We are very happy to be hosting Fuji Yuki as our Autumn artist in residence 1-6th April 2025.

Fuji-Yuki is a Japanese vocalist known as a member of the ethereal drone pop duo Sarry. She is influenced by ancient music, Buddhist ritual music, krautrock, progressive rock, noise music, and abstract experimental music.
Her vocal styles include unusual singing approaches: minimal phrase repetition, voice drone, etc. Her voice works as one of a number of great instruments. Many artists have played with her original abstract sounds.

“If it were possible to project sound through a crystal, it would probably sound something like this. Like a book of prophecy where multiple speculations are blended together, its intimations and allusions left obscure. And at the same time it’s like infringing some taboo by creating a rapport with memories of a distant, past life. Weird hymns that waver between curiosity and dread.” Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple)

This project is a cultural exchange between New Zealand and Japan with the aim of creating new artistic values through the collaborative performance of New Zealand based dancers and Japanese vocalist FUJI-YUKI.

We spend the same time with the dancers to explore, communicate and share the ‘ancient sensibility’, and we assimilate by sharing different values through the culture and customs of the land where we grew up.

Ancient sensibilities are.
The different environments of each land, such as sunrise and sunset, temperature,
humidity and topography, have given rise to a wide variety of cultures, customs, views of nature, architecture, ways of dealing with the invisible, ways of mourning the dead, etc.

This has given rise to a wide variety of cultures, customs, views of nature, architecture,
ways of dealing with the invisible, ways of mourning the dead, etc. in each region.
This has given rise to a variety of sensibilities.
The spatial installation created by the two performers, who share an ancient sensibility,
is based on voice and dance, and was created with the breath of the two performers,
a beautiful and exquisite space and a serene silence.

We share this space with the audience.

While in residence Fuji Yuki will be performing alongside Wamei (JPN) and Kraus at Audio Foundation on April 4th; hosting a voice workshop at Auckland Old Folks Association on April 5th; and collaborating with dancer Louise Pōtiki Bryant at Auckland Old Folks Association on April 6th.