nesting (1) ~ the termites
Movement
- Workshop six
2025.6.15
Traces of Living Things
A sculptural workshop "Traces of Living Things" was held on Shodoshima Island. Organized and led together with Little Duck, a local theater company, the event took shape as The Termites' Touch workshop.
The workshop unfolded in three parts: Discovery, Experience, and Making. Participants first ventured into the forest, searching for quiet traces left by living things — bark, fallen leaves, the marks of insects feeding, the shed skins of creatures that had moved on. In the second part, families worked together to wrap their bodies in aluminum foil and peel it away — a way of feeling, for a moment, what it might be like to molt. In the final part, the foil peeled from their own bodies was shaped by participants' hands into mushrooms, branches, and other forms of non-human life.
「生き物の痕跡」をテーマにした造形ワークショップを小豆島のホテル敷地内で開いた。The Termitesの「触れる」ワークショップとして、地元の演劇団体リトルダックとともに企画・実施したものだ。ワークショップは「発見」「体験」「造形」の3つのパートで進んだ。まず森へ出て、樹皮や落葉、虫の食痕、脱皮殻など、生きものが残したかすかなしるしを探した。
次に、脱皮を体験するワークとして、アルミホイルで自分の身体を型取りし、それを剥がす体験を親子で行った。最後に、自分の身体から剥がしたアルミホイルは参加者の手によって、キノコや枝など、人間以外の生き物の姿へと変わっていった。
写真キャプション いずれも川畑彩夏撮影
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- Workshop three
The theme of the third workshop was “Movement,” during which children sharpened their senses while experiencing the rich nature of the island.
Ikuyo Yamamoto, representative of Little Wing, which is active in theater, musicals, and dance in Takamatsu City and Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, served as instructor, while her assistant Kanon Kawamura and the children of Shodoshima created improvisational dances by directly touching the island soil with their hands and feet. Participants not only touched the soil directly with their hands, but also closed their eyes and listened carefully to the sound of the wind blowing from the sea and the leaves on the trees, lay down on the grassy plaza, or hugged trees and felt the colors of the plants and the smell of insects with various organs in their bodies. By discussing and deepening their tactile sensations with each other, the participants developed an image of the island's landscape as it changes with place and time.
第3回のワークショップでは「触る（Movement）」をテーマに、子ども達を対象として、島の豊かな自然に触れながら五感を研ぎ澄ますワークショップを行った。
香川県高松市や小豆島で演劇やミュージカル、ダンスを中心に活動するリトルウイング代表の山本育代さんを講師に、アシスタントの河村かのんさんと小豆島の子ども達が手足で直接島の土に触れながら即興的なダンスをつくった。参加者は手で直接触るだけでなく、目を閉じて海から吹く風や木の葉の音に耳を澄ませたり、芝生の広場に寝転がったり、樹木に抱きついて草木の色あいや虫たちの匂いを体中のさまざまな器官で感じた。自分が感じ取った触感をお互いに話し合い、深めることによって場所と時間とともに変化する島の風景にイメージを膨らませた。
A sculptural workshop "Traces of Living Things" was held on Shodoshima Island. Organized and led together with Little Duck, a local theater company, the event took shape as The Termites' Touch workshop.
The workshop unfolded in three parts: Discovery, Experience, and Making. Participants first ventured into the forest, searching for quiet traces left by living things — bark, fallen leaves, the marks of insects feeding, the shed skins of creatures that had moved on. In the second part, families worked together to wrap their bodies in aluminum foil and peel it away — a way of feeling, for a moment, what it might be like to molt. In the final part, the foil peeled from their own bodies was shaped by participants' hands into mushrooms, branches, and other forms of non-human life.
「生き物の痕跡」をテーマにした造形ワークショップを小豆島のホテル敷地内で開いた。The Termitesの「触れる」ワークショップとして、地元の演劇団体リトルダックとともに企画・実施したものだ。ワークショップは「発見」「体験」「造形」の3つのパートで進んだ。まず森へ出て、樹皮や落葉、虫の食痕、脱皮殻など、生きものが残したかすかなしるしを探した。
次に、脱皮を体験するワークとして、アルミホイルで自分の身体を型取りし、それを剥がす体験を親子で行った。最後に、自分の身体から剥がしたアルミホイルは参加者の手によって、キノコや枝など、人間以外の生き物の姿へと変わっていった。
写真キャプション いずれも川畑彩夏撮影
- Workshop three
2024.9.1 & 9.18
The theme of the third workshop was “Movement,” during which children sharpened their senses while experiencing the rich nature of the island.
Ikuyo Yamamoto, representative of Little Wing, which is active in theater, musicals, and dance in Takamatsu City and Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, served as instructor, while her assistant Kanon Kawamura and the children of Shodoshima created improvisational dances by directly touching the island soil with their hands and feet. Participants not only touched the soil directly with their hands, but also closed their eyes and listened carefully to the sound of the wind blowing from the sea and the leaves on the trees, lay down on the grassy plaza, or hugged trees and felt the colors of the plants and the smell of insects with various organs in their bodies. By discussing and deepening their tactile sensations with each other, the participants developed an image of the island's landscape as it changes with place and time.
第3回のワークショップでは「触る（Movement）」をテーマに、子ども達を対象として、島の豊かな自然に触れながら五感を研ぎ澄ますワークショップを行った。
香川県高松市や小豆島で演劇やミュージカル、ダンスを中心に活動するリトルウイング代表の山本育代さんを講師に、アシスタントの河村かのんさんと小豆島の子ども達が手足で直接島の土に触れながら即興的なダンスをつくった。参加者は手で直接触るだけでなく、目を閉じて海から吹く風や木の葉の音に耳を澄ませたり、芝生の広場に寝転がったり、樹木に抱きついて草木の色あいや虫たちの匂いを体中のさまざまな器官で感じた。自分が感じ取った触感をお互いに話し合い、深めることによって場所と時間とともに変化する島の風景にイメージを膨らませた。
