遠足プロジェクトアジアは、コロナ禍のとても微妙で難しい状況の過去数カ月にわたって、地元のいくつかの学校にて展示およびにワークショップが開催されてきました。いよいよ「台湾国立海洋技術博物館」での展覧会が始まります。台湾でのアクティビティーを共同キュレーターとして引っ張ってきてくれたバンブーカーテンスタジオ：ハイジ・チェンさん、皆の支えとなって導いてくれているマーガレット・チューさん、それからプロジェクトの台湾入りから支えてくれたアイリス・ハンさん、台湾アーティストビレッジのキャサリーン・リーさん、今回の台湾から新規参加するアーティストの皆さん、博物館のスタッフとボランティアの皆さん、そして今までに一緒にやってきた参加アーティストと共同キュレーター、サポーターの皆様にこの場で（他に、これという機会が作れず、、、すみません）御礼申し上げます！！

People know of my praxis as someone who ‘paints large abstract sky and miniature realistic landscape hybrid paintings,’ ‘leads Japenase backpack Randoseru artwork project traveling in Asia and in Canada,’ ‘creates installation artwork using wastes and paint them in gold or yellow, or assembles hundreds of thousands of mosaic mirrors,’ ‘does intense performance artwork and directs a festival,’ ‘takes photographs of Lolita in Fukushima,’ ‘creates life size nude figurative paintings,’ ‘creates portraits of children and imitates their artwork following their playful production processes,’ and ‘paints angry women staring straight at you kinda portraits,”… and so on. They all seem to have different characteristics and people seldom think of them as I am out of focus or inconsistent. Yet each of them have quite long history and narrative that are quite distinctive and all deep have personal connection with me. Anyways, I hope my diverse praxis has finally made sense to the people as a single holistic approach on this website as a visible archival platform.

Thanks to designer Mr. A.J. for his work and kind guidance to manipulate the WordPress.

Performed on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 at Toronto’s Gallery 345 with: Erin Cooper Gay, soprano & horn, Lynn Kuo, violin, and Erika Crinó, piano

Through the music of Handel, Ravel, Brahms, and Szymanowski, Les AMIS’ artists explored the intimacy of the human spirit and its encounters with nature and special guest, visual artist Daisuke Takeya, joined the artists on stage to create a magical evening of visual and musical poetry.

A native of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, violinist Lynn Kuo has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across Canada, United States, Wales, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine. As guest soloist, she has performed with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Thirteen Strings (Ottawa), Canadian Sinfonietta, Brandon Chamber Players, Nexus percussion ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Bulgaria), Cantus Ensemble (Croatia), Lviv Philharmonic (Ukraine), and as special guest soloist with Hungary’s gypsy orchestra, Rajkó Band.

In demand as an interpreter of new music, Lynn has given numerous world premieres of acoustic and electroacoustic solo and chamber works written for her and various ensembles. International composers have included Constantine Caravassilis, Daniel Foley, Scott Godin, James Harley, Alice Ho, John Oliver, Dennis Patrick, Michael Pepa (six works), Elizabeth Raum, Avalon Rusk (Canada), Séan Clancy (Ireland), Katarina Miljković (Serbia/USA), and Viktorija Ćop (Croatia). Most recently in 2012, Lynn, joined by Marianna Humetska, piano; Anna Guo, yangqin; and Ottawa’s Thirteen Strings (directed by Kevin Mallon), gave the world premiere of ‘Si Yi – The Four Arts,’ a commissioned work by Alice Ho for violin, piano, yangqin, and string orchestra.

Lynn continues to collaborate with leading artists, having performed solo and chamber works with such artists as pianist/conductor Christoph Eschenbach at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany), the Gryphon Trio at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Lori Freedman (clarinet) at the soundaXis Festival (Toronto), cellist Winona Zelenka, Vancouver guitarist/composer, John Oliver (as Duo Vita), pianist William Aide, and with other eminent artists at the University of Toronto New Music Festival, and Music Biennale Zagreb Festival (Croatia).

Maintaining a busy performance schedule, Lynn also performs as leader of Toronto’s Les AMIS Ensemble and has led the Ensemble in four past European tours. Her performances have since been broadcast on Canadian, Serbian, and Hungarian television and radio. In 2010, Lynn recorded the music of Nino Rota with pianist Mary Kenedi for the NAXOS recording label, to be released in 2013. With Ukrainian Canadian pianist Marianna Humetska, Lynn also performs as Duo Les AMIS, who will be recording their debut CD, ‘LOVE: Innocence, Obsession, Passion’, in 2012-13 with the assistance of FACTOR. Based in Toronto, Lynn is the Assistant Concertmaster of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, in addition to performing with the Canadian Opera Company, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Lynn has also performed as guest concertmaster of orchestras that have included the National Arts Centre Orchestra and has also served as adjudicator, guest artist, teacher, and lecturer at Canadian festivals and universities. Lynn completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto dedicating her research to the subject of holistic health and injury prevention in orchestral string musicians.

