Anan Atoyama
Atlas des Souffles
Live participatory creation in real time with the audience, in collaboration with Pierre Dunand Filliol and Viva Sanchez (musicians)
Anan Atoyama explores the realities of migration through the body. Drawing equally on climate science, the tradition of the happening and the philosophy of the Japanese tea ceremony, she has developed the concept of “live participatory creation”, producing ephemeral works that are created in real time with the active involvement of the audience. Guided by the choreographer, participants are free either to observe or to take part in this collaborative and sensory experience, during which human sculptures gradually take shape. With Atlas des Souffles, Atoyama adapts this approach to explore migration and the losses brought about by climate change. Within the performance space, the boundaries between audience and participant, here and elsewhere, past and future, gradually dissolve, allowing a collective work in constant transformation to emerge. Bodies, space, objects, sound and language interweave freely, creating a shared space for co-creation in which new ways of inhabiting a changing world can be imagined and experienced.
Distribution
Choreography and scenography: Anan Atoyama
Scientific advisor: Mikiko Kainuma (Senior Research Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan)
Developed with: Jean-Charles François (musician and composer), Saga Ouiya (PhD candidate in Art History, École du Louvre), Jean-François Pauvros (musician), Karine Hahn (musician), Pascal Pariaud (musician), Bénédicte Reverchon (photographer), Viva Sanchez (musician), Pierre Dunand Filliol (musician), together with all the participants involved during the research phase
Scientific contributions: Kazuhiko Takemoto (President of the IIASA Council), Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (physicist and climatologist), Jusen Asuka (environmental scientist and Emeritus Professor at Tohoku University), Jacob Schewe (Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – PIK), Christophe Cassen (CNRS Research Engineer, CIRED), Kanako Morita (environmental economist)
Contributions based on testimonies: Emmanuel Cappellin, Doumbia Siaka, Angelina Andy, Sokotia Kulene, Shumpei Uotani, Jérôme Tubiana, and secondary school pupils in Bangladesh, in partnership with Friendship NGO
Administration: Delphine Bagne
Operations Manager: Marc Ribault
Production: AToU
Partners: National Museum of the History of Immigration, Festival Sens Interdits, Ramdam – Centre for Art, Forum Réfugiés, PaaLabRes, ENSBA Lyon, CNSMD Lyon, Lyon 2 University, La Maison Ateliers, Espace Artaud, Festival Performa!, Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (HfMT) / Ligeti Zentrum (Germany), Dansomètre (Switzerland), Dance First Think Later (Switzerland).
