RIKA LIN
Beyond the Box V: I{m}Perceptions
Part of Links Hall’s 2023 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
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, live experimentation with audio, 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.”
Collaborators include: Subhash Maskara, Nozawa Matsuya, Tatsu Aoki, Shalaka Kulkarni, Jamie Kempkers, Takashi Shallow, and featuring Saori Kataoka, Emi Asakawa, Ikunojo Fujima, Yukio Nang
Rika Lin (a.k.a. Yoshinojo Fujima) (Co-MISSION Fellow-in-Residence) 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.
Additional Events:
Wednesday, March 15th - 6:30pm-8pm
at Links Hall
This free dance workshop is a unique opportunity to learn Japanese folk/ festival dance called "Awa odori."
Co-MISSION Fellowship Works-In-Progress
Wednesday, April 26th - 7pm
at Links Hall
Tickets: $10 ($11 with fee)
This event is part of Links Hall’s 2023 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events. Representing some of the most talented makers in Chicago from dance, performance art, installation, and performance as social practice, four artists present works developed while in-residence at Links during the 2022-2023 season. Featured artists include: Links Hall Residents Destine (D’Roc) Young and Rigo Saura and Fellows Rika Lin (a.k.a. Yoshinojo Fujima) and Erin Kilmurray.
Additional Events in the 2023 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works:
Rika Lin | Beyond the Box V: I{m}Perceptions
June 16th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 17th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
Rigo Saura | KUBA
June 18th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 23rd, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
Destine (D'Roc) Young | Systems & Sanctuaries
June 18th, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
June 23rd, 2023 - 7pm at Links Hall
Erin Kilmurray | Nightshade
Links Hall's Co-MISSION residencies and fellowships are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.