RIKA LIN (a.k.a. Yoshinojo Fujima)
Spring 2023 Co-MISSION Fellow-in-Residence
Rika Lin (a.k.a. Yoshinojo Fujima) is a traditional Japanese dancer, choreographer, and, increasingly, a producer and curator. She is reclaiming willfulness for female artists by building spaces that promote the full person, strengths, and expressions left out of the accepted norms of traditional Japanese performance. Her collaborations embrace musicians, media, and visual artists equally, furthering a meticulous investigation of traditional forms and their progenitor contemporary expressions.
PROJECT AT LINKS HALL
Beyond the Box V: I{m}Perceptions| June 2023
Rika Lin’s Beyond the Box V: I{m}Perceptions is a continuation of her Kurokami E{m}Urge project, which proposes the experience of realizing one’s own identity and connection to all beings. Beyond the Box V: I{m}Perceptions is presented as different ‘thoughts’ that will include elements of the Japanese festival dances BonOdori and AwaOdori, Chicago Footwork, live auditory experimentation, and digital projection. In I{m}Perceptions, the viewer is faced with their own bias. Rika shares, "the concept of imperceptions is intertwined with [virtual reality] in that you don’t know who you are or what you are when you're in that space. When you are thinking about things or dealing with people in the world, you have to deal with your own Imperceptions.”
Artist Credits
Collaborators: Subhash Maskara, Nozawa Matsuya, Jamie Kempkers, Shalaka Kulkarni, and Takashi Shallow.
Photos by Michelle Reid.
