On the occasion of Living Rehearsing… at YDP and Aki Sasamoto's Grilled Diagrams at Studio Voltaire, join us for a ‘show & tell’ and discussion reflecting on the diverse ways that material and performance converge across a range of practices; an everyday object that becomes a score for improvisation, a creature that reorients notions of time, a necklace that evokes endless inspiration. Both projects reflect on how performance strategies such as improvisation and rehearsal might offer approaches to organising, reconfiguring and reimagining everyday life.
Sasamoto’s Grilled Diagrams takes the daily process of cooking and kitchenware as starting points for a major new installation and series of improvised performances, while Living Rehearsing… invites artists from a range of performance disciplines to convene across four day-to-night events, where improvisation meets choreography, and both sonic and material residues are left behind.
Artists and curators Aliaskar Abarkas, Eliel Jones, Aki Sasamoto, Sriwhana Spong and Zhuo Mengting will each share specific material encounters and the ways these have shaped or continue to shape their performance practice, followed by a group conversation moderated by Erin Li.
Header image: Aki Sasamoto, ‘Grilled Diagrams’, 2026. Installation view at Studio Voltaire. Commissioned and produced by Studio Voltaire. Image courtesy of Aki Sasamoto, Bortolami Gallery, Take Ninagawa and Studio Voltaire. Photography by Sarah Rainer.
