Ayatori & Lotus Code
Weaving connections between the seen and unseen, these two collaborative projects layer live music and visuals through the lens of varied cultural perspectives.
Curated by En Rapport, You to We brings together nine exceptional Anglo-Japanese artists in three projects – Ayatori, Lotus Code and No One’s an Island – exploring personal and collective identity through sound, image, text and virtual technology.
Ayatori
From the remote sharing of video images and sound loops across the world during lockdown, to the weaving of composed image and sound material with live improvisations on stage, internationally renowned photographer and videographer Yuriko Takagi creates enthralling visual journeys.
This performance sees her blending diverse elements of experimental photography and live video mixing together with the composed and improvised music of leading jazz artist and composer Ed Jones.
Combined, the work makes textural soundscapes, richly layered mixed genre compositions with contemporary classical, electronic, groove and bio ambient music, free jazz improvisation.
Created by Yuriko Takagi (photography and film), Ed Jones (saxophone, electronics,
composition).
Lotus Code
Lotus Code is a cross-disciplinary collaboration with renowned Anglo-Japanese artists combining sound, image, text, and virtual interactions through analogue and digital
Technology.
With live music at the core, integrating contemporary jazz, ambient soundscapes, Japanese
music, poetry and the unpredictable interventions of laptop sound and visual artists, Lotus Code entangles composed and improvised material in this unique ensemble performance.
The show brings together an exciting group of internationally renowned artists from the UK
and Japan for this commissioned collaborative work: Ed Jones (saxophones, electronics),
Toku (flugelhorn, vocal), Rebecca Nash (piano), Hannah Copley (poetry), Takashi Sugawa
(bass), Federico Reuben (digital technologies) and Yuriko Takagi (photo, video).
Intertwining original music, photography, video, poetry, and digital technologies, You to We explores a new creative relationship between the UK and Japan, highlighting the rich cultural exchange and collaboration across generations.
En Rapport is interested in how similarities and differences co-exist across a wide spectrum of cross-cultural life. They curate platforms for artists to explore new creative experiences in collaboration with other likeminded artists working from different mediums and artistic approaches.
Need to know
Get tickets to both of the below events for £44 (plus booking fee) when you book them together:
Ayatori & Lotus Code
No One’s An Island
For your visit
This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Purcell Room is an auditorium located within our Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Getting here
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Access
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