A White Line

A White Line

Performance & Documentation (3’37” single-channel video)
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan, 14:00-14:30, 7.30, 2009
Performer: Megumi Matsubara, Elvira Roslund Gustavsson, Yuka Yamazaki
Director: Megumi Matsubara
Filmer: Felix Minkus, Hajime Yoshida
Still Photographer: Dani Matthews, Jack Burton
Film Edit: Megumi Matsubara
Music: Beethoven, 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli
Special Thanks To: Hiroi Ariyama, Noriko Minkus, Tokyo Wonder Site

 

When time passes, things leave a trace of small chaos. This chaos draws a series of reaction but will be quickly forgotten after all. With this short performance at the busiest crossing in Tokyo, the artist attempted to express a hidden narrative that every little thing contains.