Takashi Takiguchi (Japan)
Taka Takashi (滝口貴) is an independent practicing artist and producer of Japanese heritage based in Naarm (Melbourne) with over 10 years of experience in the arts sector. His art-making process is to question social norms and their structures from intersectional perspectives and to create provocative works through the mediums of poetry, installations, and various movement-based techniques: Suzuki Method, Butoh, and shamanic/trance dance practices
body of 46
(15 mins) – performance
In June 2023, my grandmother passed away, finally. She had kept mumbling, ‘I am ready to go anytime’ since her early 90’s. So I’d be allowed to say that. She had each one of years 104 times. Lying in bed for the last few years of her life, filled with an abundance of memories. Timelessness. Slowness.
My grandma lost her first husband to the atomic bomb. She remarried to my grandfather, then my mother was born. I wouldn’t be here if the bomb had not fallen on Hiroshima that year. I owe my existence to the bomb. Should we call it, a disaster or … a miracle? This body, as it is.
‘A body of 46’ is a solo exhibition performance that explores the body’s journey, contemplations, and expressions of the past, present and future through cultural and personal interpretations.!
