Tomonosuke Kurachi
Curtain Call
The curtain call does not beg for a song or other additional performance, but simply demands an appearance. Rather than something beginning with an ovation, we considered the ending scene after the ending to be pregnant with hilarity. The actors, who act as if they are the ‘performers’ of the stage, repeat the act that marks the end of the act (curtain call), and this is a video work. Originally, a play was written and performed, and the audience would unintentionally make a curtain call. However, the people who appear to be “performers” in the video skip the flow of the story until the curtain call occurs, and appear on stage with fresh faces to continue answering the curtain call.
Kurachi completed his BA in Media Imaging at Tokyo University of the Art. Born in Aichi prefecture in 1997, his work focuses on the “humor” that happens in everyday life out of sequence as well as the way things that give rise to it are. His preferred medium is installations with moivng images. Based in Tokyo.
