Manga Scroll, by Christian Marclay and Ami Yamasaki
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Grand Auditorium StageCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
A performance by Ami Yamasaki based on Manga Scroll, an 18-metre-long visual composition of onomatopoeias by Christian Marclay, one of today’s leading artists working between sound and visual art. Marclay’s artistic practice integrates the history of the Fluxus movement and its unclassifiable relationship with the Japanese experimental scene to the present day.
Co-production: Biennale SON (Sion, Switzerland)
With a career spanning over 30 years, Christian Marclay explores the relationship between video and sound, creating works for various media such as sculpture, video, photography, collage, music and performance. His work has been exhibited in several museums and galleries around the world, such as the Pompidou (Paris), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), the Museu d'Art Contemporani (Barcelona), the Whitney Museum (New York), the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), among others.
Ami Yamasaki uses her ears, vocal cords and skin to capture her voice and its echoes. Through her performances and installations, Ami Yamasaki questions the world and the human body and how it can expand through hearing. She was a member of the Asian Cultural Council and the Japan Foundation Asia Centre. She has exhibited and performed in various galleries, museums and festivals internationally and has received several awards for her work.
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