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Cocoon

Daizaburo Sakamoto + Yuko Okubo

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Daizaburo Sakamoto + Yuko Okubo

Cocoon

MOVIE:10min
UPDATE:2021.03.08

A long time ago, there were people who crossed the sea to the Japanese archipelago. They went deep into the mountains in search of metal, and mountain worship was born there.

Eventually, the ancient people who visited the Tohoku region went north on the Kitakami River, and many ruins of ironworks remain around there as a result. The site of the oldest gold mine in Japan is also located on the Oshika Peninsula, and those who sought out such metals worshiped the deer as a sacred beast.

It was believed that the technique of extracting metal from nature using fire came from magic. As the extracting process requires fire, it is said that the gods of fire they had worshiped became the Stove God and Hyottoko (fire man).

What kind of relationship did humans have with nature, which was considered divine in Japan? By observing and immersing ourselves in that, we thought we might perhaps glimpse ways for dealing with the sacred. A festival serves as a site for people to come into contact with the sacred, and that is where the archetypes of art and performance lie. We now hope to get in touch with the “things” pregnant with the secret of performance and in which sacred power resides.

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PROFILE

DAIZABURO SAKAMOTO + YUKO OKUBO

They are engaged in a project to present new works of physical expression that transcend local and personal body narratives. Sakamoto is a mountain ascetic, who was born in Chiba Prefecture. Interested in the creation and development of culture, including creative and performing arts, he writes and makes art at his base in the sacred mountains of Dewa Sanzan, located in the Tohoku region. His books include The Mountain Ascetic and Me (Little More). After a stint with the Maki Asami Ballet Company, Okubo began her career as a contemporary dancer. She also formed KATHY, a group whose activities traverse the fields of art and dance. Okubo has produced many projects in Japan and abroad, including a 100th-anniversary event for the Citizen watch company.

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Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22
— Altruism and Fluidity —

【 Period 】

ONLINE : Jan 6 (Wed) 2021 -
SUMMER : Aug 11 (Wed/holi) 2021 - Sep 26(Sun) 2021
SPRING : Aip 23(Sat)2022 - Jun 5(Sun)2022
※ There will be a maintenance day during the session.

【 Venue 】

ー Summer ー
2021
Central Ishinomaki
Oshika peninsula(Momonoura、Oginohama、kozumihama、Ayukawa、and more...)

ー Spring ー
2022
Ishinomaki

【 Organizers 】

Reborn-Art Festival Executive Committee,
ap bank

【 Grants 】

the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2021

【 Translation 】
hanare × Social Kitchen Translation

【 Web direction 】
JUNYA KATO
(PARK GALLERY)