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YOKO SEYAMA

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Scenographer /media artist, The Netherlands based, Born in Tokyo 1980.

From early on in her architectural training in Japan, she began specializing in the spatial creations. Her 12 years experience of formal classical ballet fostered her deep interest in contemporary dance. Since moving to the Netherlands in 2005, she has been concentrating on Scenography for Time based art. Her keywords are "Body, Space, Time, Image"
Her recent scenographic work is the set design for Jiří Kylián"Mémoires d’Oubliettes" performed by the Nederland Dans Theater.
In her installation for dance for Pedro Gomes Goucha "DroceraCapensis" by Korzo production, her recent major material elastics is used as well.
She has also worked with Daniel Schorno "garden of dream/folie à deux " by the Forum Neues Musiktheater in Stuttgart, Megumi Nakamura by NOISM in Japan, Jérôme Meyer & Isabelle Chaffaud, "Diable au corps by Jérôme Meyer & Isabelle Chaffaud" in Korzo Theater in Den Haag.

Her interest towards video projection have been producing light installation and performances, such as an video installation in the corridor of Korzo5HOOG, an video projection performance "Manyoshu / Ten thousand Leaves". Her master reserch project, 'projection light matter' came up with a light installation "Light work #6 : In Soil" which had been exhibited in Breda recently.

Her working process is mixture of Computer technology and hands-on work. In her creation, for instance , combination of digital material (video/photo) and real material (fabrics/paper/elastics) are processed into her spatial installtions through the 3d model study, architectual investigation and this creates a new space in the particular space. She calls this creation “processing space / work of touch for time based space”

<Production>

2010

Costume Design for dance by Syuto Yasuyuki and Megumi Nakamura
'Time Yard' Kanagawa Prefecture Art hall (7 Jan 2010 Yokohama Japan)

2009

Installation for Dance Performance "DroceraCapensis"by Pedro Gomes Goucha
dance evening "Present of Past"Korzo production (29 Oct - 31 Oct 2009 Den Haag)

A set design for ‘Mémoires d’Oubliettes’ by Jiří Kylián
(The Nederland Dans Theater, Den Haag, Premièred 28 Oct 2009)

E-pulse festival in Breda, exhibited Installation "Light work #6 : In Soil" (15 - 25 Oct, 2009)

Master Artscience Graduation Exhibition
Installation "Light work #6 : In Soil" and Installation for Performance "transient landscapes"
(Royal Academy of Art Den Haag / KABK, Den Haag, 27 June - 4 July 2009)

Group exchibition 'Med!aphosis' (7 - 21 April 2009, Belgrade, Serbia)

Artsience exhibition "AS IF MA" (3 - 7, February 2009, "ANNA" in Den Haag)

2008

Space design for M.I.J.N. Festival in Korzo Theater in Den Haag NL (Premièred 8 May 2008)

Space design for dance production "Diable au corps" by Jérôme Meyer & Isabelle Chaffaud
(premiere 10 Jan 2008, Korzo theatre, Den Haag)

2007

Costume and set design for dance by a former NDT dancer Megumi Nakamura "Walz"
(Aug 2007 NOISM, Nigata, Japan )

2006

Theatre space design "New Media Pocket Opera "
(Forum Neues Musiktheater, Stuttgart, Germany, July 2006 )

- 2005

Creation of Performance "Graduation exhibition" (Jan 2004 Musashino Art University, Tokyo)

installation and performance "Art site OJIYA" (Aug 2003 Nigata, Japan)

installation "Art site IWAMURO" (Mar 2003 Nigata, Japan)

<Education>

Shinjuku Art School (1998-2000 Tokyo)

Architectural Design BA at Musashino Art University (2000-2004 Tokyo)

Short course "Introduction for Theater Design" at Central Saint Martin College (2005 London)

Theatre and Film Design BA at Gerrit Rietveld Academy (2005-2006 Amsterdam)

Artscience MA at Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag (2007-2009 Den Haag)