Kaunas 2022 — COREY DAVID FULLER

MA [AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN] | LIVE PERFORMANCE AT KAUNAS 2022, LITHUANIA

For the European Capital of Culture, Kaunas 2022, and its program "Japan Days in Kaunas WA", I collaborated on a conceptual, large-scale live calligraphy with calligrapher AOI YAMAGUCHI and dance theater "AURA", accompanied by my composition Sanctuary. In an unconventional setting, this conceptual performance explored the concept of 間 (MA) – “space” in our lives, that has challenged us in recent years. When the world shut down, we had to distance ourselves from others, we were left in our own enclosed space, and faced our inner-selves. When the world collided and our freedom had been taken away, we had to adapt to the new normal and seek ways to and find a space where we feel safe. And we are still on that journey looking for a place where our minds and hearts are at peace ; 間 (MA) for space, 間 (MA) for time, 間 (MA) for the distance, 間 (MA) for silence — and everything in between.

The sheer poly canvas was set at the width of 183cm / 6 feet to symbolize the social distancing that we had to take as a precaution during the coronavirus pandemic.

遥

はるか、はるか
はなれ、はなされ
こいし　つどい
いとおし　ふれあい

Away, faraway
Parted, distanced
How I long for, to gather
How I yearned for, to touch

還

かえる、かえる
かこ、いま、ここ
かわらぬ　わたしと
あらたな　ばしょへ
こころがもとむ　そのまへ

Return, and change
Past, Now, Here
With me, unchanged
To the new place
The place where my heart desires