« My art project in Japan consists of a ‘listening journey’, discovering and collecting sounds and vocal memories across the country. Then, I try to put those voices together into choral live performances mixing theater, music and movement.
My whole work is articulated and built around listening in the most generous sense. Listening to oneself and to the other, listening to inner and outer space, It is from a shared experience of listening to different people’s voices that I try to weave the wefts of my creations. I try to harmonize discordant voices and build a symphony from the cacophony.
These compositions are deployed in artistic performances and actions in public spaces. Awareness of the diversity and the multiple stories behind and alongside « History » opens up endless possibilities for exchange, sharing and relativization of our own cultures. We are not alone and there are many voices resounding in our own voice.
We are going to play together with the sounds, noises and silences of the world. The idea is to transport the audience to another perception of every day’s reality, inviting them to suddenly see it transformed, different from the image worn away by the routine to which our eyes, ears and our bodies have become used …
Art can powerfully transform interior and exterior spaces. And here, it will be thanks to your own vocal material and your creativity that we will, together with the participants of Voices of Kyoto, rebuild the environmental space just by taking time to listen to each other. And I can assure you that we will have a lot of fun! »
Marcus Borja
