Hot Cat 22: Experimental Film & Music at Hosek Contemporary
- Yurika Saito (Film/Movement)
-Shiomi Kawaguchi (Shamisen, electronics, Shinobue, Voice)
-Fumio Okura (Violin, Organization)Hosek Contemporary Improvised & Experimental #238: 2nd Set
Wednesday, 14. May 2025
The Venue: Hosek Contemporary
Motor Ship HEIMATLAND
Märkisches Ufer 1Z, 10179 Berlin-Mitte
photo by Korhan Erel
“Hot Cat”
is the project of free, flexible arts by Fumio Okura.
Stressing experimentation and improvisation it integrates music from different styles and furthermore the artists from different backgrounds on the Earth,,, like Theater, Film, Live Painting, Soundeffect, Butoh-Dance or Modern Dance, etc. into an Organic Whole.
“Hot Cat” is an open structure which allows each artist to freely contribute his or her ideas to add to the unique texture of the "Hot Cat" performance.
The Artists
:::Yurika Saito (Film)
Born and raised in the mountains area of Tokyo, Japan. She encountered mountain landscape painting in Canada during her travels, and has been working with nature and art as the theme of her work. She pursues a wide range of possibilities in painting, embroidery, herb dyeing, and performance with the theme of connecting nature and humans.
Finding similarities between the improvised sounds played by musicians and natural phenomena, she began painting with sound in 2023 Berlin.
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:::Shiomi Kawaguchi (Shamisen)
since she was a child growing up in Tokyo, she started learning Shamisen (a Japanese three-stringed instrument) and Min-yo (Japanese folk songs). In 2017, after years of traveling silk-road with the Shamisen, she moved her base to Berlin.
She is a member of the all-female 'Shamisen Trio Mitsune' ,
the psychedelic folk band "Jaguar no me"
and jazz band 'The Japs'
:::Fumio Okura (Violin, Organization)
studied Violin, Conducting and Musicology in Tokyo and Berlin. Studied Conducting further with Prof. Peter Eötvös and was also the Guest Student at Staatsoper Berlin. He also works as a Voice Actor. In parallel with strong interest in Music and Theater he pursues the Sound Possibilities of the instrumental combinations with various styles and backgrounds. Furthermore, his project "Hot Cat" tries the Integrated Arts with Experimental Music and Film, Live Painting, Performance or Butoh-Dance.
In 2023 the CD of String Quartet "Your Dramatic Joy" was released
In 2024 he played in various concerts in Tokyo