{"id":4700,"date":"2019-02-14T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T01:19:11","slug":"2018-yoko-tawada-and-aki-takase-performance-workshop-event-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-en\/2019\/02\/14\/4700\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Yoko Tawada and Aki Takase Performance &amp; Workshop Event Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A Performance and Workshop Highlighting \u201cSilence\u201d and \u201cChance\u201d<\/h1>\n<p>On November 15 (Thurs.) and 16 (Fri.), 2018, the \u201cYoko Tawada and Aki Takase Performance &amp; Workshop\u201d was held at Waseda University\u2019s Ono Memorial Hall. This was the ninth time this annual event, a fixture of Waseda University\u2019s November schedule, was held. This year, the themes of the performance and workshop were \u201csilence\u201d and \u201cchance.\u201d The two artists created a unique space, enchanting everyone at the venue.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4700 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/1_3289-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1_3289-5-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1_3289-5-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1_3289-5-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/2_3289-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2_3289-6-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2_3289-6-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2_3289-6-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Since graduating from Waseda University, Yoko Tawada has been active as a poet and writer of novels and short stories. Her vocation has been a lively success in both Japan and Germany, with her receiving\u2014among numerous other literary awards\u2014the Akutagawa, Tanizaki, and Waseda University Tsubouchi Shoyo Awards in the former country and the Goethe Medal and the Kleist Prize in the latter. This October, Ms. Tawada also won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-en\/2018\/11\/05\/4216\/\">the Japan Foundation Award<\/a>, and, on the morning of November 15 (Thurs.) in Japan (November 14 in the US), it was announced that she had received the National Book Award for Translated Literature, one of the most influential US literary prizes. (Click here for more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-en\/2018\/11\/16\/4279\/\">the National Book Award<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Aki Takase is a musician who performs around the world, particularly in Europe and the US. Her jazz- and improvisation-focused performances have been well-received internationally, and her reputation is now as one of the foremost figures in contemporary jazz.<\/p>\n<h4>Performance \u201c4&#8217;33&#8243;\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>The theme of the performances was US composer John Cage\u2019s piece \u201c4&#8217;33&#8221;.\u201d Around this theme, Ms. Tawada and Ms. Takase created a series of new worlds embedded with their own ideas.<\/p>\n<p>When the stage lights turned on, a large timer was displayed on a screen, and Ms. Takase began performing as the moments passed by. The event program went on to showcase a \u201csimultaneous translation\u201d\u2014in which the two performers gave readings of two separate works at the same time\u2014and a bringing together of John Cage\u2019s book Silence: Lectures and Writings and improvised music. This was followed by comparisons of two German words for \u201csilence\u201d with distinct connotations (schweigen, to make no sound, and verschweigen, to conceal a fact by remaining silent) and of political versus musical \u201cexperiments,\u201d a pun on the word \u201cgradation\u201d and works of painting, and a \u201cdice reading,\u201d in which Ms. Tawada read aloud the number of pages that came up from a roll of a pair of dice\u2014among other performances. Worlds arising from \u201csilence\u201d and \u201cchance\u201d were expressed one after another through the mingling of piano notes and words spoken, allowing the audience to experience these two concepts in their numerous aspects.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4700 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/3_32735\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3_32735-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3_32735-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3_32735-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4345'>\n\t\t\t\tMs. Aki Takase\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/4_32734\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4_32734-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4_32734-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4_32734-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4346'>\n\t\t\t\tMs. Yoko Tawada\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/5_32731\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5_32731-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5_32731-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5_32731-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4347'>\n\t\t\t\tImpromptu Performance with Time Stamp\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/6_3249\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6_3249-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6_3249-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6_3249-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4348'>\n\t\t\t\tPerformance by Ms. Tawada\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/%ef%bc%97_3289-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6d722813f15e6b1f70bc00f1be32d1c3-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6d722813f15e6b1f70bc00f1be32d1c3-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6d722813f15e6b1f70bc00f1be32d1c3-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4349'>\n\t\t\t\tReading with dice\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/%ef%bc%98_47511\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/664f149e2eeb5b519a6b3012814596c5-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/664f149e2eeb5b519a6b3012814596c5-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/664f149e2eeb5b519a6b3012814596c5-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4350'>\n\t\t\t\tPrepared Piano\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There was an after-talk following the performances. Why did John Cage create \u201c4&#8217;33&#8243;\u201d? There was a discussion of what he discovered in the \u201cmusic of chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Takase said: \u201cHe wanted to smash the concept of a concert and to present a new way of being for \u2018time\u2019 and \u2018art\u2019 by moving away from the one promise a concert makes to its audience. You hear sounds during those 4 minutes and 33 seconds\u2014even though nobody is performing\u2014and there is music in those sounds. \u2018Chance\u2019 has the ability to draw out all sorts of enchantment\u2014and perhaps we can say the same thing not just about music but also about meeting people and everything else we experience.