About the Artist

Setagaya-Silk was founded 2008. The company’s work features ‘art with humour, ’ blending dialogue, mime, dance, and installation art. The company’s goal is to inspire small realisations in everyday life, nurturing imagination and enriching life with joy and depth. The company uses a perspective-based approach, avoiding elaborate sets and instead making use of what already exists in the space.

The company’s directing method places strong emphasis on ma – a concept central to Japanese culture. Ma refers to the blank or quiet spaces between things in time and space. It’s not the absence of something, but rather a space where something lives. Deeply rooted in Japanese sensibility and aesthetics, ma helps create emotional and spatial resonance.

Recently, Setagaya-Silk has been focusing on Japanese culture and social issues. The company have not yet had a performance abroad, but hopes to tour internationally in the near future, in order to we want to share concerns and ideas with global audiences and inspire interest in Japanese culture.

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