Fuji Yuki (Japan) One Butoh w/ Louise Pōtiki-Bryant and Wamei (JP)

Audio Foundation presents

Fuji Yuki- One Butoh Voice and Dance and Performance with Louise Pōtiki Bryant
Support from Wamei (Jp)

This project is a cultural exchange between New Zealand and Japan with the aim of creating new artistic values through the collaborative performance of New Zealand based dancers and Japanese vocalist FUJI-YUKI.

We spend the same time with the dancers to explore, communicate and share the 'ancient sensibility', and we assimilate by sharing different values through the culture and customs of the land where we grew up.

Ancient sensibilities are.
The different environments of each land, such as sunrise and sunset, temperature,
humidity and topography, have given rise to a wide variety of cultures, customs, views of nature, architecture, ways of dealing with the invisible, ways of mourning the dead, etc.

This has given rise to a wide variety of cultures, customs, views of nature, architecture,
ways of dealing with the invisible, ways of mourning the dead, etc. in each region.
This has given rise to a variety of sensibilities.
The spatial installation created by the two performers, who share an ancient sensibility,
is based on voice and dance, and was created with the breath of the two performers,
a beautiful and exquisite space and a serene silence.

We share this space with the audience.

Fuji-Yuki is a Japanese vocalist who uses her voice like an instrument. With special vocal techniques, glossolalia and electronic pedals, she creates a wide variety of sounds. Inspired by the spirits of Buddhism and Shintoism, she creatively transforms her vocals into an ambient drone or prayers resonating in a church-like space. Her live performances are always different, depending on the place and space they take place in.

Louise Pōtiki Bryant is a New Zealand Arts Laureate, an award-winning choreographer, Māori contemporary dancer and a multi-media artist. She weaves dance, video, animation and film to create immersive multi-layered performances and artworks. Guided by Kaitiakitanga, and Mātauranga Māori, she aims to embody these values into every creative expression, to inspire the care, protection, and regeneration of the whenua, moana, and awa.

with support from

Wamei (Japan)
Combining the European ancient instrument, the hurdy-gurdy, nicknamed the 'medieval synthesiser', and a state-of-the-art modular synthesiser reminiscent of early electronic music, he performs in a thoroughly abstract style of expression based on drone (performance with sustained sound), which is concerned with 'sounds that lead to other worlds' that directly affect the listener's musical sensibilities.
His performances are concerned with sounds that lead to other worlds, which directly affect the listener's senses rather than their own musical sensibilities.

In the past, he has participated in bands and units of various genres, including the unit Sarry formed with female vocalist Fuji-Yuki, and has also produced and released many works from labels in Europe and other parts of the world, as well as touring in Europe, Australia and Taiwan. He has also toured Europe, Australia and Taiwan, and collaborated with musicians from other countries to produce works.