Kono atari no dokoka
(Somewhere around here)
Their journey through time and space blurs borders, reduces distances, superimposes eras and combines languages in the eternal present of the imaginary.
Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde
(c) Christophe Raynaud de Lage
(c) Christophe Raynaud de Lage
(c) Christophe Raynaud de Lage
Salzburger Kunstverein
Salzburger Kunstverein
75 min
In englischer, französischer, japanischer und deutscher Sprache mit Übertiteln
Their journey through time and space blurs borders, reduces distances, superimposes eras and combines languages in the eternal present of the imaginary.
Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde
A question emerges from the artistic relationships between Japanese-Austrian performance-maker Michikazu Matsune, French choreographer Martine Pisani and Pisani’s partner, the Dutch painter and performer Theo Kooijman: What remains of dance once the show is over?
Archives, personal memories, shared anecdotes, and imaginations are all used to trace their activities through the 1980s and 1990s. ‘Kono atari no dokoka’ (Somewhere around here) is a place at once far away and oh so close, with blurry yet familiar contours, a journey through time and space. From a Kobe beach to the port of Marseilles, from Paris to Vienna or somewhere else yet, a collective memory starts to appear between the lines of personal stories. Between beautifully simple poetry, humour, and, above all, tenderness, they reconstruct what’s left of the past to form a composite present.
Michikazu Matsune, born in Kobe and based in Vienna, is a performance-maker who explores documentary and conceptual methods. His work, characterized both critical and playful simultaneously, examines the tension around our cultural ascriptions and social identifications. michikazumatsune.info
Martine Pisani is a choreographer based in Paris. Her playful and poetic world, far from all formalism, examines the relevance of movement and the artifices of performance. ciemartinepisani.fr
Theo Kooijman is a performer and painter based in Paris.
Concept Michikazu Matsune in dialogue with Martine Pisani Performance Theo Kooijman, Michikazu Matsune, Martine Pisani Light Ludovic Rivière Video Michikazu Matsune, Maximilian Pramatarov Artistic feedback Miwa Negoro, Ludovic Rivière, Anne Lenglet Video operation Anne Lenglet Translation Marion Schwartz, Brian Haman Surtitle operation Simona Weber Publication concept Michikazu Matsune, Miwa Negoro Publication design Aki Namba Management Franziska Zaida Schrammel, Frauke Niemann
A production by Studio Matsune & La compagnie du solitaire. Coproduction by Festival d’Avignon, Tanzquartier Wien, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, fabrik Potsdam, SPRING Performing Arts Festival Utrecht.
Residency support by La Briqueterie Centre de développement chorégraphique national, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Centre national de la danse (Pantin).
With the kind support of Le Ministère de la Culture Drac Île-de-France, the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, the Austrian Cultural Forum Paris, Fonds Transfabrik (France, Germany), ONDA – The French office for contemporary performing arts circulation.
Michikazu Matsune, born in Kobe and based in Vienna, is a performance-maker who explores documentary and conceptual methods. His work, characterized both critical and playful simultaneously, examines the tension around our cultural ascriptions and social identifications. michikazumatsune.info
Martine Pisani is a choreographer based in Paris. Her playful and poetic world, far from all formalism, examines the relevance of movement and the artifices of performance. ciemartinepisani.fr
Theo Kooijman is a performer and painter based in Paris.