OLTA&Leif Holmstrand
 
Venue
Umewaka Noh Theatre
2-6-14 Higashinakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo-to
 
Live streaming
MALMÖ KONSTHALL（Sweden）
https://malmokonsthall.se/en/evenemangs/live-performance-leif-holmstrand-olta/
 
Date
2024.4.28（SUN）19:00-19:45
Sweden 12:00-12:45
 

 
OLTA and Leif Holmstrand are collaborating again. The performance piece is realized on a Noh theater stage (Umewaka Noh Theatre) in Tokyo and broadcasted live and shown at Malmö Konsthall. The performance at the konsthall is part of the program in connection with the exhibition “Leif Holmstrand ‒ Life of the Termites: The End” . Holmstrand and OLTA have previously performed together, then with the ten-day long performance work “Fake Bones” at Lilith Performance Studio in 2015.
 
“Amplifying breath and body” , a collaborative performance by OLTA and Leif Holmstrand, consists of several previous works.
The framework of this work, “Stand Play vol. 2,” was presented as a performance piece in Poland in 2018, and was based on the concept of creating actions and words from newspapers and caricatures published abroad in the early 20th century, and revealing the human body manipulated by information through the imitation of images created through the media. The concept of the project was to reveal the human body manipulated by information through the imitation of images created through the media. The performers wear masks representing animals. The performers are tied to a cradle-like structure made of sponge, which was invented in 2015 for “Fake Bones,” a collaborative performance with Leif Holmstrand, and while they cannot see what is ahead, they move forward as if in a “blind man’s fable. The performers are chained to a sponge cradle-like structure.
The performers signal to each other with gestures and cryptic language, falling asleep and waking up repeatedly amid the ambient sounds of a racecourse, a market place, or any other place in the city where frenzy and relaxation are repeated.
Leif Holmstrand created a new dress for this performance. The sound installation with bells suspended from speakers connected to microphones is a remodeled version of Inoue’s “Inner Loop,” a piece presented in Bangkok in 2018, for this performance. The sound of the bell is synchronized with breathing, and the positional relationship between the performer and the mechanism causes feedback of the sound, which is amplified steplessly.
The small voices of individuals are amplified and eventually taken over by the enthusiasm of the crowd.
 
Leif Holmstrand
Leif Holmstrand, born in 1972 andliving in Malmö, is a writer, artist andmusician. He made his debut in 2002with the poetry collection“Stekelgång” , the same year hegraduated from the Malmö ArtAcademy.Since then, he haspublished some forty literary works,most recently “Kartritartornet” (2023). During Malmö Konsthall’s exhibition,Holmstrand’s large book of poems “Community” , which he has worked onfor 25 years, will also be released, this time by his own publishing housePa-Parant.
 
www.leifholmstrand.se

‘Art Site Kozushima 2024: Mountains, Movement, Sea, Wandering’
 
Artist
Natsumi Aoyagi／Datsuo, Naoka Uemura, Nao Usami, Kaori Endo, Olta, Haruno Kakumura, Kanie Naha、Yui Kiyohara, Moe Kobayashi, contact Gonzo、Sennichimae aozora dance club、Tamaki Roy, Tenniscoats, Shin Hanagata, Takako Minekawa, Ryota Yamada, U-zhaan
 
●Umewaka Noh Theatre opening performance
14:30-20:00 Sunday, 28 April 2024.
Advance sales: ¥3500　same day ticket: ¥4000
 
●Kozushima tour & live performance
During the day and night, artists will perform and perform at special venues on Kozu Island and around the island.
A program
Saturday 18, Sunday 19 and Monday 20 May 2024
B program
Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2024

 
Ticket purchase
https://artsite.peatix.com
 
Website
https://s-class-k.com/cate/artsite/
 

Participating artists
INOUE Toru
Olta
KANIE Naha
HYUN Woomin
contact Gonzo
TAKAMIZAWA Shunsuke
HYAKUTOU Takeshi
MINEKAWA Takako
 
Firing” is a performance event to practice and verify “how it is possible to make fire in a public place. This project, conceived and initiated by MEGUNINJA, began with an artist meeting at the Tama River, was held a second time at a campfiring in Tokyo, and moved to a remote island in Tokyo. The keyword is assumed to be “fire,” but it does not necessarily mean actually making a fire. The performance will be intermedia.
 
Information
Date: 9.13, 2022
Venue: Kozushima Terramachi (998, Kozushima-mura, Tokyo)
 
website

MEGUNINJA articipating in group shows《honkbooks Selection Vol.01》.
Date｜3 November-22 December,2019
Venue｜techa in honkbooks
2F Maison Asahi 2−24−2 Ikebukuro,Toshima-ku,Tokyo
Web｜https://honkfunding.com/selection/

Collaboration work by three female artists, CHIHO IWAKAWA, Takako Minekawa,  and MEGUNINJA
Curation : MEGUNINJA
 
Sound Installation and Live Event : piping pipe
Date：April 18, 2019 17:00-23:00
(Live: 18:00-19:00,20:30-21:30)
Venue：Asakusabashi Tensai Sansujuku
https://meguninja0.wixsite.com/pipingpipe
 

A sound installation exhibited at “Bangkok Biennial 2018 BARRAK:survibes”. From the two suspended speakers, the sound of the Sansab canal(คลองแสนแสบ), which separates the Buddhist area and the Islamic area, are popular as a tourist destination in Bangkok. Attach the bell purchased at the market or temple to the vibrating part of the speaker, and the bell will make a noise each time a large noise is emitted.
Vimeo：https://vimeo.com/332837500

 
Performance in the “souvenir” installation. Sounds of breathing and stamping on the ground and sounds of hitting the body are collected by a microphone.After those sounds was pronounced from the speaker of the installation. The performer’s movement causes the speaker to howling and generates noise.
Vimeo：https://vimeo.com/332837030
 
Exhibition：Bangkok Biennial 2018 “BARRAK:survibes”
Date：2018 September 1 ー 24
Event Date: September 14 ー 16
Venue：White Line(Bangkok,Thailand)