Hollow Center addresses the porous duality of nothingness and
being from the dual-cultural position by embodying an intricate quality of slowness, high physicality,
and balance through duratinal performance installation, film, staged performance, and publication.
By stretching time in 4-hour performance installation, Yamamoto practices a “minor” mode of
aesthetics—lingering, listening, obscuring, and relating—without capturing
or pre-determining meanings.
As installation with film, viewers enter through black string curtains into a discrete room with painted wall,
floor, and ceiling in dark green color. Dimly-lit five pendant lights are hanging
in various heights along with 15-min film (in collaboration with Roland Dahwen) screened in a loop in a corner.
Along with live sound by Cenk Ergün and stage design by Maggie Heath, dance performance invites a duet partner
to address sociality and relations in the extensively philosophical
and intimately internal investigation so that this project can expand beyond hyper-individualism and fragility.
Publication includes Yamamoto's essays, several writings by invited contributors, commissioned artwork
as well as soundscapes that are used in the live performance presentation.
PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION
January 29, 2025 - April 20, 2025
Grossman Gallery, SMFA at Tufts University Art Galleries | 230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Direction & Performance by Takahiro Yamamoto
Film by Roland Dahwen & Takahiro Yamamoto
Object Design by Maggie Heath
Sound Contributions by Cenk Ergün,
Jesse Majía,
Shao Way Wu,
Byron Au Young, and
Sofia Acosta
Durational Solo Performance dates
Thursday February 13, 2025, 3-8pm
Wednesday March 12, 2025, 1-5pm
Saturday April 12, 2025, 12pm-4pm
Hollow Center is part of a new commission in
an archive and/or a repertoire, on view through April 20, 2025.