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DAP Lab – Ukiyo 2 & 3

I joined DAP Lab in May 2010. I was employed as sound designer and musician, working with digitally constructed live electronic sounds, with a remit to realise the ideas of the performers in a technological context. My work also sat alongside that of composer Oded Ben-Tal, where our different approaches sat nicely in contrast with each other. The whole project was in collaboration with Keio University, Japan and received funding from the Japan Foundation.

By the time I joined the ensemble Ukiyo 1 had already been completed, with the performance taking place in what is now the Artaud centre for Performance. The performance of Ukiyo 2 took place on June 18th 2010 in Maribor, Slovenia. The final incarnation of the piece took place on 26th November 2010 at the Lilian Baylis Studio in Sadler’s Wells, London.

The piece itself took the form of a network of different choreographies, involving varying number of the performers, primarily based around Hanamichi like rectangular performance areas. This was complemented by projected film footage and live video manipulation from Johannes Birringer, and a series of sound producing garments designed by Michele Danjoux. Hopefully the movie gives an impression of the performance as a whole.