Invited by Palestinian Regeneration Team, to participate in Qalandiya International 2016 in London, NaoKo created a score for four voices, Variation of C.
The sea, the she - the mother earth - and C are to be seen. It was the first textual score NaoKo created as a piece for a multiple voice, a piece intended to be performed by voices other than her own. The performance uses spoken words from the written text to create visuals while addressing the concepts of migration and displacement, as well as the background image of the ocean and underwater archaeological site.
Variation of C (2016)
3 min video documentation of spoken word performance (duration approx. 10 min)
Performed by Tina Gverović, Terry Kirkbride, Matthew Stock and NaoKo TakaHashi
PErformed at Qalandiya International 2016 London
Curated by Palestinian Regeneration Team (PART)
Audio and visual engineering and recording by Teo Cruz and his team at Westminster University Marylebone, London
It was selected for Plymouth Contemporary 2017 at KARST in Plymouth, and for this occasion, the sheet one was repeated three times to magnify the performativity of words.
Photograph: Rod Gonzalez
Sheet one of the score
Variation of C (2017)
Performed by Angela Hilton, Nivana Jade, Mo Bottomley, Vickie Fear
Approx. 3 min 30 sec
Act 8:15pm: 00'00 - 03'43
Act 9:15pm: 03'45 - 07'14
Performed at the opening of Plymouth Contemporary 2017, KARST, Plymouth