Takako Hamano draws scenes from our daily world. Reality and imagery comes together in her delicate drawings to add another dimension of ‘depth’. Hamano is interested in the different environments of people where memories, social and cultural links comes together, beyond time and space.

The book ‘Mirrored Memories’ that recently has been presented in the SieboldHuis at Leiden, is the starting point for her solo ‘Satchan’s midnight garden’. The unique three part structure of outLINE which consists of a middle part with central dome and the ‘mirroring’ wings inspired her to transform the space in a three-dimensional book. ‘Satchan’ plays an important role in the exhibition. She is a sort of mythological character/ girl that you could find worlwide in tales from all times in all cultures. In the ‘midnight garden Satchan’ reads the book and fantasies about the world of ‘Mirrored Memories’. In an installation of drawings, textworks, animations, music, wall drawings and spatial objects the viewer is taken by surprise in a sensory paradox of fantasies, mirroring and variations of the past and present.

Kenzo Kusuda, a Japanese choreographer/danser reveals the poetry of the dancing body. He takes the audience to a world filled with imagination. His work is possessed of a mystic beauty that lies beyond the perception of our physical senses. Kusuda has collaborated with choreographers as Emio Greco/PC, Joaquim Sabaté, Elshout & Händeler, Shusaku Takeuchi, Martin Butler, Jack Gallagher, Desiree Delauny and film artist Boris Gerrets.

special event, ‘picnic at midnight garden’ sunday 29th of november
limited places please rsvp info@outlineamsterdam.nl soon more info on the website.

curator christine van den bergh