August 29, 2011

SAVE Mon-Ten Hall in Tokyo!




ビルの8階にあるにもかかわらず、東京で唯一アンダーグラウンドな雰囲気を持つユニークな空間、「門仲天井ホール」がビル所有者の方針変更で来年夏に閉館することになりました。
私にとってこの「門仲天井ホール」はwastedの越後妻有トリエンナーレでのオープニングに先駆けてキックオフコンサートを行った場所,また写真家の佐内正史さんとライブを行った思い出深いホールです。よく歌うスタインウエイと観客との濃密な空気をつくることのできるこの特別な空間が消えてしまうのは,とても残念な事だと思います。 
友人でもあるホール支配人、黒崎八重子さんと有志が存続を願って署名活動を始めました。ホールブログ上のページに *名前 *職業 *コメントを書いていただき、【送信】ボタンをクリックしていただくだけです。いただいた情報は署名は「この目的以外には利用致しません。」とのこと。

http://monten-kongo.blogspot.com

明日8月30日(火)17時締め切りです。
ご協力をよろしくお願いいたします。

向井山 朋子

July 09, 2011

wasted piano & cinema 日本公演



お待たせしました。
2年間掛けて世界中をまわったwastedがまた日本に戻ります。2009年からカメラを回し、大勢の日本女性にインタヴューを重ねたアリオナ・ヴァン・デル・ホルスト女史のドキュメンタリー映画、「白い迷路」も同時に特別上映されます。
女性の神秘、痛み、喜びの物語、ぜひ男性に見ていただきたいです。ご来場をお待ちしています。
向井山朋子

東京公演
門仲天井ホール
7月22日(金)19時開演
7月23日(土)17時開演
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~monten/schedule.html#07
チケット 一般3500円 学生2000円
チケット予約:
03−3641−8275
acn94264@par.odn.ne.jp


仙台公演
仙台ZEPP
7月28日(木)19時開演
チケット 一般3000円 学生2500円
http://www.zepp.co.jp/sendai/schedule.html
wasted実行委員会 090-5834-4699

site "Water Children'




The new film by Aliona van der Horst 'Water Children' just opened their WEB.
You can also find the information's about cinema where you can watch the film.
Tomoko

July 08, 2011

film around wasted 'Water Children'




The prize winning Dutch documentary film director, Aliona van der Horst has released a new film 'Water Children'. The film starts as the documentation of wasted and gradually become personal stories.
Waster Children is going to be presented in several cinemas in NL next week.
Tomoko

March 21, 2011

Please Save JAPAN-2




21 March 2011

1月に帰国したときに、仙台で毎年お仕事をご一緒する吉川由美さんと長い時間お話しする機会がありました。彼女はそのとき仙台から近い漁村でのプロジェクトの話をしておられ、その美しく、でも保守的な村に嫁いだ女性たちが悩みを抱えながら、アートプロジェクトを通して何かに目覚めて行く姿を誇らしそうに描写なさっていた。地震後のニュースはおっていたにもかかわらず、不覚にもその漁村が南三陸だという事に気づくまで数日掛かりました。津波で押し流され、一瞬に泥に埋まって映像と、お話に聞いていた豊かな海の街とが全く結びつかなかったから。
ところで「日本は豊かな国だから外国からの金銭的援助は必要ない。」「進んだテクノロジーを持っているから,外から技術は必要ないだろう。」と公に言ってるオランダ人が少なからずいます。おそらく彼らも安全で、自然に恵まれ、美味しいものにあふれ、一度は観光で訪れたいと思っている日本と、ニュースで繰り返されている、自然に破壊されたしまった土地とが、まだうまく結びついていないのかも知れない。

電気、水、食料、何も不自由もなく、今日も普通の生活を送れるこのオランダで私達に僅かながらでもできることは、つらい時間をおくっている人が大勢いる事を他に伝え、募金を呼びかける事だと思います。
赤十字が日本に義援金の受付をしています。下記のページから簡単に送金できます。

Rode Kruis Nederlands
日本赤十字
American Red Cross

くりかえし、くりかえしまわりに声をかけていきませんか?
向井山朋子

March 19, 2011

Please Save JAPAN




19 March 2011
Dear Friends,

I was in Sendai last January, driving with my friend, Yumi Yoshikawa who organizes concerts and exhibitions in that area. Yumi was talking about her last project in Minami-Sanriku (photo above) ,the village 90KM away from Sendai on the coast.
Everyone saw Minami-Sanriku on the TV last week. That was the place where the Tsunami has destroyed and killed half of its inhabitants.

8 days after the earthquake, the survivors are still isolated, don't have water, food, gas nor electricity.
It is freezing there,the situation is far beyond our imagination.
The only thing is that we could do is to donate our money to support them.

