects and onstage props.
I hope the audience start to think about time and space through the experience of stillness. I use tables, chairs, dishes and cutlery as props … to represent a view of time and space which always exists around us
The art of being still
One of the works of Japanese avant-garde contemporary artist Shiro Takatani – known for his largely non-verbal installation and performance works – is among the innovative productions featured at the Beyond Multi-Arts Series presented by Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, which runs from September 6 to December 14. .
A founding member of Kyoto-based artist collective Dumb Type, Takatani is the creative brain behind highly regarded pieces, including LIFE – fluid, invisible, inaudible … (2007), a collaboration with Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Silence (2012), as well as the live performances La Chambre Claire (2008) and Chroma (2012).
Takatani’s new work, ST/LL, another collaboration with Sakamoto, comes to the Auditorium at Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, on September 20, 21 and 22.
