Cinema
Siege – A Closed Off Man
In 1935, the First High School (旧制第一高等学校) was relocated from Hongo to Komaba, where the students were separated from others and enhanced their homogeneity as First High School students by holing up on the campus. However, in an increasingly intense World War II, it was no longer possible to maintain the identity of the First High School.
In the consciousness of a student, “I”, who has been devoting himself to research in a desire to identify with the First High School students, the image of First High School in the Komaba Campus era appears.
Event/Workshop
Gong Therapy
Raw and remixed field recordings of gong orchestras throughout southeast Asia. Recorded, assembled, and remixed by Yasuhiro Morinaga for Radio is a Foreign Country. Yasuhiro Morinaga is a sound artist and filmmaker living in Tokyo. After graduating Tokyo University of the Arts, Yasuhiro has carried out field recording expeditions documenting the origins of musical instruments and the soundscapes of shamanic healing rituals throughout southeast Asia (see www.the-concrete .org).
PLAYLIST
Ambience: (Toraja group), Rambu Solo (Funeral ceremony) from Toraja, Sulawesi Island
Tau Dou / (Tau Humba group), Sumba Island
Harvesting / (Tau Humba group), Sumba Island
Funeral / (M’nong + Krung groups), Mondalkiri, Northeast Cambodia
Ma Badong Chanting / (Toraja group), Toraja, Sulawesi Island
Gong Practice by Yasuhiro Morinaga / Bali Island
Manang Sirang - chanting / (Dayak Iban group) West Kalimantan, Borneo Island
Cut the Bamboo, / (M’nong Prang group), Central highland of Vietnam
Hail / (Ede group), Central Highlands of Vietnam
Guarding Rice Seeds / (Makassar group) Makassar, Sulawesi Island
Daily Routine for everyday life / (Krung group), Ratanakiri, Northeast Cambodia
Hedung Dance / (Lamaholot group), Flores Island
Balangbang / (Kanakanaey group), Northern Luzon Island
A Month after the Death / (Bahnar group), Central Highland of Vietnam
Sole Oha Ritual / (Lamaholot group), Flores Island
Hsaing Waing Remixes by Yasuhiro Morinaga, Yangon, Myanmar
Ambience: (Toraja group), Rambu Solo (Funeral ceremony) from Toraja, Sulawesi Island
Cinema
KARAOKE
The home has changed. The palm oil trees have grown in endless symmetry. The landscape rusts and the nostalgia turns. KARAOKE is a homecoming. BETIK returns to his village to help his mother with the karaoke a few years after the death of his father. During the day, he has also taken a job with his uncle making karaoke videos. KARAOKE is a story that takes you back home and lifts you off your feet.
Cinema
YAMATO(California)
SAKURA is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan. She is struggling everyday to become a rapper like the American rappers she admire but always got stage frighten when she sang in front of an audience. One day, her mother's American soldier boyfriend's daughter REI comes from California to visit her family.
Event/Workshop
青森EARTH2015
青森の大地(EARTH)に根ざした新しいアート(ART)を発掘・発信する青森県立美術館のプロジェクト「青森EARTH」。2015年度に半年以上かけて進行したワークショップの成果発表会。