The Japanese Ideology / ニッポン・イデオロギー

Presented by OLTA, a Tokyo-based artist group that has developed humorous and provocative works through negotiating the systems of visual/performing arts and sociological/folklore fieldwork, The Japanese Ideology encompasses six chapters of a performative analysis of the everyday forms that the ideology takes. “There seems to be a kind of arbitrary emotion that dominates life in Japan today. [...] It is up to us to take on this boring but very urgent duty of exposing the staging of this desperate and stupid tragicomedy in our present society, not just in Japan.” (Jun Tosaka, The Japanese Ideology, 1935) In The Japanese Ideology by OLTA, will this “boring” performance transform into an “interesting” one? Or will it “drag down those who think they have been freed from the Japanese ideology and pull them back in”? (Yoshimi Takeuchi, The Japanese Ideology, 1952) Chapter 1: The Significance of Dream Chapter 2: The Liberation of Gestell Chapter 3: The Right of Death Chapter 4: The Acquisition of Calm Chapter 5: The Rebellion of Voice Chapter 6: The Truth of Ideology

12.9 Sat Chapter 1: 17:30 Chapter 2: 19:00 Chapter 3: 20:30 12.10 Sun Chapter 4: 14:30 Chapter 5: 16:00 Chapter 6: 17:30 12.11 Mon No show day 12.12 Tue Chapter 1: 19:00 Chapter 2: 20:30 12.13 Wed Chapter 3: 19:00 Chapter 4: 20:30 12.14 Thu Chapter 5: 19:00 Chapter 6: 20:30 12.15 Fri No show day 12.16 Sat Chapter 1: 17:30 Chapter 2: 19:00 Chapter 3: 20:30 12.17 Sun Chapter 4: 14:30 Chapter 5: 16:00 Chapter 6: 17:30

Text: Meguninja Direction: Jang-Chi Performers: Toru Inoue, Yuka Uchida, Kaoruko Oyama, Yuki Kikuchi, Takafumi Saito, Reiko Takayama, Yuka Nakagawa, Meguninja Scenography: OLTA Stage Design: Yoshiro Hasegawa Music: Takako Minekawa, Toru Inoue Illustration: Takafumi Saito Costume: Toru Inoue Lighting: Takayuki Fujimoto (Kinsei R&D) Projection: Ludo Takebe, Kazuhide Shibata Sound: Semmei Kai Promotional Design: Deokjun Yoon English Surtitles: Kei Ota Direction Assistant: Ami Yoshida Management: Kumi Hiraoka Commissioned and Produced by Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting Co-produced by ROHM Theatre Kyoto Research Support: YCAM InterLab Cooperation: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Jang-Chi, a member of OLTA, is supported by The Saison Foundation as a 2023 Saison Fellow. Organized by Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication; Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Kanagawa Arts Foundation); and Japan Council for Performers’ Rights & Performing Arts Organizations | Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, “JAPAN LIVE YELL project” | Kanagawa Art Caravan Consortium 2023

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