Relay


June 14th, Sunday. We expected today to become a long day. We planned to have a talk session from 17:00, then chi too was going to do a performance, and after that our plans were to do a streaming live that connects Osaka and Penang.

I plan not to appear so much. First, for the talk event, I decided that I will not talk a lot because I thought the collaboration between Ong Jo-lene, the truly high spirited curator from KL, and the slow speaking Gabija would be interesting, and besides, Gabija is getting used to facilitating since last time. I’ve been talking a bit with Jo-lene these few days. She is quite sharp and can quickly understand situations, and she also has given me a lot of nice words. So, I basically just sat next to her with a smile and nodded to what she was saying. The talk event finished just at the right time, and when I began to wonder what chi too was planning to do, he said to me “Sachiko, can you slowly pop the bubble wraps?” So, I made quite a slow beat out of the popping sounds, and during that each participant popped the bubble wrap they had in their hands once a minute. I had my back facing them and kept on going “pop
 pop
” maintaining a steady pace, and it was a pretty nice ENSEMBLE, but when I suddenly looked back, everyone was lying down! chi too was giving the participants a cue each minute in order to let them know when to pop the bubble wraps while they lied down. OK, the director is supposed to just keep the tempo, right? I’m a minimalist, so I’m good at these things, but I felt like this was the best “musical performance” that I have recently done.

The most difficult event today was the Osaka ⇄ Penang live streaming relay. I told the people in Osaka to speak English, which was kind of unreasonable. During the English conversation, which sometimes had strange words coming and going, Azusa Hashimoto who is the curator of The Osaka National Museum of Art showed up at the venue in Osaka. She is actually supposed to come to Penang tomorrow. We supported the translation when she spoke, and she was responding to our calls telling her “Hurry and come over, we’re waiting for you“. I thought this situation was kind of interesting.

We actually decided to do this live streaming event after we arrived to Penang. Her visit to Penang was coincidentally tomorrow, but she came to the venue in Osaka because she was still in Osaka. This all happened by chance, but someone that is in Osaka right now, will be in Penang tomorrow. Her job is in some meaning a “human linking bridge”. I’m having a feeling that her visit will become something that seems just like her.

One more thing. I will do a phone appearance on the NHK radio show “Earth radio”.

It will not be an easy job explaining the entire picture of what we are doing here. However, the sounds we have here will catch the wind and travel on, and we have to think about a way archive it.

Tonight I thought that I should keep up the slow tempo that I kept when I was popping the bubbles.

14日。日曜日。今日は長い䞀日になる。17時からトヌクセッションのちchi tooのパフォヌマンスのち倧阪ずペナンを結んだ䞭継ラむブ。14時くらいから䜕やかんや準備。

私はあたり出挔しない぀もりで、たずはトヌクはチャキチャキ元気なKLのキュヌレヌタヌOng Jo-leneずスロヌに話すGabijaずのコラボが面癜いし、䞀回やっお慣れおきたGabijaに進行を任せ、基本的に私は話さない事にした。でもここ数日ちょこちょこずJo-leneずは話をしおお、頭の回転のいい圌女は状況把握が早く、そしお数々の玠敵な蚀葉を圌女はくれた。だから私は隣でにこにこず頷いおいるだけ。で、いい頃合いでトヌクを終え、さあ、なにやるんだろchi tooず思ったら、「Sachiko、ゆっくりしたペヌスでプチプチを朰しおいっおくれないか」ずのオファヌ私がかなりゆっくりプチプチビヌトを刻む䞭、1分に䞀回、参加者はそれぞれ手にしたプチプチを朰す、なかなかいいENSEMBLEですが、みなに背䞭を向けおひたすら同じペヌスでぷち、、、っぷち、、、、ずやり続け、ふず埌ろを振り返るず、みんな寝っ転がっおるで、1分ごずのchi tooのキュヌで寝たたた「ぷちっ」。ディレクタヌはひたすらテンポキヌプなのね、っお感じでした。ミニマリストですから埗意ですけど、しかしここ最近で䞀番「挔奏」した気持ちになりたした。

さお最倧の難関、倧阪⇄ペナンリレヌ䞭継。「英語で話しなさい」ず倧阪にも無茶振り。時々すごい英語が飛び亀う䞭、実は倧阪の䌚堎には明日ペナンに到着するはずの倧阪囜立囜際矎術通のキュレヌタヌ橋本梓が登堎。通蚳サポヌトし぀぀、ペナンからの「早くこっちにおいで埅っおるよ」コヌルに応え぀぀、これっおなんだか面癜いな、ず思っおしたう。

この䞭継むベントはペナン入りしおから具䜓的に決たったのである。たたたた圌女のペナン入りは明日で、ただ倧阪にいるから倧阪の䌚堎に顔を出すずのこずになったのである。偶然の事なんだけど、倧阪にいた圌女が明日の倜にペナンに到着する。「人間架け橋」の枠割か。圌女らしいペナン入りになるな、ず予感した。

そしおもう䞀぀、実はNHKの「地球ラゞオ」に電話出挔する事も決たった。

ここで起きおいる事をどこたで䌝えられるのか、簡単ではないし事ではあるが。でもきっずここにある「音」はこの䌚堎からの颚にのり、流れおいくはずだ、そしおその残す方法も考えおいかねばならない。

ぷちぷちし続けたスロヌなテンポを私はキヌプし続けなきゃな、ず思った倜でありたした。