Sand art for the show Namazu

The show’s theme is the impact of natural and nuclear disasters on Japanese culture and inconscient.
The starting point is the myth of Namazu, catfish which by its movements, created the islands of Japan and still causes earthquakes we know.

– A blog from spectator who love a lot

– Some parts of live sand art:

– FR3 TV made a nice program about this creation. Exerpts:
"Namazu, the latest creation of Kafka band: a dark history, ambitious and successful", "On stage, the magic fingers of David Myriam, sand and projector create rugged landscapes that form and break the haunting rhythm of music composed by Kafka." "You get shaken out and conquered."

2016 :: Live sand art show: Namazu

This collaboration will be a live interactive stage performance with four mediums: music, sand drawing projection, dance with choreographer Eun Young Lee and short film directed by Tetsuya Gotani using the art of origami.

– Kafka website: Presentation and booking
– Lenght: 1h
– All public

Performances

• January 20, 2017, opening of festival "Semaines Contemporaines", Bourgoin-Jallieu (France)
• March 24, 2016: performance at "la Cour des Trois Coquins", Clermont-Ferrand, France
• 1st performance: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 20:30, "La Coloc de la culture" in "Cournon d’Auvergne"

2016 :: Live sand art musical show: Namazu

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