Yamanaka Suplex, in collaboration with Kyoto Art Center, is pleased to present “Charting the Contours of Time,” a solo exhibition by Taipei-based art collective Ghost Mountain Ghost Shovel.
The work Charting the Contours of Time, first shown in 2018 in Taipei and making its debut in Japan for the first time, is a live performance inspired by the Tainai Meguri (“journey to the womb”) of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto and takes place in complete darkness. In a former gymnasium (now the Multi-purpose Hall in Kyoto Art Center) of an elementary school established during the era of modernization in Japan, viewers are instructed to put on US-made night vision goggles and gaze at body movements under visually restricted conditions. Through the art experience, Ghost Mountain Ghost Shovel’s work invites us to contemplate issues of participation and psychological immersion; the history of Taiwan and Japan; and the political relations of East Asia.
Artists: Ghost Mountain Ghost Shovel
Dates & Hours: Fri. October 27−Mon. 30
11:02am, 12:15pm, 1:32pm, 3:15pm, 4:32pm, 5:45pm
Venue: Kyoto Art Center Multi-purpose Hall (546-2, Yamabushiyama-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto)
Admission: Adults ￥1,000 / Students (University/Highschool) ￥500 / Free (Under Junior high school students)
Capacity: 10 people / per session (Advance booking required)
*General admission tickets will be sold at the ticket counter pending availability.
Cast and Staff:
Concept: Ghost Mountain Ghost Shovel
Director: Val Lee
Performers: Chu-Hua Wang, Chun-Wen Liang, Fly Wu
Sculptor: Kimura Momoko
Reception and Goggles Guides: Inoue Kazuya, Kozaka Hiroyuki, Lim Pei Ern
Curator: Tsutsumi Takuya
Stage Director: Yohei Sogo
Sound: Hao Luo
Graphic Design: Mimasu Yusuke (ym design)
Project Manager: Matsuda Masayo, Seto Tomo (Kyoto Art Center)
Organizer: Yamanaka Suplex, Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation)
Grant: Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation, Istyle Art and Sports Foundation
Cooperation: Selected Project for Kyoto Art Center Co-program 2023 Category A
E-mail: yamanaka.suplex@gmail.com (Yamanaka Suplex)
TEL: 075-213-1000 (Kyoto Art Center)
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Photo by Etang Chen
