2019.3.15
Coquecal open Lab. #7.5
"life"
Participating works in "SHIKOKU LINK!!!! ~ Theater, Dance and Street Performance Festival in Shikoku"
Composition and direction: Coquecal Music: keipyan
Venue: Shikoku Gakuin University Notos Studio
〒765-0013 3-2-1 Bunkyocho, Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture
Performer and Choreographer
keipyan/Yuki Miki/Rumi Deguchi/Kaoru Kiriko/Hiroko Suwaki/Sawaka Irie
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Art: Hiroko Suwaki
Lighting: Sawaka Irie and Takaya Mishima
PA: Masao Uemasu
Tool production: Masahiro Kawada
Makeup: Ayumi Nakamura
Public Relations: Twitter: Sawaka Irie / Facebook: Rumi Deguchi
Production: Donkeys are Better Than Horses Planning
Cooperation: B-POINT Kotohira store/Tetugakuya/Tanaka Akizen/Yoriki
[Original text published in the brochure on the day]
The perfect excuse for a high school student living in the countryside to move to the city is to go to college.
I grew up in Kagawa Prefecture in an era when there was no internet, no smartphones, and even flip phones. I dreamed of "a place that's not here" through books and manga until I was in high school. I think my dream at the time was to "get out of here."
I fulfilled my dream and went to Osaka to study abroad, where I discovered theater.
After going through a series of events, I decided to return to Kagawa five years ago, but I didn't know anyone in the theater world and thought there was no way I could do theater in a place like that.
So for me, I was very lucky to have Notos Studio.
Once I decided to create my own play, I experienced a constant culture shock.
When most people think of theater, they imagine the glittering stages of Shiki Theatre Company or Takarazuka.
People kept asking me in amazement, "A play in such a small space?" I was surprised and squirmed around, but then luckily we were able to do a play.
However, I never imagined that Kokikaru's work would be performed at this theater.
"Other people's common sense is other people's nonsense, and your common sense is other people's nonsense"
I believe that when people lose this sense, they will no longer be able to respect someone or something that is different from themselves.
Your time and someone else's time blend together to create time together - I think that's what makes theater so fun.
Being unchanging is not strength.
Now, Kokikaru feels that time and life are equivalent.
I want to continue making works so that those who have given me their limited time will come and see them. And of course, for the audience who are also now giving me their time.
Now and always.
All for Love & Happy "LIFE".
Coquecal, headed by Kaoru Kiriko
2018.7.14-16
Coquecal short pieces Op.2
Rhapsody in the Basement
Planning and composition: Coquecal Music: Akizen Tanaka
Venue : Tetugakuya
2-22 Higashihama, Tadotsu-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa Prefecture
Cast, choreography , and dialogue: Ayumi Hongo/Kaoru Kiriko
The work was exhibited inside the vault of "Tetugakuya," a former credit union renovated from the town of Tadotsu. The closed vault is filled with music, words, and movement, and the owner, who is a student of philosophy, described it as "more Dostoevsky than you'd imagine."
Produced by: Yoshiko Ueda and Yuki Kawada Illustration and costume assistance: Hiroko Suwaki Prop production and record photography: Masahiro Kawada Lighting: Takaya Mishima Guide: Yoriki
Introduction: Sawaka Irie and Miyu Kinoshita Cooperation: Tetugakuya/B-POINT/Megumi Yui/Yuki Miki
[Text in the brochure on the day]
When people encounter something different, new, or something they don't understand, they usually react negatively.
When I first read Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground," I felt it accurately described the darkness in my heart, and it left me with a chilling feeling that I never wanted to read it again.
On the other hand, living in Japan today, we are increasingly surrounded by clean, safely processed foods.
Maybe that's why my daily life seems boring, inorganic, and cramped, and I feel suffocated. And sometimes I have the illusion that I've become a mouse, an animal in a laboratory. At times like that, I wonder if I should try eating a mud ball.
In other words, we want to be exposed to new things that we don't know yet, things that are a little strange and unusual.
It is often said that theater, so-called culture and the arts, are useless.
I now believe that the reason for this is that it is useful for the "future" rather than the "present."
For example, we want to create a future where when children come across something strange or a person they have never seen before, instead of rejecting it, they can say, "I don't really understand what it is, but it's interesting, so I guess it's okay, let's play together."
Coquecal believes that the true power of art and culture lies in nurturing the ability to enjoy and embrace new things and pass them on to the next generation.
Thank you for coming today.
Enjoy Coquical's sideshow act that takes place inside the vault.
Coquecal, headed by Kaoru Kiriko
2018,4,28-29
Coquecal short pieces Op.1
Mirrors and the Shadows of Time for Ende
Planning and composition: Kokikaru
Venue: Bookstore Lunuganga
Nakamura Dai-ni Building 1F, 11-13 Kamei-cho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
Cast, choreography and dialogue: Takaya Mishima/Kaoru Kiriko
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Assistant director, sound engineer, toy piano player: Yoriki
Production cooperation: Yoshiko Ueda and Yuki Kawada
Shadow play production: Hiroko Suwaki and Masahiro Kawada
Assistants and introductory remarks: Sawaka Irie and Miyu Kinoshita
Lighting operation: Yuki Miki
Seating: Ayumi Nakamura
Recorded by: Masahiro Kawada
Organized by: Kokikaru
[Text published in the brochure on the day ]
On the way home from school, I would stop by a bookstore in town, buy a book with my pocket money, and rush home to read it engrossed in reading. I would also go from shop to shop on the shopping street and play in front of the stores. That was how I spent my childhood.
