The second phase of the project was completed in Tokyo, from August 23rd to September 6th, 2019. As expected in our modular approach at the back of this project, the project’s two-week workshop in Tokyo, held in Morishita Studio of the Saison Foundation, had provided us with a fully concentrated time and space to work with only the core collaborators of the project, exploring the key parts of our interpretation of Peer Gynt. In the workshop, we managed to explore the notion of New-Empires and Modern Institutions by looking closer at the Act IV of Peer Gynt’s original text, which will continue to serve as the key components in the development of the work. At the end of our two weeks workshop, we also managed to create a workin-progress presentation in front of the select audiences (critics, fellow theater artists, and programmers) in Morishita studio on September 6th, 2013. The engagement with the selected audience of the work-in-progress presentation, and the follow up formal and informal discussions, while MULTITUDE OF PEER GYNTS – PROGRESS REPORT 2 expected in the planning of the project, had helped us to navigate to map out different areas, topics, questions, and reactions. Some of these areas and topics were located beyond our projection, illuminating a few sites that we then decided to explore in the future. While we approach each stage of the project as a respective modular component, we cherish the fact that each encounter site (Larantuka and Tokyo) continue to surprise us. The MPG phase in Tokyo was supported by the Japan Foundation-Asia Center, Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy (BEKRAF), and the Saison Foundation.

 

 

 

Collaborating Artist:
Arsita Iswardhani (Indonesia, performer)
Ignatius Sugiarto (Indonesia, lighting designer-technical director)
MN Qomaruddin (Indonesia, performer)
Nguyen Manh Hung (Vietnam, visual artist)
Takao Kawaguchi (Japan, choreographer-performer)
Venuri Perera (Sri Lanka, choreographer-performer)
Yasuhiro Morinaga (Japan, composer)

 

Yudi Ahmad Tajudin – director, producer
Ugoran Prasad – dramaturg, producer
Rama Thaharani – executive director
Lusia Neti Cahyani – production manager
Jean-Pascal Elbaz – interpreter, researcher
Natasha Tontey – graphic designer
Ao Inoue (photographer)
Daisuke Fukunaga (videographer)
Kei Maruyama (assistant videographer)

 

Produced by:
Teater Garasi/Garasi Performance Institute
Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC)