the
Battle of Dan-no-ura at the closing of Sympathetic
Connections
"On the twenty-fourth day of the third month at Dan-no-ura, to the east of the Shimonoseki strait between Moji and Akama, the Heike were completely destroyed." Tale of the Heike
For
the closing of ³Sympathetic Connections², Von
Bark & The Zen Existential Puppet Theatre and the artist, Libby
Hague, created within the sculpture installation a retelling of the sea
battle of Dan-no-ura a story of courage, loyalty and suicide. Andrew
Paterson was the narrator, in the role of Hoichi, the bard who
sang for an audience of ghosts.
No happiness is so certain that it canıt disappear in an instant and so
we ask: how can we be good, how can we be for each other, and how can
we survive?
The nuclear plant was included as a reminder of our vulnerability because
the Fukushima disaster happened at the time of the making of the installation.
Fukushima was also the coastal city from which the Genji embarked for
the battle of Dan-no-ura.
video
of Battle of Dan-no-ura
