WOMAN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE IN HOSPITAL AND RECOVERY
MANIFESTO

  

My spirit and my heart have fostered kindness to see unseen things even when I faced difficulties and illness in my body. 

I used to walk, wondering about a squirrel's body laid at full length beside the Bronx River--it had been wrapped in leaves, soil, and wind. 
I still think about it. 
A stone has been an art and charm for me. 

I hope to do one or two things in the limited time of a day. 
Health cannot be measured by issues in a body. 
By facing them by myself, 
the depth of my spirit becomes mine. 

My body is mine. 

  

I will take a third surgery soon. 

Starting from June 30 2020 until March 31 2021, 
I will find, meet and create my own woman's body without shaping it from others' illusion. 
It will be my time of my art of voice and body from my inner creation. 

This artist-in-residence will be the place for me to hold such strength and kindness for myself to do this art. 

Another thing I will protect is my transnational complexity and ambiguity. 
I will keep them as are. 
My new language is 
my song, art. 
I celebrate individualities as I treasure mine. 
So now I begin. 

  

心と体はひとつという。 

私の心は 
からだの困難、病いのなかに 
みえないものをみるやさしさを養ってきた 

ブロンクスリバー沿いのリスの大の字になった体が 
四季の葉、土、風に包まれてゆくのを気にして歩き 
今も想いをめぐらせる 
なんでもない石が 
うつくしきあらわれだった 

一日の限られた時に 
一つ二つのことを 
心向き合い行う 
健康はからだの不具合では計れず 
むしろ精神の深みは 
からだの向き合いによって 
どのようにも 
私のものになる 

私の体はわたしのもの 

  

わたしが共に生きてきたこのからだは 
また一つの転機をむかえる 

2020年6月30日から2021年3月31日までを 
私の神秘のうたの時と決め 
また、わたしの女性のからだを、他の幻想から形づくるのではなく、 
わたし自身が見つけ、出逢い、創造していく 

この時、そういう 
私の芸術をおこなう 
つよさやさしさをわたしのために持ちたい 
この場をそれとします 

もう一つわたしの守るもの 
それはあめりか二ホンの 
トランスナショナルなわたしの複雑さあいまいさ。 
それをそのままに 
わたしのあたらしい言語は 
うたうた 
多様な個を祝福しながら 
はじめます 

6 29, 2020, Monday 

  

Accountability for My body, my heart, my spirit: 
I am thankful to Reina Fujii, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Nina Katchadourian for their mentorship and watching.

This platform models "An Artist Residency in Motherhood." I thank Lenka Clayton for her mentorship.

 

The initial phase of this artist-in-residence is supported by:

Dean's Conference Fund of NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

 

An article about why I started this platform-making was published on WAN ウィメンズアクションネットワーク.
A part of the work 1 Biwanoharyoho was aired on Radio Campus Brussels on September 12.