\u201d Ms. Tawada said: \u201cI felt an experimental connection between \u2018chance\u2019 and \u2018improvisation.\u2019 The act of taking in this current moment and allowing others to hear what exists now expresses the essence of that very thing (a person or work) itself. In the world of books, a truly interesting book is one that is interesting even if you read a page you open to by random chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4351 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9_32733-610x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9_32733-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9_32733-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9_32733-940x627.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Workshop \u201cWords and Music\u201d Vol. 9<\/h4>\n<p>The participants in this year\u2019s workshop were tasked before the event with preparing texts on the topics of \u201csilence\u201d and \u201cchance\u201d that could be read in three minutes or less.<\/p>\n<p>After the texts they had written were read aloud at the workshop, the participants then engaged in improvisational collaborations with musical instruments while receiving advice from Ms. Tawada and Ms. Takase. The instruments used at this year\u2019s workshop were the piano, the flute, the trumpet, and percussion. The participants were not told ahead of time what sort of performative collaboration they would be doing, nor with which instrument. They stimulated one another as they performed, the spectacle of new stories continuing to unfold.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4700 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/10_4846\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10_4846-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10_4846-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10_4846-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4352'>\n\t\t\t\tA story of winter instruments\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/11_4861\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11_4861-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11_4861-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11_4861-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4353'>\n\t\t\t\tA story of a coincidence village and silence village\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/12_4879\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12_4879-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12_4879-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12_4879-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4354'>\n\t\t\t\tA story of a mechanized family\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/13_4864\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13_4864-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13_4864-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13_4864-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4355'>\n\t\t\t\tThe world after silence and silence\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/14_4885\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14_4885-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14_4885-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14_4885-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4356'>\n\t\t\t\tCombination of sound and voice\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/15_4894\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15_4894-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15_4894-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15_4894-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4357'>\n\t\t\t\tMushrooms and silence\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/16_04906\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16_04906-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16_04906-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16_04906-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4358'>\n\t\t\t\tMs. Takase also collaborated performance\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/news-through-2023\/2018\/11\/30\/4336\/attachment\/17_4911\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17_4911-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17_4911-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17_4911-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4359'>\n\t\t\t\tPerformance of Ms. Tawada and Ms. Takase\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>At the after-talk, one of the participants recalled: \u201cWhen I was collaborating with the music, the rhythm and the sounds made my heart leap in my chest, and my reading aloud of the text I prepared similarly changed of its own accord. I experienced how interesting it is to understand words as \u2018sound.\u2019 Today, I was collaborating with people whom I had just met, but our thoughts and feelings were conveyed to one another within our works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Tawada said: \u201cSome of you also attended last year, and I could feel how the worlds of your works are continuing to grow. There is a certain joy just in continuing on.\u201d Ms. Takase said: \u201cSound and words. Words are connected to sound, and sounds become connected to words. I think that we experienced through today\u2019s event \u2018silence\u2019 as proposed by John Cage\u2014that is, what we can do right here and now\u2014and I really felt that what is truly interesting can be found there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4342 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18Eye_4928-610x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18Eye_4928-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18Eye_4928-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/sgu\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18Eye_4928-940x628.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Event Overview:<\/h5>\n<p>Yoko Tawada and Aki Takase Performance &amp; Workshop<br \/>\nPerformance \u201c4&#8217;33&#8243;\u201d November 15 (Thurs.), 2018, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm<br \/>\nWorkshop \u201cWords and Music\u201d Vol. 9, November 16 (Fri.), 2018, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm<br \/>\nVenue: Ono Memorial Hall, Waseda University<br \/>\nSponsored by:<br \/>\nWaseda University Cultural Affairs Division<br \/>\nWaseda University Global Japanese Studies Model Unit, Top Global University Project<br \/>\nThe Office of Professor Miho Matsunaga, Creative Writing and Criticism Theoretical Configuration, School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University<br \/>\nFree admittance. 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