// Date: 24. June 2008
// Time: 19:00
After his exhibition and performance in 2007 german/japanese artist Koho Mori-Newton returns to General Public for an improvised performance together with acclaimed experimental vocalist Lauren Newton and japanese Butoh dancer/choreographer Takayuki Ishihara. While Lauren Newton will use the immense acoustic range of her voice as her only instrument, Koho Mori-Newton will create crackling noise and drones with a monochord bound arround his waist and strained through space. Takayuki Ishihara will explore the space outside General Public through his particular approach of "Nature Dance".
Biographies:
Lauren Newton
vocalist
Born in Coos Bay, Oregon, U.S.A. She received the Bachelor of Music degree in 1975 from the University of Oregon and in 1977 a degree in Vocal Performance from the School of Music in Stuttgart, Germany.
She has performed 20th century music as well as works written especially for her by composers A. Hölszky, B. Konrad, W. Dauner, H. J. Hespos, H. Zerbe and others. She was singer with the "Vienna Art Orchestra" from 1979 to 1990 (20 LP/CDs). Her first solo LP "Timbre" received the annual German Critics Award in 1983 and was again released in´98 as a CD under the title "Filigree". Tours and CD recordings with Vocal Summit with B. McFerrin, J. Lee, J. Clayton and U. Dudziak. She composed music for the Freiburg Theater in Germany, and Burg Theater in Vienna, Austria, for radio-plays (german, swiss and austrian radios) and for film, acting and singing in all of these as well. She performed with austrian poet Ernst Jandl from 1983 until 1999. Since 1990 she performs with the vocal quartet "Timbre", since 1995 with Joëlle Léandre(b), Fritz Hauser (dr), Urs Leimgruber(s), and Heiri Känzig,(b). Diverse music projects, concerts, radio and cd recordings with Jon Rose (v/comp), Hannes Zerbe (p/comp), Patrick Scheyder (p), Vladimir Tarasov (dr), Joachim Kuehn (p), Aki Takase (p), Anthony Braxton (sax/fl/comp) and the European Chaos String Quintet as well as performances with artist, Koho Mori. She has done commissioned works, radio plays and has sung as soloist in performance art projects as well as in collaboration with various dancers.
Since 1974 she travels extensively with different groups performing at most of the reknowned music festivals in Europe, Russia, USA, Canada and parts of Africa. Since 1982 she continues to sing in Japan in concerts and recordings with different japanese artists. She lives in Germany since 1974.
> www.laurennewton.com
Koho Mori-Newton
artist
1951 geboren in Katsuyama,Fukui,Japan
1972-74 Studium der Freien Kunst an der Wako-Universität Tokyo
1974-75 Studienreise in mediterranen Ländern und Afrika
1979-85 Studium der Freien Kunst an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Stuttgart bei Prof. R. Schoofs, Prof. K. R. H. Sonderborg
1981 Leistungsstipendium der Kunstakademie Stuttgart
Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
1992 Tiefgang,Schloßbunker Mannheim(Beteiligung)
1997 Juliettes Literatursalon,Berlin
Museum im Ritterhaus,Offenburg
Halle für Kunst e.V.,Lüneburg
1998 Projekt 14-1,Stuttgart
1999 Projekt 14-1,Stuttgart (mit Stephan Schessl )
Juliettes Literatursalon,Berlin
2000 Künstkerbund e.V.,Tübingen
2001 Joho Galierie,Tübingen
14-1 Galerie,Stuttgart
Künstlerhaus Wiesbaden(mit Stephan Schessl)
Inform Gallery , Kanazawa Japan
2002 Ashiya Gallery, Ashiya, Japan
Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen(Beteiligung)
The Drawing Center,Viewing Program,NYC,USA
2003 DOM Cultural Center in Moskau
2. International Art Festival in Boljomi, Georgien
Jazzfestival Archangelsk Jazzfestival, Russland
2004 Galerie G ,Freiburg
2005 Joachim Höltje Galerie, Tübingen
2005 General Public, Berlin
Performances (Auswahl)
1984 Just Music, Perugia, Italien
1991 Just Music,Jena
1992 Just Music,Kunstraum Filderstrasse,Stuttgart
1996 Duo mit Lauren Newton,Kunstraum Filderstrasse,Stuttgart
1999 Textspiele & Lesungen, de Sade – Justine u. Juliette, Berlin
2000 Just Music,Tübingen
Trio mit Lauren Newton und Vladimir Tarasov Tübingen
2001 Duo mit Lauren Newton in D-Rüsselsheim
2003 Eliot Sharp Projekt in Tübingen
2007 General Public, Berlin
Takayuki Ishihara
dancer/choreographer
1976 Born in Japan
1996 - 1999 Member of the theatre “Eisei (Satellite)”, Kyoto
2000 - 2001 Study with Takeshi Yazaki (contemporary dance)
2001 - 2002 Intensive workshops with Atsushi Takenouchi, Megumi Nakamura, Kosei
Sakamoto, Véronique Larcher
2002 - 2003 Study with Masami Yurabe (dance butoh)
2003 Study with Min Tanaka (dance butoh)
2004 Bachelor of Agriculture, Kyoto University – Thesis: “The sphere of Shizen
(Nature) --- retro-interpretation of the concept of ‘Shizen (Nature)’ and
the Wholeness”
2007 Founding member of the Institute “Gaia Project”, Kyoto. Development of
sustainable society – Harmonizing through nature farming, business and
arts.
Works/Activities
2001 - 2002 Dancer, in "HAN-PUKU", choreographed by Takeshi Yazaki, Company
Arrow Dance Communication, Kyoto
2002 Performance, trilogy "the life-size universe", related program with the
exhibition “Kandinsky”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2003 Performance, "ku-dai (untitled)", Kyoto Art Center
Performance, "pour mes vieux amis, en signe d’amour", section no.1 of
the fifth-section work "Ao no Rasen (Spiral Blue)" (work in progress),
Art Space Sasa-nami, Kyoto
2005 - 2006 Improvisation performance, "experience in the body dancing, no.1 -
no.4", planB, Tokyo
2006 Performance, "lu lu lu la lu la lu la lu lu lu", Hatano-ke, Kyoto
Dance improvisation project, "to be love and prayer - dancing
pilgrimage", Italy, Ireland, France, Poland
Dancer, in "sharing our love and tears with all", Theatre Les Voûtes, Paris
2006 - 2007 Performance, "uta no sasagemono (a song dedicated)", Teatteri Naamio
ja Höyhen, Helsinki; Teatr Znak, Gdansk; Teatr Academia, Warszawa;
Theater Kana, Szczecin; street performance, Tübingen; Tamaiwa-jizo
festival, Kyoto
Dancer, in "sans aucun faux pli", choreographed by Christine Marquez,
Cie Mezzencorps, Paris, Helsinki
2007 Exhibition collective, "Fertilismi", Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
Dance Butoh Workshop leading, Helsinki, Gdansk, Warszawa
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