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ESCAPE FROM ANONYMOUS(E)
 Improv Orchestra for the World 
 Sebastian Masuda

We have to believe that there is hope for the world of the future.

Escape from Anonymous(e) is a journey to rediscover individuality - the freedom that is repressed by the monotonous convenience of everyday life and suppressed by social norms.

It is the first art project in Europe by Sebastian Masuda, artist and pioneer of Japan's Harajuku Kawaii culture.

This project invites participants to witness the threat of Anonymous(e) and take part in escaping the system.

Escape from Anonymous(e).

What does Anonymous(e) mean to you? Is it a State? Terrorism? Oppression of free expression? For this participatory performance, we will draw on the voiceless urge to escape from Anonymous(e).

Will you escape from Anonymous(e)?

About Escape from Anonymous(e)

NDSM, former shipyard turned art district, will be the site of an art performance experience from Sebastian Masuda.  Music by Canshaker Pi.  Costume designs for the band by Bas Kosters, and Bonne Reijin will contribute suits for the performers.

Audience members who join the mask making workshop* can wear their self-designed masks and experience being an Anonymous(e).

Event Details

Performance date: 2017 November 18th Saturday

 Workshop : PM12 hrs Performance time: PM4:30hr (runs Minutes – probably 40min)
 
Open the gate: PM4hr Admission: FREE Place: NDSM Tt. Neveritaweg 61, 1033 WB Amsterdam, Nederland http://www.ndsm.nl Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/277601562750462/

Mask Making Workshop

(Photo by Mark van den Brink)

Audience members who join the mask making workshop can wear their self-designed mask and experience being an Anonymous(e).Workshop will be held on the day of the event, 18th November 12hrs – 16hrs at NDSM.  

Workshop will be held in NDSM, Leiden University….more comes. For more detailed information, please see this page or https://www.facebook.com/sebastian.m.art/

About Sebastian Masuda

Sebastian Masuda, born in Chiba, Japan. He is a visiting professor for Kyoto University of Art and Design and Yokohama College of Art and Design. After active involvement in theater performance and modern art, he opened “6%DOKIDOKI”, a shop with the concept of “Sensational Kawaii” in Harajuku in 1995. Through the world tour titled “Harajuku Kawaii Experience,” which started in 2009, he has been working to spread Harajuku culture on a global scale. He gained worldwide attention for his PV production for “PONPONPON,” a debut single by Japanese pop icon “Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.” He has been active as an artist and art director, contextualizing Harajuku Kawaii Culture, for example, by producing a concept restaurant “KAWAII MONSTER CAFÉ.” His first solo exhibition “Colorful Rebellion – Seventh Nightmare -” was held in New York in 2014. He is working now to launch a participatory art project “Time After Time Capsule” in 10 cities around the world in 2020.

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Collaborating Artists

Costume for band: Bas Kosters

Music: Canshaker Pi 

Costume for mouse: Bonne Reijn 


Actors:  Jianni Elsenhout Martijn Schrier Camila Romero Lema Zoë Schollee

Graffiti: Street Art Today: Peter Ernst Coolen


Videpgraphy by Stichting Kolibrie: Lydia and Chris Faber

Trouweiland NDSM (Wedding Island NDSM) is an art project by Hetty van Bommel, art director Convoi Exceptionnel. This theatrical centre of encounters and rituals at the heart of the NDSM shipyard is a production in collaboration with the many NDSM artists. www.convoiexceptionnel.nl / www.nachtvandedoden.nl / www.trouweiland.nl

Contributors (People who made this possible)

NDSM Shipyard: Eva de Klerk Stichting NDSM-werf Woodies aT Berlin: Huib Koel, Esther Way and Lizzie Clarijs, Stichting Kolibrie, Stichting Kinetisch Noord, Frits Snijders Blokloods, Street Art Today, Peter Ernst Coolen, IZ Events, Nieuw Vereenigde Oostindische Companie BV, Daisuke Enomoto, Xiao Pei. Chiu Lovelies Lab. Studio: Mika Kitamura, Tae Tsuyuki, Sakura Kumasaki, Yuri Yoshida, Ryo Fujishiro, Riho Minami GODU LLC. Nao Tazaki Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

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