D.D.D.D.D.D.

Summer 2007 Asia Tour
How many more times will my heart beat before it stops?
Conception/directed by Takao Kawaguchi





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A collaboration with Fuyuki Yamakawa, a sound and visual artist, and skillful throat-singer, who tries to control the pace of his heartbeat through his own breathing, D.D.D. is a physical, audio, and visual performance that talks about the heart, muscles, and how many heart beats there are left before it stops. It also explores maleness, sexuality and vital energy while challenging exhaustion and physical limits of the body. It is an attempt to go beyond such boundaries, but without knowing what to expect ahead. After premiered in Tokyo in 2004, D.D.D. has toured Queer Zagreb Arts Festival in Croatia (2006), and Venezia Biennale Contemporary Dance Festival (2006).

Selected as one of Japan’s Three Best Performances of the Year 2004, by dance critic Kazuko Kuniyoshi in Dance Magazine, Dec 2004

The Japanese Performer, Choreographer, Director, Takao Kawaguchi organized his own dance group ATA Dance from 1991-95. From 1996 he joined the multimedia performance company Dumb Type and appeared in “OR”, “memorandum” and “Voyage”. At the same time he has also been active in his independent solo projects since 2000. His recent solo works, characterised by collaborations with sound/visual artists who uniquely combine and synchronize the elements of light and sound.
Woks: “Night Colour” (Grand Theatre,Groningen(Holland),2001/ Tokyo, 2003/Asian Performing Arts Festival in Dehli (India),2003); “Di Que No Ves (Say You Don’t See)” (Tokyo, 2003), “D.D.D. – How many more times will my heart beat before it stops? -” (2004), “Tablemind” (Tokyo, 2006).

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Fuyuki YAMAKAWA
born in London UK on 1973. based in Tokyo Japan.
Fuyuki Yamakawa -creator of sound/visual installations and improvised musical happenings - picks up and amplifies the sound of his heartbeat with an electronic stethoscope. At the same time this triggers the lighting of a series of light bulbs that oscillate simultaneously with the heartbeats, themselves cadenced to the rhythm of his 'Khoomei', a form of popular Tuvan (central asian) overtone singing in which Yamakawa excels, characterised by diplophonia, which is the contemporary emission of two sounds requiring total control of one`s breathing. Through his vocalisation, he controls his heartbeat`s speed and velocity.
" My physical body`s phenomena is outputted as sound and light and it gives perceptional stimulations to eyes, ears, and skins of audiences. Eventually the venue transforms into extended part of my body," he says. " Sometimes it stops my heart for seconds. I use electric guitar but I never touch the strings. I shake and rub the body of guitar to make drones. These actions work like 'sports', which influence heart beat." With a background in video art and graphic design, in 2001 he won the Grand Prix and Audience Award at the 1st Khoomei Festival in Japan (September) and started his professional career as a voice performer. In 2003, he was invited to the 4th International Khoomei Festival, which was held in the Republic of Tuva. He won the Avant-garde Award in the contest and became known as an Avant-garde Khoomei singer. In the same year, he participated in the 2nd Khoomei festival in Japan and succeeded in defending his championship title.
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