Interdisciplinary Performance with Lola and Yukao Meet, France 2022
Developed with French and Danish audiovisual duo Lola and Yukao Meet, during art residency in Clamecy, France, October 2022.
An interdisciplinary performance blending the boundaries between aerial hoop, digital art projections, live music and live painting.
An imaginative and immersive Zen experience, taking the viewer on a journey through circular forms (including aerial hoop and the moon) culminating with a live painting of an Enso circle (known as Zen Circle in the art of Japanese caligraphy).
The live digital drawing projects animated objects and patterns around the performer. The audience is surrounded by four speakers where the musical loops circle around with layered cello and vocal harmonies.
The work explores the states of altered consciousness awakened by the connection to something bigger than ourselves.
The piece draws inspiration from Enso, the iconic circular symbol, considered to be the pinnacle of Zen Buddhism and a mirror of the moon. Empty yet full, infinite yet complete. It symbolises unity, enlightment, strength and elegance in all its purity and simplicity.
It reflects Japanese aesthetics and Zen-philosophy of an energy expression in the moment; the artist paints the circle in one breath, with no corrections permitted afterwards.
Performance, Enso Painting, Choreography - Kamila CK Artist
Live Digital Drawings and Visual Special Effects - Yukao Nagemi
Original music performed live with Electric Cello & Vocals - Lola Ajima
Photography: Julian Kessler
