- Lecture Preformance ＋ Walk
The series finally heads into urban space for the fourth installment.
Using her body as a medium, artist Tomoko Sato creates lecture performances based on research into the history and memories of cities. Index for Obake Tokyo, a Theater Commons commission that she has been producing and performing since 2021, takes avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto’s “Obake Tokyo” urban theory as its starting point. In the series, Sato has developed an index for envisioning another Tokyo by revealing its “ghostly” memories through the non-human perspectives of Godzilla, crows, and ikebana.
After participating in long-term residencies in Taiwan and South Korea, the fourth installment sees the artist re-examining Tokyo through the traces of East Asia that remain in the city from the colonial period. How will Godzilla reflect the “ghosts” of this massive city this time? Sato will also lead walks in the city to explore these traces. The audience is sure to encounter “ghosts” of Tokyo that they have yet to see.
Profile
Tomoko Sato | Born in Nagano in 1990. Received her M.F.A. in Film and New Media from Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts. She constructs narratives based on extensive research and engages in artistic practice of “storytelling” mainly in the form of lecture performance.Her recent works include “Index for Obake Tokyo” (Theater Commons Tokyo, 2021-), “TWO PRIVATE ROOMS – A Circle of Reading” (Collaboration with Natsumi Aoyagi, 2020-), Participation in 14th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2022) and “Public production vol.2 Tomoko Sato White fox, Antigone, Centaurus” (Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, 2022). She studied in Taiwan and Korea as an overseas trainee of the Pola Art Foundation in 2023.
http://tomokosato.info/
Dates
February 21st [Fri] 14:00 *Pair ticket
February 23rd [Sun] – 24th [Mon] 14:00 *Pair ticket
February 28th [Fri] 14:00 *Pair ticket
March 1st [Sat] 14:00
Performance times
Approx. 70 min.
Venue
B1F Minato Commons
5-28-4 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
Ticket
Single ticket
Adults | 3,000 yen
Students | 2,500 yen
*Booking essential, non-reserved seat
Pair ticket
Adults | 5,000 yen
Students | 4,000 yen
*Booking essential, non-reserved seat
*This ticket may be used to attend two performances with Kyun-Chome’s “Breath in the Dark for Peace,” which will be performed on the same day.
*This ticket may be used for the following showtimes only:
2/21 [Fri] Tomoko Sato 14:00 / Kyun-Chome 16:00
2/23 [Sun] Tomoko Sato 14:00 / Kyun-Chome 19:00
2/24 [Mon] Tomoko Sato 14:00 / Kyun-Chome 19:00
2/28 [Fri] Tomoko Sato 14:00 / Kyun-Chome 16:00
Please note
*The performance will involve walking through the city. Please wear comfortable clothing.
Language
Japanese
Accessibility
Subtitles | English
Audio guide | None
Additional accessibility |
Written communication support available at reception
Wheelchair-accessible seating available
Credits
Concept, direction and performance | Tomoko Sato
Japanese-English translation | Eriko Ikeda Kay
Map design | Sae Yuda
Venue support | Minato City
Related program
Commons Forum #3 “Theater and East-Asia
Date | march 2nd [Sun] 14:00-15:30
Commons Tour
Date (Tour A) | February 23rd [Sun], 24th [Mon]
Date (Tour B) | March 1st [Sat], 2nd [Sun]