Eroteme presents : Rie Nakajima & Pak Yan Lau
12/02/25 -
13/02/25
Time: All Day

Eroteme presents : Rie Nakajima & Pak Yan Lau

Rie Nakajima & Pak Yan Lau

Eroteme returns to the Islington Mill Attic Space for a two day residency, culminating in a special performance by sound-artists Pak Yan Lau & Rie Nakajima. Unconventional Instruments, Sculpture, Electronics & Motorised Devices!

Food provided in the ticket price but arrive early to avoid disappointment!

£12 ADV / £15 OTD

Rie Nakajima is a Japanese sculptor living in London. She creates sounds in both indoor or outdoor spaces using a combination of motorised devices and daily objects. It can be installation or performance. Fusing sculpture and sound, her artistic practice is open to chance and the influence of others.

She held her first major solo exhibition at IKON Gallery in Birmingham in 2018 and has also worked with Museo Vostell Malpartida (Cáceres), Association de Le Cyclop (Milly la Forêt), ShugoArts (Tokyo) and Cafe OTO (London).

With Keiko Yamamoto, Marie Roux & Billy Steiger she has a music project ‘O YAMA O’ which explores music with no genre.

Other collaborators include David Cunningham, miki yui, hans.w.koch, David Toop, Akira Sakata and ‘Dead Plants/Living Object’ with Pierre Berthet.

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Pak Yan Lau, born in Belgium, with roots from Hong Kong and now based in Brussels is a sound artist, improviser, musician and composer, who has developed over the years a rich, dense and captivating sound universe from prepared pianos, toy pianos, synths, electronics and various sound objects. Skilfully blending electro-acoustic approaches, she explores sound in a bewitching way, merging different sound sources with poetry, magic and finesse.

Her close collaborations go into different directions from grooving (Going) and abstract texturing (lauroshilau, Duo Pour 454 Chordes) to cross-media projects with photographers (Stills) and shadow theatre (Le Poisson et La Perle/ The Fabulous Choi Sisters). She composed music for dance theatre, short movies, sound walks and documentaries.

As an improviser she has shared music with musicians such as Chris Corsano, Akira Sakata, Darin Gray, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, Mette Rasmussen, Toshimaru Nakamura, João Lobo, Giovanni Di Domenico, Norberto Lobo, Mathieu Ha, Mori-Shige, Daysuke Takaoka, Manja Ristic, Lionel Malric, Audrey Chen and many more.

Intrigued by the sonic possibilities of unconventional instruments and objects gave light to a 6 headed ensemble piece ‘Bakunawa’ (released on Cortizona label). Bakunawa is a continuation of Lau’s solo project Book of Toy. Driven by the curiosity and possibilities to write for an ensemble, this piece explores a combination of unconventional instrumentation (gong rods, toy pianos, metal tubes in combination with harp, bass drum, tom) and delicate use of electronics. Inspired by Asian ritual music, minimal music (Philip Glass and Eliane Radigue), and ambient music, creating a personal take on a ritualistic sound world.

She has toured different festivals (Rewire, Meakusma, Unsound, Jazztopad, Jazz Saalfelden, Keroxen, etc..) and venues (Ancienne Belgique, Botanique, Les Ateliers Claus, Cafe Oto, Cave12, etc..) in Europe, UK, China and Japan.