Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery "Art Complex" Series Archive

In recent years, artistic expression has expanded beyond the boundaries of performing arts = black box and art = white cube to various everyday spaces such as city cafes, trains, and the streets, and it has also become more common for art exhibitions themselves to be the site of crossover performances. Here, we focus on the "Art Complex" series at the Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery , which has been doing this in cutting-edge ways since 2007 under the supervision of composer and pianist Satoshi Ichiyanagi .
 
While the general methodology in performing arts is for directors to integrate the works, this art complex places more emphasis on individual originality and aims to be "a place where various fields of expression can collide while remaining independent from each other." Here is a summary of the progress of the "Art Complex" series since 2007.

Art Complex 2007 - History

 
Chiharu Shiota Exhibition "From Silence" x Constanta Maclas & Doki Park "Silence"
 
In the exhibition space of Shiota Chiharu, an artist based in Germany who is active around the world, a new work by Berlin-based choreographer Constanta Maclas and performances by Tawada Yoko and Takase Aki will be presented.
 

Left: Chiharu Shiota Exhibition "From Silence" Center: Constanta Maclas & Doki Park Right: Yoko Tawada x Aki Takase DUO: Between Sounds, The Demon of Words Photo: Yasushi Nishimura
 

 
Takehito Koganezawa Exhibition "Between This and That" ×
"Music x Noh x Video Collaboration" produced by Toshi Ichiyanagi | "Hymn of Love - 4-Bit Gamelan" produced by Masahiro Miwa
 
Composers Satoshi Ichiyanagi and Masahiro Miwa produced two concerts, each produced by the composer, and joined by video artist Taketo Koganezawa. The first night was produced by Ichiyanagi, who unfolded a multifaceted collaboration of Japanese and Western, music, dance and visual art. The second night was produced by Masahiro Miwa, who created a unique gamelan world by overlapping the performance of "Hymn of Love - 4-bit Gamelan" with the art of Taketo Koganezawa.
 

Left: Taketo Koganezawa "Speed Graffiti" Center: Music x Noh x Video Collaboration Right: "Hymn of Love - 4-bit Gamelan" Photo: Misaki Sato
 

 
"Everyday/Out of Place" Exhibition x Yasuyuki Shuto and Megumi Nakamura "Garden of Time"
 
Yasuyuki Shuto, a world-renowned top dancer, was inspired by the installation work of Keiko Sato, an art artist living in the Netherlands, and after many conversations with the artist, he developed the concept and brought it to fruition. Choreography was provided by Megumi Nakamura, who has collaborated with up-and-coming artists such as Kylian, to create a new piece that combines dance and art.
 

Left: Keiko Sato "Transformation" Photo: Yuichiro Tanaka Center and right: Garden of Time Photo: Matron
 

 
Taro Izumi Exhibition "Kneading" x Satoshi Ichiyanagi, Yosuke Yamashita, Sumihisa Arima Super Session

 
Toshi Ichiyanagi, who went to New York in the 1950s and has continued to lead the music world since returning to Japan, Yosuke Yamashita, who is active not only in the jazz world but also both domestically and internationally, performing with orchestras and artists from around the world, and Sumihisa Arima, a leading figure in the live electronics world, will perform famous pieces such as Gershwin's ``Rhapsody in Blue'' and ``Prelude'' against the visual world of up-and-coming artist Taro Izumi.
 

Left: Taro Izumi, "Shoe Sole Cultivation" Center and Right: Ichiyanagi, Yamashita, and Arima Super Session Photography: Satoshi Aoyagi
 

 
"Everyday Life/With a Reason" x John Cage's 100th Anniversary "Conflict Between Time and Space"

 
Focusing on the centenary of John Cage's birth, the performance will be themed on "uncertainty." The profound light will be set in an installation by New York-based artist Kazue Taguchi, and the performance will be composed by Akiko Kitamura, with Toshi Ichiyanagi, who is well known for his friendship with Cage, as the navigator.
 

Left: Kazue Taguchi "reum/stream" Center and right: Conflicting time and space Photography: Yuichiro Tanaka
 

 
"Daily Life/Off the Record" x Tsumugine Performance "Saku"

 
Set at the "Daily Life/Off the Record" exhibition by five up-and-coming artists - Aota Shinya, Ando Yukako, Kajioka Toshiyuki, Sato Masaharu, and Yagi Ryota - the music group "Tsumugine" led by Miyauchi Yasuno performed on the theme of "Saku," a word that means "new moon," derived from the concept of "off the record."
 

Left: Scene from the exhibition "Daily Life/Off the Record" Photo: Gosuke Sugiyama (Gottingham Inc.) Center and right: Tsumugine performance "Saku"