"Cultural identity is a tapestry, but who weaves its threads?" — Eastern Margins
Between July and November 2024, the Rockbund Art Museum invites Eastern Margins to interrogate themes of cultural displacement, diasporic journeys and temporal (dis)connection through a three-part audiovisual intervention titled Phantom Thread.
London-based music label and collective with roots in both, Eastern Margins' creative practice is attuned to the relationship between the "diaspora" and the "home". Phantom Thread connects cultures we no longer live in, places we no longer inhabit and times that have come to pass. Each intervention threads into each other to re-interpret and reframe the previous one. In July, Dirty K and Jackson Kaki will dive into the excesses of Japan’s early 90s Heisei Era. In September, Post-Trance Cult gov-corp Minna-no-kimochi みんなのきもち will expand their operations with a sonic meditation, before the visceral explosion of FITNESSS in November.
In the past few decades, commercialisation in the music industry homogenised the ways in which cultures are disseminated through a linear timeline. The unique sounds of East Asian rave culture are often overlooked by global electronic music discourse. Later, abandoned Japanese electronic records from the 1990s flooded the second-hand market in China. Following his previous work on Tokyo Renaissance and Kazumi, Dirty K revisits sonics from the past to allow different possibilities to emerge again by focusing on cross-cultural pollinations. His latest release Myogi reclaims cultural excesses by blending the sonic strands of Japanese Hypertechno, Heisei rave, Korean Bokko Dance, Para Para, Taiwanese 90s EDM dancehall culture, Amapiano and Drill to present a localised, specific perspective on East Asian rave culture today. Rather than living with anxieties about the impotence of contemporary culture, Myogi revives and mutates native electronic dance music by embracing the potential of the past. For this performance at the Museum, Dirty K has produced new scores that will feed into Jackson Kaki's live visual to pull threads of nostalgia and cultural renaissance.
Artists:
Artist, composer, and producer Dirty K works and lives in Nanjing. He has released music under the Shanghai-based label Genome 6.66mbp and Eastern Margins. Works by Dirty K have garnered support from artists such as Mobilegirl, Meuko Meuko, and Kelela, and have been featured on platforms like Rinse FM, NTS Radio, Boiler Room, and RA. During his time in the Department of Electroacoustic Composition & Interactive Media at the University of Manchester, Dirty K was invited by the renowned local promoter Keep Hush to perform as a main act and actively participated in club scenes across various cities in the UK.
JACKSON kaki is an artist, DJ, VJ, video artist, and graphic designer. He engages in multimedia expression, handling VR/AR, 3DCG, video, performance, installation, and sound. Jackson has created music videos for artists MONDO GROSSO, D.A.N., and worked as a VJ and live performance director for Fake Creators and (sic)boy. In 2023, Jackson co-curated the Video/Sound/Performance program at EASTEAST_TOKYO and served as the director of 'ZOR' held at CALM & PUNK GALLERY.
“文化身份是一幅织锦，但谁来编织其丝线？” —— Eastern Margins
2024年7月至11月间，上海外滩美术馆邀请伦敦音乐厂牌Eastern Margins进行一场名为《幻影穿线》的三部曲视听介入项目，探讨文化错位、离散旅途、时间关联与失联等主题。
Eastern Margins来自伦敦，其创作实践关注离散和家乡之间的关系。《幻影穿线》连接了我们不再栖居的文化、不再栖身的地方以及已经逝去的时代。每部介入作品都相互关联，重新诠释和重构前一部分作品内容。7月，Dirty K（徐可艺）和JACKSON kaki将深入探索日本90年代平成初期的过剩文化。9月，后迷幻邪典团体みんなのきもち（Minna-no-kimochi）将通过声波冥想扩展其项目内容，而11月则是FITNESSS的内核迸发。
在过去几十年中，音乐行业的商业化使得文化通过线性时间轴传播的方式同质化了。东亚锐舞文化的独特声音往往被全球电子音乐话语所忽视。随后，日本90年代的废弃电子唱片大量涌入中国二手市场。现在，Dirty K延续专辑《东京文艺复兴》和《Kazumi》的探索，再次通过回顾过去的声音，尤其关注跨文化交汇，重新开拓不同的可能性。他的最新专辑《妙義》（Myogi）通过融合日本Hypertechno、平成锐舞、韩国博库舞、Para Para、台湾90年代电子舞厅文化、南非阿马皮亚诺电子舞曲和钻头嘻哈音乐，来呈现今天东亚锐舞文化本土的特定视角。《妙義》并非沉湎于当代文化无力的焦虑之中，而是通过重新激活过去文化的潜力去重塑和改造本土电子舞曲。在美术馆的表演中，Dirty K编写了新的乐谱，将用以配合JACKSON kaki的现场视觉，拨动怀旧和文化复苏的弦线。
艺术家：
生活并工作于南京的艺术家、作曲者和制作人Dirty K （徐可艺）至今为止已在上海厂牌Genome 6.66mbp 与伦敦厂牌Eastern Margins发行音乐。他的作品得到了Mobilegirl、Meuko Meuko、Kelela等音乐人的支持，并在Rinse Fm、NTS Radio、Boiler Room、RA等平台播放。在曼切斯特大学电子声学作曲与互动媒体系游学时，他也受到当地知名主办方Keep Hush的邀请作为主要嘉宾参与演出，并活跃于英国各个城市的俱乐部。
JACKSON kaki目前就读于日本大垣先进媒体艺术与科学研究所。作为一名艺术家、DJ、VJ、视频艺术家和平面设计师，他致力于多媒体表达，涉及VR/AR、3DCG、视频、表演、装置和声音创作。他曾为艺术家MONDO GROSSO、D.A.N.制作音乐视频，并作为VJ为Fake Creators和(sic)boy导演现场表演。