Now that I'm an adult, I have the opportunity to interview people who own shops, and when I ask them what is unique about their shop, I often meet people who say, "I don't know, it's just an ordinary shop."
Although the word "normal" can be expressed as common sense, everyday life, or stereotypes, I feel that it is actually very subjective, and that each person names what they are "familiar with" as normal. Everyone hesitates to step out of what they are familiar with. But what does it mean to take a step forward from there?
It's important to be normal.
However, when you are caught up in the ordinary and feel short of breath, or when nothing is moving in your heart, I think it's time to take a step away from the ordinary. A state where you can't breathe and even your heart is motionless is not normal.
For now, I think it would be better to go on a trip or a drive.
But Kokikar believes that theatre offers a way out of the "prescribed normalcy."
Thank you for coming today.
I am thankful for everything I have had the opportunity to meet you here at Bookstore Lunuganga.
Kokikaru Presided over by Kaoru Kiriko LOVEXXX
2017,4,1
Coquecal Concrete poetry #7
"Shirayuki and her husband, his wife and the sparrow"
Planning and composition by Kokikaru
Venue: Gallery Cafe e・COCOCHI
Cast: Megumi Yui, Yuki Miki, Ayumi Hongo, Kaoru Chirico
Choreography: Yuki Miki and Kaoru Chirico
Dialogue draft: Ayumi Hongo and Kaoru Chirico
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Collages based on the works of Kitahara Hakushu, an author with a connection to Tadotsu, are on display at a cafe in a renovated traditional townhouse in Tadotsu.
The work was composed mainly of music and movement, and focused on the three wives of Hakushu Kitahara and sparrows. It also used video to create a different atmosphere in an old house. Many local people, including the residents of Tadotsu, attended the performance, and it was called "art theater."
Video production: MASAKI FILM
Produced by Theatre Design Company
Organized by: Donkeys Rather Than Horses Project
[Excerpt from the performance pamphlet]
"This play is not a dialogue-based one. There is no singing like in a musical, and no sword fighting like in a period drama. Works by Hakushu Kitahara are featured, but Hakushu Kitahara himself does not appear."
When I explained this to them, I saw a confused person with a puzzled expression. When I added, "If anything, it's probably closer to the feeling of listening to music or looking at a painting," the person tilted their head and said, "It's 'art theater,'" which is what I named it.
The fragments of words that spilled out of Hakushu were sewn together and made into a stage piece. I hope that you will enjoy what is happening before your eyes just as Hakushu was described as a big baby. (Text: Kiriko Kaoru)
[Anecdotes about Hakushu Kitahara]
Hakushu Kitahara married three times in his life. The first was Toshiko, the second was Akiko (Ayako/Akiko), and the third was Kikuko. The first two were love marriages, and Kikuko was an arranged marriage.
When Toshiko and Hakushu met, Toshiko was already married, and the two ended up in prison for adultery. His second wife, Akiko, a poet, described Hakushu as a "big, painful baby." It was his third wife, Kikuko, who continued to support the popular writer throughout his life.
Hakushu and his husband, his wife and the sparrow performance site
2015,11,1
Coquecal self-portrait #6-0.5
Etude for two "two-sen copper coins" @Seasonal dining table numar
Original story: Denji Kuroshima Two-sen Copper Coin Composition and Adaptation: Kokikaru
Cast: Kaoru Kiriko
A reading performance based on "Two-Sen Copper Coin" by Shodoshima-born author Denji Kuroshima.
June 2009
Coquecal Pop up Book Story＃１
"The Girl, the Moss Woman, and Chocolate" ~The Fish that Ate Chocolate~
(Live Cafe Jam Jam Osaka)
December 2009
Coquecal Pop up Book Story#2
"Blue Sky, Snow and Crescent Moon Sea" ~Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer~
(Free Expression Space Theater Cafe Nyan, Osaka)
February 2011
Coquecal Hourglass story #3
"The Tricky Season of A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko" by Takara Suehiro, directed by Coquecal
(Utena Coffee Shop, Osaka)
March 2011
Coquecal hourglass story #4
" Moonlit Night Sigh - Apple Pie Afternoon"
(Utena Coffee Shop, Osaka)
December 2011
@ Coquecal Pop up Book Story#2♭
"Blue Sky, Snow and Crescent Moon Sea" (Art Center◎Canary Treaty, Kita-Kagaya, Osaka)
August 2012
CoquecalPower of Love story#5
"Schrödinger's Woman" (Art Center◎Canary Treaty, Kita-Kagaya, Osaka)