Performance of Tetsuya Umeda in Shadow of Water

Show & Culture

Tetsuya Umeda produces installations inspired by and incorporating elements from the environment and the circumstances surrounding the exhibition space, including its architecture. He also creates numerous site-specific works in urban and natural contexts. His performances are presented in Japan and internationally, such as tours to unusual places, stage works focusing on theater functions, and chorus projects with no center point. He is internationally recognized in the field of sound art. Selected recent performances include: Walk about Water (Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, South Korea, 2024), Riverwalk (KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2022, Kyoto, Japan), Age 0, September (Takatsuki Contemporary Theater, Osaka, Japan, 2022), Composite: Variations / Circle (Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium, 2017), INTERNSHIP (Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea, 2016; TPAM 2018, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Yokohama, Japan). Photo: Tetsuya Umeda, Ringo, 2017. Video: Wall is over, exhibition On the origin of voices at Fukuoka Art Museum.