Conversations and Listening, Poetics and Politics of the Wounded Presence - Aine Nakamura
Aine Nakamura ( Japan, United States )
During her residency, when the Statue of Peace, Ari, also resides at ZK/U, Aine Nakamura will engage in her quiet listening and conversations with Ari, Museum der Trostfrauen, poetry book A Cruelty Special to Our Species by Emily Jungmin Yoon, and in her reflection of visiting The War and Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul last year as a part of her listening practice.
In addition, she presented her recent performance work Breath In This World on May 28, 2026, through which she explores her art language and her practice of voice and body.
She was initially pulled by ZK/U, the environment where formally trains gathered and departed with the historical context of war and violence, and where community and buildings are made newly and uniquely—she will engage in her two projects while attuning to the transborder potentialities of the spaces, meetings, and conversations.
This project is funded by the Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley.