Koma

Co-presented by 21c Museum Hotel, "The Ghost Festival" is the first multi-disciplinary solo project by artist Koma Otake, one half of the performance artists Eiko & Koma. Using a mobile trailer, Koma presents a gallery of works meant to be both an interactive visual art installation as well as a performance space. Koma envisions a meditative and communal space to honor the connection between past and present and provide a home for lost spirits. "The Ghost Festival" is a solo project in the most absolute way. The set design, paintings, choreography, and lighting have all been created or set up by Koma himself. Koma states that he is not a visual artist by trade and that movement is his "true language." Only through performance and the presence of his body in relation to the set does the installation and "The Ghost Festival" truly come to form.