NANJING PROJECT vol.6 (working title)
Kamome Machine
After three years of researching, how do we speak about the Nanjing Massacre through performance?
Since 2022, Kamome Machine has been developing the Nanjing Project, a series of works that explore the questions surrounding the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. The project has unfolded through a variety of processes: interviews with international students at Waseda University in Tokyo, a workshop at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan, work-in-progress shows at Lancaster University in the UK and at The Small Theater in Our Town in Okinawa, and a participatory performance at Site-D Meeting Hall in YPAM 2024. Even 80 years after the end of World War II, this massacre remains a deeply rooted trauma between Japan and China. In Nanjing Project Vol.6 (working title), they will present a stage production as the current culmination of this project. What does “responsibility” mean for a generation living in the 21st century? What is the meaning of looking back on past violence today? And how can “WE” enter into dialogue with “YOU”? The attitudes we need to embrace will emerge through the bodies of the performers.
Venue
- ST Spot
- Yokohama ST Bldg. B1, 1-11-15 Kitasaiwai Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-0004
Date and Time
12.4 Thu 15:00
12.5 Fri 15:00
12.6 Sat 15:00 - Conversation Guest: Rei Nagai (Philosopher)
12.7 Sun 14:00 - Conversation Guest: Ibuki Ozawa (Child Psychiatrist / Everybeing)
12.8 Mon 14:00
- Reception opens 30 minutes before each performance; doors open 15 minutes before the start time.
Running Time
Part I: Stage Performance — 60 min
Part II: Conversation Session — 60 min*
Please note that the schedule has been updated. (as of Nov. 15)
The conversation session will be held mainly in Japanese, with English support provided. You may also attend Part 1 only.
Language
Japanese
Translation/Subtitles
English surtitles
Accessibility
Tickets
YPAM Registrant Adv. ¥2,000 / Door ¥2,500
Student Adv. ¥1,500 / Door ¥2,000
Opening day Adv. ¥2,500 / Door ¥3,000
General Adv. ¥3,000 / Door ¥3,500
Available at the YPAM Ticketing site
Artist Information
- Kamome Machine
Founded in 2007, Kamome Machine theatre company creates works exploring how the concept of ‘public' can be embodied through the body. Their major works include site-specific performance Waiting for Godot in Fukushima, following Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011; Oregayo, a performance based on Japanese Constitution. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the group has developed Telephone Theater Series, a series of performances that use a dial phone as a stage. Since 2022, the company has been researching and developing a performance about the Nanjing Massacre in Japan, Taiwan, and the UK.
Staff, Cast and Credits
Concept and direction: Yuta Hagiwara
Cast: Honami Shimizu, Shin Ito
Set Design: Ai Fukudome (iii architecht)
Stage Manager: Shin Ito
Lighting Design: Minoru Chida (CHIDA OFFICE)
Production management: Satomi Shimizu
Cooperation: Katsunori Yokoi
Friendly & Critical Eye: Beri Juraic
Supported by: The Saison Foundation, Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics
Produced by: Kamome Machine
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