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AN ORIGINAL AUDIO-VISUAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAPANESE PSYCH BAND QUJAKU AND UK VISUAL ARTISTS IMPATV, TOURED AROUND THE OUTLANDS NETWORK IN NOVEMBER 2019.
DEVELOPED DURING A RESIDENCY IN JAPAN IN JUNE 2019, THIS NEW PRODUCTION EXPLORED IDEAS OF DUALITY. SOUND TRIGGERS LIGHT THAT IN TURN CREATES FORM VIA AN AMALGAM OF HEAVY, RHYTHMIC AMBIENCE COMBINED WITH VISUAL PROJECTIONS, LIGHTING AND STAGE DESIGN.
BLOG ON OUR RESIDENCY IN JAPAN.
Enso Sone expresses a freedom to create loudness, which marked the starting point for this collaboration. Further ideas from Japanese Zen practice; of oneness, natural opposites and equilibrium, the spirit of harmonious cooperation, the visible and the invisible, absolute fullness in emptiness, simplicity, completeness, and endlessness were explored.
The tour included special guests electronic, industrial act group A (now the solo project of Tommi Tokyo) who in turn collaborate with Berlin based visual artist DEAD SLOW AHEAD on a new multi-dimensional video universe, opening the gate to the inside-self, mixing slow ethereal abstract sounds with mind-shattering stroboscopic video pulsations, designed to challenge the observers’ expectations of AV work.
As with all OUTLANDS tours, there was an accompanying workshop to shine a light on the artistic processes behind the production. IMPATV hosted a series experimental video workshop, exploring some of the techniques they use to create their videos and visual work, using a variety of new and outdated technologies. More details on IMPATV's workshop here.
QUJAKU
Formed in 2013, QUJAKU are a Japanese heavy psychedelic rock band based in Shizuoka. Their dark, heavy psychedelia is replete with rich distortion and feedback creating a unique decadent ambience. The apocalyptic sound they muster fuels an urge to release from the everyday to discover an ephemeral beauty behind the fierceness. The delicate yet strong leading voice, filled with destructive guitar, repetitive rhythmic percussion, and deep, bellowing bass combine to create Qujaku's unique sound atmosphere to preoccupy the mind and enhance the experience.
IMPATV
IMPATV is a collaborative video and stage production project from UK artists Isadora Darke and Jamie Robinson. Using new digital technologies and live mixing methods combined with costumes and stage design they produce immersive installations, music videos, live streaming, and art and music productions across the realms of DIY,
group A
group A present a mix of synth heavy minimal wave, avant noise, striking visuals and performance art that carries the very breath of early industrial pioneers such as Throbbing Gristle or Cabaret Voltaire. Their early shows came as a shock to most spectators, non-stop waves of experimental noise, intensely emotional poetry readings and nude live-paintings. As the violinist Sayaka goes on a long hiatus, group A is evolving, currently the solo project of Tommi Tokyo, she continues to collaborate with Berlin based visual artist DEAD SLOW AHEAD for live A/V performances. The work of DEAD SLOW AHEAD centres around erratic geometry, slow strobe destruction, and negation of the visual comfort zone.