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ENSO

April 29-30th, 2023

Enso, the circular Zen image that begins and ends at the same time and place.

An installation and performance piece featuring traditional Japanese arts of chado (tea ceremony), kado (ikebana) and origami fused with contemporary music, video, and dance. Two consecutive nights of exhibition and performance embody creation and birth, and destruction and death.

Saturday: creation
Doors at 7pm, Performance at 7:45pm

Sunday: death and decay
Doors at 7pm, Performance at 7:45pm

$15 per evening, $25 for both evenings

Thank you

Our special thanks to the Shadow Workers

Patricia Larkin-Green, Sumi-e Sensei
Christopher Plunkett, Tea Ceremony
Jake Collings, Floral Expert

Thanks to the Following Organizations

Japanese Culture Center
Elastic Arts
Chicago Laboratory for Electro-Acoustic Theatre

sound credits

Violin, voice, synthesizer, and field recordings by Billie Howard. Tea ceremony sound performance by Christopher Plunkett. Engineered by Ralph Loza at Experimental Sound Studio. Additional field recordings by Chad Langford.