Special Public Lecture
The State of Performance Art and Personal Narratives: The “Chain” Project and Archive 

koldsleep

 

We are pleased to welcome koldsleep, a Korean artist collective, for a special public lecture “The State of Performance Art and Personal Narratives: ‘Chain’ Project and Archive.” 

koldsleep was formed in 2020 resulting from the director Kim Mihyun’s chronic insomnia, in the Gangbuk District of Seoul, South Korea. The collective works on art projects that bring forth narratives about women and minorities, imagining a weightless space while avoiding the influence of existing forms and genres.

Using “dreams” as a theme, koldsleep has held “Two-Person Phantom Limb – Chain of Rings (二人幻脚 連鎖の輪) : Find a Channelhead” a late-night, immersive and participation-based style performance since 2021. Other works that involve audience-participation include “A Musical Instrument Novel” (2022), a compilation of the voices of 54 people; “Suspicious Happiness Operation Group” (2022), which made use of an original card game; “A Letter to Write for Yourself” (2022), a workshop where young women spoke about “happiness”; “Heterotopia” (2023), an exploration of a theater at midnight with flashlights while getting “sleep,” and more.

Through koldsleep’s artistic practice and works, this lecture will discuss art as a medium for sharing private time and experiences, the interdependent communication between audience and performer, and the ethics and dilemmas of archiving experiences with an audience. Additionally, the curatorial collective the ghost project will present “100 monogatari,” a collection of 99 stories by artists from around the world to visualize violence in social structures (Grant : The collaborative research project “Art and Gender” by Mizuho Financial Group × Center for Curatorial Studies, Tokyo Geidai) “100 kiyako,” a banquet to be held by the ghost project and koldsleep, to be held on November 1, will also be presented. 

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Community Salon, 3F, International Exchange Building (TAKI PLAZA), Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts (MAP No.19）

Presenters: Kim Mihyun (koldsleep), Han Juyeon (koldsleep), the ghost project members

Interpreters: Cho Hyesu (Tokyo University of the Arts), Sato Koyuri (Tokyo University of the Arts)

Organizer: Dr. Tomoko Shimizu (Tokyo University of the Arts)

Moderator: Cho Hyesu (Independent Curator, the ghost project Organizer)

Fee: Free *Reservation required
Language: Japanese, Korean (Simultaneous interpretation available）

Reservation Form: https://forms.gle/gNBi5kAABgpTRRF27

Organizers: Tomoko Shimizu Lab, Graduate School of Global Arts (GA), Tokyo University of the Arts and the ghost project

 

koldsleep

koldsleep is a group that produces midnight performances and art projects centered around dreams. Through performances based on minority narratives, they have created moments where participants “witness” each other. During the temporary promise of being “in performance,” the audiences create cracks in the world around them, shaping new narratives with their own bodies.

「Kold Sleep freezes dreams and insomnia and produces late-night performances. Now that you know this fact, we hope that you will help koldsleep turn the dream institute it secretly operates in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea, into a “comprehensive cultural arts facility.” We are looking for “channel heads.” Perhaps you too can hear the voice of your dreams? You are never alone.」

Director: Kim Mihyun
Writer: Han Juyeon
Graphic Artist・UX Designer: Min Heesoo
HP　koldsleep.com
IG　instagram.com/koldsleep

헤테로크로니아 Heterochronie (2023)

 

the ghost project

the ghost project  is a curatorial collective that creates artistic practices that make what has been previously invisible, visible. the ghost project examines the aesthetics and nature of art through the medium of contemporary time, place, image, and language. Depending on the project, we propose connections and collaborations with various creators to construct a ghostly worldview.

HP theghostproject.com
X(Twitter) ghost information bureau x.com/GhostProject_X

 

Moderator

Cho Hyesu
Independent curator based in Japan and South Korea. Organizer of the ghost project. She has presented exhibitions, art projects, and writing from a feminist perspective while crossing literature and art. Cho has been working as a curator since 2016. Her recent projects include “2024 the ghost project——100 monogatari × 100 kiyakou” (2024); “Kitchen Across the Ocean: SIKGU” (2023); “Virtual Body: Presence and Absence in Media” (2022); “!Two Weeks Notice!” (2020), among others. She has acted as an exhibition and planning member of international and regional art events and festivals, including coordinator of the 2020 Busan Biennale and assistant curator of the 2022 Gangneung International Art Festival. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
HP　chohyesu.com
IG　instagram.com/hyesu.hyesu

＊＊＊

2024 the ghost project “100 monogatari × 100 kiyako” Information
(Grant : The collaborative research project “Art and Gender” by Mizuho Financial Group × Center for Curatorial Studies, Tokyo Geidai)

1) the ghost project “100 monogatari”  (Online)　
https://theghostproject.com/
the ghost project commissioned 99 creators from around the world—ranging from poets, novelists, and singer-songwriters, to filmmakers, visual artists, cartoonists and other creators of contemporary media—to produce short texts based on this concept of a “new ghost story” for the project “100 monogatari.” (ENG, JP, KR available)

2) the ghost project × koldsleep’s banquet “100 kiyakou” (In person)(Out of stock, first-come first-serve basis)　
https://theghostproject.com/eng/
100 kiyakou refers to the night parade of demons and spirits that gather and march through the streets late at night, a motif from traditional Japanese folklore. In collaboration with the Korean artist collective koldsleep, the ghost project will host a banquet inspired by this theme.
Date: Friday, November 1 (18:00~, 21:00~)
Venue: パラダイスエア(PARADISE AIR)  Hamatomo Building, 15-4 Honcho, Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture 271-0091
Free Admission
*Invitations will be sent to your home after your online application has been completed.