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Enso: A Multimedia Ikebana Exhibit + Peformance * Two Nights*

April 29 @ 7:00 pm - April 30 @ 10:00 pm

- $15.00 - $25.00
An installation and performance piece featuring traditional Japanese arts of chado (tea ceremony), kado (ikebana) and origami.

Enso, the circular Zen image that begins and ends at the same time and place.

An installation and performance piece featuring traditional Japanese arts of chado (tea ceremony), kado (ikebana) and origami fused with contemporary music, video, and dance. Two consecutive nights of exhibition and performance embody creation and birth, and destruction and death.

Ikebana by Charles Harris, Senior Professor of Ikenobo School of Floral Art

Video installation by Hunter Lewis

Origami by Ty Yamamoto

Dance performance by Ayako Kato

CLEAT sound installation and performance by Billie Howard

Costumes by Anna Gaukel

Supported by Japanese Culture Center and Elastic Arts

$15 per evening, $25 for both evenings

Details

Start:
April 29 @ 7:00 pm
End:
April 30 @ 10:00 pm
Cost:
$15.00 - $25.00
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enso-a-multimedia-ikebana-exhibit-peformance-two-nights-tickets-551792876347

Venue

Elastic Arts
3429 West Diversey Avenue, #208
Chicago, IL 60647 United States

Organizer

Elastic Arts

Details

Start:
April 29 @ 7:00 pm
End:
April 30 @ 10:00 pm
Cost:
$15.00 - $25.00
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enso-a-multimedia-ikebana-exhibit-peformance-two-nights-tickets-551792876347

Venue

Elastic Arts
3429 West Diversey Avenue, #208
Chicago, IL 60647 United States

Organizer

Elastic Arts