www.lynnkuo.com

I remember buying 2 works of Marcel Dzama at Olga Korper Gallery in 2001. They were my first Canadian art collections. He had his first solo show in Toronto and also was on the cover of NOW Magazine. I had my Canadian solo debut show at Christopher Cutts Gallery at the same time … Olga Korper and Christopher Cutts sit on the same gallery complex on Morrow Avenue. As a matter of fact our invitation card was printed on the same matrix by the same printer. His show was sold out and mine wasn’t. But when I see the proof nicely framed and hung in my apartment, my work is no lesser to Dzama’s. Having critical works by artists I like inspires and motivates me!

For now I call the collection, “Le Petite Canadian Art Collection” = because it is a modest collection of small scale artworks (and a deli in my building is called Le Petite Gourmet!!).

Whimsy collection it is for now. Let’s see how it grows:)

Performed on Saturday, September 10 2011, at Bianca’s, St. John’s, NewFoundland and Labrador, Canada

Live painting with cellist Vernon Regehr, accompanying the opening of “No. w. here,” an exhibition of landscape paintings at James Baird Gallery.

A native of Winnipeg, Vernon Regehr has performed across Canada and the United States, having made numerous festival appearances including the University of Victoria, Artspring (BC), First Avenue Chamber Players (New York), the SoundaXis New Music festival (Toronto) Hilton Beach (ON) and the Chamber Music Societies of Quebec and Kitchener-Waterloo.  Regehr is a founding member of the Cardinal Points Ensemble, having recently appeared at the International Festival of Ensembles in St. Petersburg Russia.  Of a performance of Elliott Carter’s sonata at the Groundswell new music festival in Winnipeg, one reviewer said that his playing‘…showed a clear understanding of the work, while handling its hefty technical demands with finesse.’  As a member of the faculty at the Tuckamore chamber music festival in Newfoundland, he has performed with Mark Fewer, James Campbell, the Shanghai and Lafayette string quartets, soprano Suzie Leblanc, and has been broadcast nationally on CBC radio in performances of commissioned works by Katarina Curcin and Jocelyn Morlock. He is also a founding member of the Ora Ensemble, which specializes in the fusion of new music, visual art and performance theatre.  Vernon served as guest principal cellist of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra for a concert tour featuring internationally renowned soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, with concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Boston, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. He is currently on faculty at Memorial University’s School of Music, and will be releasing a solo record of 21st century works by Canadian composers at the end of this year.

Performed on stage on Friday, September 23rd, 2011 for VIP reception at Artbound/ The pARTy : The Evolution of POP!

• Presenting Sponsors: CASALE MEDIA / KLICK / SCOTIABANK
• Event Sponsors: WIND / MAISON
• VIP Sponsor: GENWORTH FINANCIAL
• Media Partner: CP24 / AdPioneers

The Ambassadors:
Seamus O’Regan, Melissa Grelo, Jason Dehni, Amanda Alvaro, Katie Telford, Marcello Cabezas, Lewis Bateman, Karen Barzilay, Sarah Chesworth, Lindsay Mattick Davidson, Steve Doussis, Krystal Fahie, Zark Fatah, Shayna Haddon, Lindsay Maskell, Ron Murphy, Dawn Pear, Justine Rae, Lisa Ray, Lahav Reznik, Mark Sakamoto, Lee Segal, Kellie Smith, Charlotte Sobolewski, Daisuke Takeya, Amin Todai, Jillian Vanstone, Angela Walker, Shelly Wilson, & Glen Zujew

The pARTy Committee:
Co-Chairs: Charlene Lo, Dana Shalit, Melissa Grelo & Sara Graham
Andrew Rains, Amber MacArthur, Daniel Abichandani, Deanne Moser, Heather Briggs, Heather Gillesby, Hussein Abbas, Joanna Cheng, Jacqueline Vong, Jodi McBurney, Jordana Wolch, Julia MacPherson, Kellie Aizicowitz, Kelly Smith, Lindsey Coulter, Lindsay Maskell, Lindsay Mattick, Lisa Faktor, Matthew Coorsh, Monique Lahey, Nicole Ruta, Nicole Schaeffer,Nicole St. Jean, Rachael Quick, Sarah Chesworth, Sheryl So, Spardha Townend, Steve Doss, Yossi Kaplan, Amanda Ashton, Louisa Morgan & Shira Wolch

The rooftop was surrounded by newly built condos with glass walls and windows, and Ken’s projection … created this 25 acres space like a gigantic theatre!! Towards the end even the police came near by curiously, warning them to turn down the music … it was perfect at the down … natural light accentuating her love songs in French … Bon Nuit!

I was to meet with my friend under the willow tree there that day … it stopped raining eventually … I went there anyway not knowing if she was going to show up.

