About en rapport
En Rapport is interested in how similarities and differences co-exist across a wide spectrum of cross-cultural life, curating platforms with artists working from a varied range of mediums, skills and cultural backgrounds.
So far collaborations have engaged a variety of mediums and disciplines, including photography, video, music, digital music, Ai technology, and modern dance, working with original compositions and experiments through improvisation, as well as combining the two.
En Rapport values the dynamic interplay between diverse mediums, skills, and approaches in artistic practice, recognizing that meaningful collaborations emerge when artists from different disciplines come together, or when differing ideas and approaches merge into an innovative discovery.
This creative approach nurtures a process of continual experimentation and discovery, where artists engage in developing new ideas that push the boundaries of their respective crafts. Through this exchange, old and new artistic techniques intertwine, generating fresh perspectives and innovative artistic expressions that reflect both tradition and contemporary evolution.
No One’s an Island
No One’s an Island is a unique meeting of three exceptional musicians, exploring a merging of jazz and Japanese folk music through original compositions and improvisation. Award winning Berlin based pianist Kit Downes, meets with New York based vocalist and Shamisen player Emi Makabe and renowned bassist Thomas Morgan.
En Rapport Projects
AYATORI
The game ayatori, or cat’s cradle, has strong associations with Japanese and European culture— with its juxtaposition of the simple and complex, weaving infinite shapes from a single thread.
Beginning as a remote audio-visual exchange between internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Yuriko Takagi and award-winning jazz saxophonist and composer Ed Jones, Ayatori has evolved through experimentation with composition, improvisation, and both traditional and contemporary audio-visual technologies.
Lotus code
Lotus Code explores the interconnecting space between presence and absence, sound and silence, visible and invisible. Experimenting with different mediums of sense and language through music, sound, and spoken word with Rebecca Nash, Ed Jones, Toku, Takashi Sugawa, Hannah Copley, Federico Reuben
