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S 14. Sep 2024

Performative installation “Peal kiri peal”

14:00 - 18:00

Viljandi city | Viljandi Koidu Seltsimaja

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“Peal kiri peal" is a semiotic-based performative installation advocating for people's conventional perceptions and potential ways of entities, created and performed by two Japanese artists, Keisuke Sugawara and Shion Yokoo. Open at Viljandi Koidu Seltsimaja on Thursday, 12 September 2024 between 18:00 and 22:00, and Saturday, 14 September 2024 between 14:00 and 18:00.

We question the conventional perceptions and values as well as the state of the performing arts, from semiotics, sociology, and communication studies. With the help of deconstruction, we explore new possibilities and the multifaceted nature of our thinking and surroundings, composing various artistic and academic elements in videos, sounds, human bodies, and natural and artificial materials. For instance, how would you perceive the phrase “Peal kiri peal”? It is a wordplay in Estonian: peal stands for on top or the surface, kiri for letter, and pealkiri together for title or heading. Therefore, the title can be interpreted as on top of the title and/or on top of a letter. We are also conscious of the existence of “a black box” between the communicators, i.e., messages sent and perceived frequently mismatched for each to own one’s unique toolkit to comprehend signs.

Our lives and the environments surrounding us are changing daily due to socio-political conditions besides environmental issues. One survival strategy may have been building one’s beliefs and principles regardless of truthfulness.

The project “Performative installation “Peal kiri peal”” is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme.
The activities of the European Capital of Culture is supported by A. Le Coq, Delfi Meedia, Top Auto, and Lux Express.

The video content of the event has Estonian and English subtitles, and the hall has seats with armrests and/or backrests.

Keisuke Sugawara
is a Japanese performing artist/choreographer based in Berlin, Germany, with 10+ years of professional career. His work shares many aspects with installation art while focusing on a physical approach designed for the audience to experience it as a whole space. In 2017, he relocated to Germany to further pursue his career. He has directed more than ten performances and was invited to several international art festivals.

Shion Yokoo
expresses herself and her surroundings in (performing) arts humanely and honestly, exploring theatricality and anti-theatricality in both theoretical and practical terms. Originally from Japan and currently residing in Estonia, she obtained her BA in dance from Viljandi Culture Academy and MA in semiotics from University of Tartu. She continues her research at Tallinn University (PhD).

Authors: Keisuke Sugawara and Shion Yokoo
Partners: Tartu 2024, EU-Japan Fest, and University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy
Technical support: Tatsumi Ryusui and Marko Odar
Photo and videographer: Kärt Petser

If you want to grab a bite or need a place to stay, see what the Tartu 2024 hospitality network offers in the area: https://tartu2024.ee/recommendations-viljandi

Languages

  • EST
  • ENG

Accessibility

  • Partially accessible for people with reduced mobility
  • Partially accessible for the hearing impaired

Organiser

kotonoha OÜ

Location

Carl Robert Jakobsoni 18, Viljandi, Viljandi maakond, Eesti

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