Artist Kjell Hahn's "1000 Person Animation Project" displayed at Vogue Magazine's Fashion's Night Out at the Omotesando Vivienne Tam in 2011. Part of a collaboration between Cha Girl, Fuyuko Kobori and Ippin Saraya.
Using the designer Vivienne Tam's symbol of the butterfly participants were instructed to trace an illustration of a butterfly then pass the traced image on to another person to repeat the process. After passing through the hands of over 100 people the original image transformed into a combined expression of the group.
**The original animation was displayed on vertical monitors. This verson has been cut and reassembled to fit the horizontal format of Youtube.

I will be building a teahouse in the mountains near my house for the next couple days. (sleeping outside, no internet) The structure will be used in a collaborative tea ceremony project with Fuyuko Kobori on September 13th. (the evening of the 12th in the U.S.)

We will try to upload a live stream of the performance via iphone.
Ill post the exact time/ date on the 12th or 13th
Ustream Link

With the Myogi 30ennale exhibition over I have been working in the ceramics and painting studios. I am working on a plan for a performance/ installation/ land art piece this September.

The last couple weeks I have been working with Chiaki Horikoshi, helping him with his ongoing exhibition at Spain's Cervantes Center in Tokyo.
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Throughout the exhibition Mr. Horikoshi has had guitarists, Flamenco and Butoh dancers as well as Japanese tea ceremony performances.
The Cervantes center site has a list of events on their site (Spanish and Japanese only). Exhibition runs until September 10th.
The exhibition was covered in the August 20th edition of Asahi Shinbun Newspaper.
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I'm posting images from Tanaka Min and Chiaki Horikoshi's live painting and Butoh collaboration.
Before and after the event Kobori Enshu school's Fuyuko Kobori (Soho Kobori) performed the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Fuyuko Kobori performs the tea ceremony 2 hours before each event.


Butoh Dancer Min Tanaka collaborative dance with Chiaki Horikoshi

Fuyuko Kobori's (Soho Kobori) collaborative Japanese tea ceremony performance with Chiaki Horikoshi at the Cervantes Center in Tokyo

Pictures from the artist talk and Japanese tea ceremony, part of my group exhibition at Myogi Furusato Art Museum in Gunma prefecture.
Other artists are: Endo Natsuka, Sigimoto Taizo, Miki Manami, Otake Natsuki, Kishi Kyohei, Nukui Daisuke
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The Japanese tea ceremony performance is a collaborative project between Fuyuko Kobori (Enshu Kobori tea school), Natsuki Otake, and Kjell Hahn.


Kjell Hahn talks about his Landscape Assemblage sculpture during the artist talk.




Fuyuko Kobori performing the Japanese tea ceremony, part of a collaborative project with artists Natsuki Otake and Kjell Hahn at Myogi Art Museum.
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Museum Info:
Site: Myogi Furusato Art Museum website
Blog:Myogi 30ennale Blog
Address: Gunma, Tomioka, Myogi, Myogi 1-5
Phone:0274-73-2585
Museum Hours: 9:30-5:00pm (Closed Monday)
General Admission: 300 yen