「 / 」 solidus

2021 Duration:23 - 26min

A project by dancer / choreographer Ayano Yokoyama and music producer 34423, exploring various relationships between sound and the movement of the body. " / " (Pronunciation: Solidus) is an attempt to recognize individual existence without categorization. Sound is vibration and waves, and waves are also boundaries. We started from the shared concept of expressing the ambiguity, fluctuation, strength, and weakness of the boundaries between all things. In this endeavor, the dancer's movement actively collides with sound as a form of noise cancellation, rather than being synchronized with it. Active noise canceling involves overlaying antiphase sounds to neutralize the sound. However, in reality, the sound doesn't disappear; it persists but in an inaudible state.The 'movement' aiming for a similar effect may become a wall and a boundary without being eroded by sound. In this project, the dancer breaks the boundaries between the visible and the invisible through choreography, engaging the audience's personal imagination and senses. This approach highlights the present moment and individuality.

- Move -

In this endeavor, the dancer's 'movement' actively collides with sound, serving as a form of noise cancellation. Active noise canceling involves overlaying out-of-phase sounds to neutralize the sound. However, in reality, the sound doesn't disappear; it persists but in an inaudible state. The 'movement' aiming for a similar effect may form a barrier, remaining unaltered by sound. In this project, the dancer transcends the boundaries between the visible and the invisible through choreography, engaging the audience's imagination and senses, emphasizing the present moment and individuality.

- Sound -

We live separated by a single wall. Countless rooms and houses exist as individual territories. While sharing the same time, different moments flow in each room. The flickering of lights in each room contributes to the overall landscape of the city. Within this, there are moments when individual sounds and scents blend together. Waves, a recurring phenomenon within the timeline, involve individual sounds invading their respective territories. Borders are expressed by the degree of noise from the outside perspective.

We are alive, and even as we react to those moments, we continue to live without the ability to completely isolate anything other than ourselves.

Nevertheless, existing without overlap, in parallel.

Contemplating living as individuals and as humans, unbound by categories.

ダンサー/振付家の横山彰乃と音楽プロデューサーの34423が共同で行う、音と身体の動きとの様々な関係を探求するプロジェクト。「/」(読み:ソリダス)は、雑音の度合い(音)と振付(動き)によって外から判断されるボーダーの変化を表し、カテゴライズせず個体としての存在を認めるための試み。
音は振動であり波であり、波はまた境界でもあります。私たちは、すべてのものの間の境界の曖昧さ、変動、強さ、弱さを表現するという共通のコンセプトから出発しました。この試みでは、ダンサーの動きが音と同期するのではなく、ノイズキャンセルの形で音と積極的に衝突します。アクティブノイズキャンセリングは、音を中和するために逆位相の音を重ねることを含みます。しかし、現実には音は消えず、聞こえない状態で存在し続けます。「動き」は、音に侵食されることなく、同様の効果を目指すかもしれませんが、壁や境界となり得ます。このプロジェクトでは、ダンサーが振り付けを通じて可視と不可視の境界を破り、観客の個人的な想像力と感覚を引き込みます。このアプローチは、現在の瞬間と個性を際立たせます。

- Move -

この取り組みでは、ダンサーは音に同調するのではなく、アクティブノイズキャンセリングとして“動き”を音にぶつけていく。逆位相の音を重ねることで音を打ち消すアクティブノイズキャンセリングは、実際には音は消滅はせず、存在はするが聞こえない状態になる現象を生み出す。同様の効果を期待する“動き”は音に侵食されることなく、壁となり、境界を生み出す可能性を考える。目に見えるものと見えないものの境界を打ち破る振付方法で、個人的な想像力と感覚にアプローチし、現在のこの瞬間と個を際立たせる。

- Sound -

一枚の壁を隔てて、生活している。それぞれのテリトリー(部屋)が無数に存在していて、同じ時間を生きている中で、それぞれの部屋では別々の時間が流れている。
部屋のライトの明滅による街全体としての風景が出来上がる中で、音や匂いが混ざる瞬間。音が鳴るという、波動として繰り返し流れていく現象の時間軸で、それぞれのテリトリーにそれぞれの音が侵略していく。
外から判断されるボーダーを雑音の度合いで表現する。

生きて、その瞬間に反応しても

打ち消すことはできずにまみれていく

重ならない、並列に

カテゴリに属さず、人として個体として生きる

Dates and Location

Sep, 11 - 20, 2021 Komaba Agora Theater (Tokyo, Japan)

April, 2, 2022 Institut francais Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

december, 13, 2023 YPAM Exchange, Gender Equality Center Yokohama-South (Kanagawa, Japan)

April, 21 - 22, 2024 Want to dance festival, 台北糖廍文化園區, 新富町文化市場U-mkt Lobby (Taipei, Taiwan)

Review

ダンスマガジン2021年12月号 執筆|岡見さえ ▽

横山の振付・演出、DJの34423(みよしふみ)の音楽・構成による『/』。DJスペースから迸る音の波に、ダンスが驚くほどの精密さでシンクロしていく。恐るべき強度を獲得した音楽/身体は、あらゆる社会のカテゴライズから自由に、いま・ここで揺るぎない個を生きる芸術家のステートメントを思わせた。言葉を用いず身体と音楽と空間に集中し、横山は言表の断定から零れ落ちる可能性に目を凝らし、巷に流通する言説をつなぐ透明な網目を感知し、もうひとつの現実をダンスにする。独創的な舞踊の語彙、浮遊感とリアルが混在する詩的な世界観のさらなる進展を期待している。

岡見さえ

Credit

Choreographed and Directed by Ayano Yokoyama
Live Music and performed by 34423
Supported by Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), The Saison Foundation

振付・演出・出演|横山彰乃
音楽・構成・出演|34423
助成|公益財団法人セゾン文化財団

Ayano YOKOYAMA

Choreographer / Dancer / Director the dance company lal banshees
Based in Tokyo, Japan. Ayano explores an original movement that focuses on sensation. Through choreography unbound by gender constraints and intricately connected to sound, she excavates sensations. Additionally, she creates moments through dance that can only exist in the spontaneous overflow, without intention. Breaking the boundaries between the visible and the invisible, she approaches the present moment with movement. She utilizes personal imagination and sensation to highlight this current moment. In recent years, she has created "Suiyoubaion," which utilizes discarded PET bottles as a form of scenography and was invited to Aerowaves, Spring Forward 2022. She has received awards such as the YOKOHAMA DANCE COLLECTION 2020 Competition Jury Prize, etc. THE SAISON FOUNDATION Saison Fellow I.
▲CV 2024

34423|Fumi MIYOSHI

Born in Ehime Prefecture and currently resides in Tokyo. She also writes and arranges music for movies, advertisements, sound logos, etc. She is a music producer and the president of the music label HEXODD and the product brand HED. She was exposed to recording equipment and musical instruments from an early age, and began creating his own unique sounds using various gimmicks. She likes hard beats, and with her curiosity and free ideas, she creates collages of sound materials, and her track-making transcends genres. She has been making tracks that transcend genres. In August 2021, She released her 3rd album "Logos UI" featuring Mizuki Ohira and ermhoi from Forgot Imprint in the US. The EP "NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHT" was released in January 2023, starting with a SHOW CASE at SUPER DOMMUNE, and was developed in collaboration with the product brand HED, which is based on the concept of expanding musical images and ideas, like a fashion show until the EP release. The creative activities that expand the possibilities of sound have also attracted attention. The year 2023 will mark the 10th anniversary of her debut, and both his music label and brand are preparing new works