Koboji-templet, Tsugaru, Japan, 2024
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls. Part of "Tsugaru art from the temple" exhibition
01.09.2024 – 04.11.2024 from 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: 1-244 Byobusan, Kizukurifukihara, Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan
Production team:
Koboji Temple, https://nishinokouyasan.com/
Shochan Dance / by Shoichi Fukushi, Shoichi Fukushi
Art Design/ by Akeo Ishizawa, https://www.ai-sign.com/
Verdensrum/ by Birgit Kjærsgaard, https://www.verdensrum.com/
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Photo credits: Koboji Temple
Program
Autumnal Equinox Festival (with temple rituals including firewalking): 22.09.24 - 23.09.24
Butohdance performance with live music: 22.09.24, 14:00 Shoichi Fukushi (bbutoh dancer) and Yokozuna Hiromasa (flutist )
Exhibition photos Koboji Temple and Birgit Kjærsgaard
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee & CAVI.
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Koboji Temple (Koyasan in The West)
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Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan, 2023/24
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls
16.12.2023 – 21.12.2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
Aomori Museum of Art, Community Gallery B
185 Chikano, Yasuta, Aomori City, Aomori Pref. 038-0021, Japan
In cooperation with Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Sound production: Oscar Balund Jespersen
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Program
Artist talk (06.01.2024) with Birgit Kjærsgaard
Poetry performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Yasuhiro Numata (mactor and writer),
Stringraphy and dance performance (06.01.2024 and 07.01.2014) with Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy sound artist) and Dakei (dancer and choreographer),
Exhibition photos Yota Hara and Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
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Minako Momo Suzukis House, Tokyo, JP, 2024
Exhibition with The Mountain of Sadness: Return of The Souls
16.12.2023 – 21.12.2024 from 10:00 to 17:00
Minako Momo Suzukis House
4-2-35 Fujimi-cho Chofu-shi Tokyo, Japan
In cooperation with Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Yuki Onna: Sophie Balund Jespersen
Program
Shootings and performance (10.01.2024) with Minako Momo Suzuki (stringraphy sound artist) and Dakei (dancer and choreographer),
Shootings Shinjiro Saito
Supported by: The Toyota Foundation, DK, The EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
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A TRANS-Vitrine, U-Zoologischer, Berlin, DE, 2023
Exhibition with "The Mountain of Sadness" in A TRANS-Vitrine,
U–Zoologischer Garten, Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz , Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel.
WITHIN 10TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2023
In cooperation with Kultur Projekte Berlin
Birgit Kjærsgaard: Mountain of Sadness | Nordische Botschaften
Exhibition Review: Birgit Kjærsgaard | Mountain of Sadness — Musée Magazine (museemagazine.com)
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Exhibition photos Florian von Ploetz, Bernd Kumar and Ernst Kallesøe
Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI.
Invitation/press
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European Month of Photography Berlin 2020
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Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2022
Performance-exhibition in Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP
3. 11. – 17.11 2022
Program
Performance by Dakei (05.11.2022) with Morio Tanimura (musician), and Ko.Do.Na. (musician) + Screening of The Verdensrum-series in Bar Tabasa.
Poetry Reading from Nishi-ni Mukau, JET Poets, (12.11.2022) with Shuhey Yamaguchi (musician), Nobuo Shiga (musician), Satoru Hirashima (musician), Nobunaga Ken (musician), Rie Goto (poet), Ura Ocb (poet), Yumiko Ichige (poet), Hiroshi Abe (musician and performer), Muu Kawashima (poet), Tomomi Sano (poet), Matthew Chozick (poet), Mari Yasuda (poet), Je t'aime Kitamura (poet), Yoshino Ike (poet), Tasuke (poet), Yuka Kato (poet), Momo Suzuk (Stringraphy), Birgit Kjærsgaard (guest-poet) .
Performance by Momo Suzuki (Stringraphy) and Birgit Kjærsgaard (poetry) (12.11.2022).
Performance by Asuka Itagaki (dance), Scott Jordan (shakuhachi) and Shuhey Yamaguchi (percussion)
Tableaux, films and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Computer technical consultants: CAVI, Center of Advanzed Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus, DK
Assistants: Oscar Balund Jespersen (sound production) and Sophie Balund Jespersen (Yuki Onna)
Supported by The EU Japan Fest Japan Committeé, The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, The Danish Art Foundation, The Danish Embassy in Japan and
CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction, University of Aarhus
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A trans, Vitrine, Kleistpark U-Bahn, Berlin, DE, 2020
Exhibition with "Verdensrum V, Japan: The Mountain of Sadness (Osorezan)" in A trans Vitrinen, Kleistpark U-Bahn, Berlin, De, curated by architect Isolde Nagel. IN PROGRESS.
WITHIN 9TH EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN 2020
Opening
Performance by Yon Natalie Mik
Photos Bernd Kumar and Karsten Huth
Tableaux and images: Birgit Kjærsgaard
Dramatic Consultant: Willie Flindt
Technical consultant: Ernst Kallesø
Supported by: The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation , The Danish Embassy in Berlin, The European Cultural Region, Der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa and CAVI, Center of Advanced Visualization and Interaction.
Invitation/press
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European Month of Photography Berlin 2020
Dänische Botschaft in Deutschland:
"Künstlerisches Licht in dunklen Tagen: Die Künstlerin Birgit Kjærsgaard bespielt eine Vitrine im U-Bahnhof Kleistpark in Berlin-Schöneberg mit einer poetischen 3D-Reflexion über Trauerrituale und Vorstellungen von Tod.
Die Arbeit hat die Künstlerin unter anderem zu einem Pilgrimsort nach Japan geführt.
„Mountain of Sadness“, so der Werktitel – ist von der Landschaft am Berg inspiriert und zeigt ein flimmerndes Bild des möglichen Tores zur Unterwelt.
Das Werk ist Teil der Serie „A Femmes City“ kuratiert von Isolde Nagel, die mit A Trans ein Galerieprojekt ohne festen Ort betreibt."
Gallery Hakusen, Asagaya, Tokyo, JP, 2018
