RICARDO FRAYHA
producer

Tokyogaqui (which means “Tokyo image here”), is a thoughtful poetic exercise about Japan, placed in between crossroads of references plurality, movements and cultural flows. Tokyogaqui marks the celebration of the centenary of the Japanese immigration in  Brazil,  as a melting pot of imaginary places, life stories, times and memories. The exhibition was divided into two segments: The Ohno 101 + Kusuno floor, as a space dedicated to the 101 years of Kazuo Ohno. A celebration to butoh and all the dimension and beauty of the shadow. In the same space there was an altar dedicated to Takao Kusuno, introducer of butoh and its possibilities in Brazil. The Pop Tradition – Tokyogaqui floor presents this profusion and variety through a mash up between elements of traditional Japanese culture, and other artistic forms linked to contemporaneity. Pop culture, consumption and contemporary art. The exhibition space was developed taking advantage of the characteristics of a building with a very low ceiling recalling a situation that is sometimes found in Tokyo. In the floor dedicated to Kazuo Ohno, a modulated floor was designed with different heights and inclinations, which obliged visitors to circulate in a careful and slow way as if they were dancing butoh.

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In the nearly two months of the exhibition, a large program with more than fifty activities was presented, with the participation of national and international artists such as Yoshito Ohno; Yubiwa Hotel; Akiko Ohara; Tamanduás, aqui entre nós; Tigarah & Deise Tigrona; Heid Durning; Bia Gaden; MItsuyo Uesugi; Eiko & koma; Susana Yamamuchi; Kotoba; José Celso Martinez Corrêa & Teatro Oficina; Emilie Sugai; Letícia Sekito; Noriko Seki; Yukio Waguri, Corpo 1; Ko Murobushi; Martha Lacerda; Elisa Othake; Takashi Morishita; Tom Looser; Huka-Huka x Sumo; Angela Nagai; Marcelo Gabriel; ...

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TOKYOGAQUI

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concept and curatorship: Ricardo Muniz Fernandes, Christine Greiner, Hideki Matsuka, Toshio Mizohata | visual identity and art direction: Ricardo Muniz Fernandes | graphic design: Érico Peretta | art assistant: André Felipe Gomes Fernandes | photographer: Pedro Delamonica Imenes | architecture, design and general coordination: Hideki Matsuka | architecture team: Heloisa Neves, Ruth Ishikawa, Tania Yoko Shirakawa | editing: Pedro Layus, Roberval Layus | technical team: Albino Francisco, Eduardo Marques, Edvaldo Locatelli, José Antonio dos Santos, José Cleones, José Geraldo Gomes, Juliano Benedicto, Lino de Jesus, Osvaldo Felismino, Rogério Profeta | interns (architecture students at São Judas University): Ana Paula da Paixão, Dandara Terra, Eduardo Henrique de Souza, Erica Machado, Flávia Fernandes Ohoseki, Juliana Freitas Pimenta, Juliana G. da Silva Vilela, Marcos Vinícius de Souza, Natália Roque Andrijich , Ricardo Horiuchi de Oliveira | sound landscape: Mano Bap | lighting: André Boll | cinema and video curators: Almir Almas, Marcela Canizo | Editing and video: Daniel Seda, Rafael Buosi, Reinaldo Yamada, Almir Amas, Marcela Canizo | organization of j-pop championships and presentations: tamago cultural events, explosion events | press office: Arteplural Comunicação

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production: prod.art.br | production director: Ricardo Muniz Fernandes. | production coordination: Veridiana Fernandes | executive production: Jussara Rahal, Ricardo Frayha, Julio Cesarini | production assistants: Isadora Greiner, Nana Ribeiro, Olívia Barcellos

 

realisation: Sesc São Paulo
support: Japan Culture Agency, BankART 1929, Japan Foundation, Liaison of International Butoh, Kazuo Dance Studio, Canta.

Sesc Avenida Paulista

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

15/03 to 04/05/2008