Please help them via the Red Cross.
Rode Kruis Nederlands
日本赤十字
American Red Cross

I am hoping your thoughts will be with us.
Many thanks to you.
Tomoko

January 07, 2011

piano concerto ZERO

This month I will be performing Atsuhiko Gondai's piano concerto-ZERO.
The piece was composed and dedicated to family in 2005.
It is a strong,sensual and beautiful music.
Please join us on 18th January in Suntory hall which is one of the best music halls in the world.
Tomoko

December 22, 2010

Season Greeting


photo: Kiriko Mechanicus


2010 has been a year of many changes. In The Netherlands, our government has decided to decrease € 200 million euros for the arts which has been a topic of everyday discussions. As long as there is the need for extraordinary experiences that give sense to our daily lives, that strike us, that touch us and make us think; art will stay a powerful tool.
In 2011 my first concert will take place at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on January 18. This Piano concerto 'ZERO' by Atsuhiko Gondai was composed and dedicated to my family in 2005.


I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year! I am looking forward to the next occasion to see you again.


Tomoko Mukaiyama

November 07, 2010

tour in NL



Dear Friends,

This winter I am touring with dance grope - club Guy & Roni in the Netherlands. http://www.clubguyandroni.nl/.
This exciting new work 'Four Walls' is an intriguing mix of dance, film, theater and music. I have composed music for entire piece with electonic and piano.

I hope you can come to share this experience with me in coming months.
Tomoko


-Schedule / Four Walls with Club Guy & Roni 2010
9 november (world première) Groningen/Schouwburg
10 november Groningen/Schouwburg
18 november Utrecht/Schouwburg
20 november Rotterdam/Schouwburg
13 december Amsterdam/Schouwburg

September 11, 2010

latest news on 'wasted'

Dear friends of 'wasted',

The exhibition and concert in Prague has been cancelled by several
reasons. We are all sad, since Prague was the first city where 'wasted' was supposed to be shown in its full size.

The good news is that the documentary film by Aliona van der Horst is an interesting and beautiful work in progress. We had a film shooting in the installation during our presentation at Noorderzon Festival in Groningen.
Aliona and her crew are going back to Japan next week to make some interviews with women who participated in the project. The film will be ready June 2011 and will be broadcasted on Dutch TV. We are also preparing to bring it to Japan as well.

x
Tomoko

August 25, 2010

concert on 28th Aug at Oosterpoort

We have received so many feedbacks. You will see part of them during the 'wasted' concert on 28th in Oosterpoort/Groningen.
Thank you for taking part of this project.

Tomoko



August 19, 2010

'wasted' @noorderzon




'wasted' at Noorderzon Festival opens tomorrow. The bulding up of installtion is pretty much on schedule.
See you in Groningen!
Tomoko

July 17, 2010

Noh and Noise

The rain season is now over here in Japan. The real summer started. But everything is cool on Noh stage, even piece by Sciarrino.
We will perform 'sonic tapestry #4' tomorrow here.
x. Tomoko

July 06, 2010

18th of July in Kochi


I am almost off to Japan. The first concert will be in Kochi, Shikoku island.
Kochi Museum Together with sound designer, Frank van der Weij, we present 'sonic tapestry' in Noh theater. Please join us if you live in west of Japan. Tomoko

June 26, 2010

BABY BABY!

Fashion Portal Site has annouced BABY's concerts in Tokyo & Kyoto in July.


T

June 22, 2010

6月30日締め切り!


写真家佐内正史さんとの7月の東京、舞鶴でのコンサートにさきがけ、佐内さんが「あなたの思い出の場所、モノ」を撮る、というイベント申し込みの締め切りが来週にせまりました。一生に一度のチャンス!ふるってご応募ください。

p.s. 私は思い出の音と、物語を集めます。
T

June 01, 2010

なつまち BABY-東京&舞鶴でのコンサート



久しぶりに日本に帰ります。7月23日に東京、門仲天井ホール、25日に京都/舞鶴、舞鶴市政記念館ホールで写真家,佐内正史さんとの写真とピアノのパフォーマンスがあります。ぜひ遊びにきてください。

向井山朋子

May 05, 2010

Volkskrant: kunstenaars geïnspireerd door kunstenaars

Met een vergrootglas te lezen...
Toch.... wie meer wilt weten over degene die Tomoko inspireert kan verder zoeken...http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Margiela
Hij (martin margiela) blijft echter een mysterie...






Marieke

May 04, 2010

End of exhibition in Heerlen

we were happy to receive so many warm and positive reactions to the exhibition and concert in Heerlen. It was such a big work to set up all those thousands and thousands of dresses again. And imagine the dresses were just in time from Indonesia by airplane....

We enjoyed a great opening with celebrity star Sylvia Kristel who blessed the installation in Heerlen.


there were about 150 people attending the opening from all over the country...


And this is how it looks now... again empty...


BUT, there is still some work to be seen by women who are participating in the project... we chose 5 works to display in Heerlen to show to people what beautiful things people are making by the experience of wearing the dress. You can still see it till May 10. We hope to repeat a small exhibition by participants on our next locations Groningen (Noorderzon) and Prague (DOX Gallery).


ciao ciao
Marieke

April 19, 2010

Tomoko is RED


Artis Moritz Ebinger took the initiative to create an alternative radio programme that is totally dedicated to the color RED.... All his guests have something to do with red.... So.... Tomoko was invited to his red studio at one of the major funding organisations Fund for the Visual Arts (Fonds BKVB).

It was fun, but most of all RED..

x
Marieke