Lured by the nostalgic sound of festival music played by old household appliances, you’ll come upon this bon dance! Originally intended to mourn the ancestors, this ritual has been reinterpreted as the “Electromagnetic Street Bon Dance Festival”, a place to express reverence for “electricity,” the most indispensable element in modern times after fire, water, earth, and wind. Modern technology will intervene in the dance – a Japanese folk art with a long history – to create a space-time in which electricity, magnetism, and humans interact with indigenous rhythms and graceful movement.
Performers: Ei Wada, Electromagnetic Festival Band, Remon Nakanishi, and nyantoko