Pushing a baby stroller, I examine the minutiae of my suburban neighborhood searching for patterns and narratives in the genealogies of architectural structures and topographies while simultaneously searching for items of interest for my son. My observations collage both real and imagined systems into metaphors of community. The methodology informing this video is a gendered rift on the practice of the flâneur where the necessity of childcare becomes a platform for textualizing suburban space.
I make participatory performance projects, including theatre, installations, site-based and walking events. The work is playful and irreverent, and explores the sensory, the landscape, and the ways audiences can create and negotiate meaning. I make performance to address the limitations of language, my fascination with identity politics, and my desire to illuminate and document the performative in daily life. I am currently developing Live Art walking practices around the personal geographies and the intimate (and simultaneously very public) performances associated with parenting.
"......These safe and slow pathways are perfect for tiny feet and their larger commute-weary companions. Dense greens and colourful scented collages reside at the height and scale of little eyes and noses. Irrepressible hands thrive on the mixture of gravel, sand, grass, rocks, sticks and fallen fruit that compose Tokyo carpets. In summer developing ears drink in crickets, cicadas and neighbourhood rustlings...."
A small study on the child's perception of the street. This document traces the everyday treasures of a rainy day walk to the local sento in suburban Tokyo. It is part of a broader and slightly wonky research and practice agenda on the hand made, everyday creativity, play, and usable environments.