Nice breeze from the Lake Ontario, an additional layer to beautiful sound of the evening … Music for string trio and oboe by Mozart, Beethoven and Britten, performed by Sharon Lee and her friends.

It was fun helping him to skew his BBQ items(can’t even remember how many … reminded me of my sushi  chef years in New York … preparing shrimps for four straight hours every week, and it was 30 seconds per shrimp … I could not see my own hands because it was super fast move!! ) … and playing with his “Princes Kiki” was also so much fun(but treat your servant more gently, your majesty, please!! ).

It was such a nice Sunday afternoon meeting with his good friends … one of them was Diana Tso, a talented playwright whose theatre production, Red Snow will be premiered in January 12 -28, 2012 presented at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace.

]]> https://daisuketakeya.com/fencer-vs-samurai-%e2%80%a6-pouring-rain-made-it-a-real-street-fight/ Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:40:30 +0000 https://daisuketakeya.com/?p=1993 “Fencer vs. Samurai” was premiered at BIG on Bloor Street Festival’s Bloor Alternative Art Fair(BAAF) on Saturday, July 23, 2011. With my former student, Nils Fischer, we constructed a semi closed cage or a stage on Bloor street. A hot day without a shade, a heat breeze blowing on our faces made us look so tired and sweat to fight … but we fought anyway in the name of paints! Towards the end of the day, suddenly it started pouring rain, and it made many vendors and audiences evacuate from the street and it was the best moment for us to fight! In the middle of the street, it transcended a performance art into a real street sword fight, and we actually continued fighting beyond our choreography. The crowd gradually joined around us and got heated up … at the end I was on top of him and almost terminating the life of this young talented fencer (well, not technically in reality) … the crowd went nuts for it. I inserted my Samurai swords back in Saya (Sccabard), and gave him my hand instead … teacher and student friendship lasts infinitely … I felt confident that art will help end wars on earth one day …

Later, Hip Hop guys who were performing earlier on the other side of the street came to me and said, “Yo, Samurai, man! Yo gotta do what yo gotta do, man! It could end yo life if yo didn’t end his, man!”  Perhaps it can be the case, and it is true that I have been betrayed quite a few times over my generousness or tolerance … but I still want to believe that a good intention can be lead to long run mutual understanding … “yo, man! no fights on our streets!!”

” Exploring the infinite possibilities of art.”

Four accomplished artists combine forces to push the boundaries of live musical performance. Arte Infinitus is dedicated to the amalgamation of music, dance, and visual art to deliver an innovative and enriched artistic experience.

Coming soon!

Istvan and I share few things.

A video editing suit at the Trinity Square Video about a decade ago … I was editing my first video piece there over night in one unit with the Media 100(before Final Cut Pro and others came out), and he was editing something very sexual and technological next door … too aggressive looking to me and I remember being scared … now we share few other things. The same lawyer and dyed blonde hair and sunglasses … and one more thing! He has a DAICHI Capsule!! Even someone like him is willing to support children in Japan!! so why not should we all?

Nils and  I are going to create a live painting performance art piece soon at Big on Bloor Street Festival. Cannot wait. cannot wait.

When I published “eyes of a child,” I  loved the process of publishing … selecting paper type, languages, designing, a publisher, etc. Now even this blog post is only a click away to publish … Book sale industry has changed drastically recently, but I hope that Book publishing remain somehow … Book lives forever!!

From Wikipedia: A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other various material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (e-book).

My ancestor Gosuke Takeya is one of the youngest last Samurai fought at the civil war in Japan in 1869, as one of the “Nihonmatsu Shonentai(Boy troop of Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture)” when he was only 14 years old. He was a member of the 16 child Samurai troop … many got killed at the war, but he survived and lived in Meiji, Taisho, and Showa era. He kept himself silent, but started telling stories when he reached 50 years of age. There is a Black and White feature film of “Nihonmatsu Shonentai” made by Shochiku Film in 1940 and I hope I can bring the film to Canada and create a multimedia exhibition in Toronto as an homage to him! I may not be a Samurai in traditional sense … I believe in LOVE and PEACE but in spirit I still may be a Samurai who puts an importance in respect and fairness. I am creating a street fight performance piece at the moment, where a Samurai and a Fencer fights over love of paints!! My Samurai blood is so excited about this!!

Hosted by Sachiko Murakami whom I met at “Toronto to Japan ~ Hope Blossoms(How to Say Ganbatte!),” Pivot Readings” presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; we’re what’s happening in literature, right now(from its website).” At the end there was an announcement of a new additional organizer to the reading … it seemed to me that Toronto literature community is quite well connected like a family, even more so comparing to art or music ones …

Saichiko is a cutie … her new novel “Rebuild“is coming in September 2011 from Talonbooks … her “Project Rebuild” is an experiment in collaboration of poetry … wannabe a resident there?