1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,232 [New York Close Up] 2 00:00:04,232 --> 00:00:06,623 [WATER DRIPPING] 3 00:00:06,623 --> 00:00:11,602 ["Mika Tajima Wants To Hire Contortionists"] 4 00:00:11,602 --> 00:00:17,566 [OMINOUS DRUM BEAT] 5 00:00:17,566 --> 00:00:19,832 The volume is really good... 6 00:00:19,832 --> 00:00:31,816 [OMINOUS DRUM BEAT] 7 00:00:31,816 --> 00:00:33,726 Nice to meet you, thanks for coming. 8 00:00:33,726 --> 00:00:34,773 I’m so excited. 9 00:00:34,773 --> 00:00:36,440 Sorry I'm a few minutes late. 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,204 Come on in. 11 00:00:40,204 --> 00:00:41,543 [Mika Tajima--Artist] 12 00:00:41,543 --> 00:00:47,536 Uh, I thought we’d just try some abstract short clips of you doing some initial moves... 13 00:00:47,536 --> 00:00:48,706 [Tony Mitchell--Contortionist] 14 00:00:48,706 --> 00:00:51,374 And I think Christopher is going to get here at four. 15 00:00:51,374 --> 00:00:58,351 We’ll just work...we’ll work just with you solo if that’s okay. Just do a couple moves and shapes and whatever. 16 00:00:58,351 --> 00:00:59,821 Whatever you need. 17 00:00:59,821 --> 00:01:13,953 [OMINOUS DRUM BEAT] 18 00:01:15,935 --> 00:01:18,986 [Two Months Earlier] 19 00:01:18,986 --> 00:01:21,929 [At Mika's Studio] 20 00:01:24,869 --> 00:01:25,915 Yeah, yeah. 21 00:01:28,947 --> 00:01:43,137 Well basically, you know how a lot of the themes in the show is like about how the body is being controlled by the environment or sort of different elements, modern elements. 22 00:01:43,184 --> 00:01:45,238 [Mika is talking to her gallery] 23 00:01:45,284 --> 00:01:48,504 So there’s like these ergonomic chairs that are going to be part of the installation. 24 00:01:48,504 --> 00:02:02,116 So... that got me thinking about what you know the body can do and whatever and so I started thinking like oh, it would be really cool if there’s a...a salon where there was like a yoga person and a contortionist. 25 00:02:02,116 --> 00:02:07,649 Sort of like doing sort of dance type thing, and I was looking online. 26 00:02:07,649 --> 00:02:16,228 There are these different websites for like contortionists united, and people who are amateurs that just want to like showcase their flexibility. 27 00:02:17,598 --> 00:02:27,477 I think that could be kind of a cool performance idea but I first wanted to run it by you guys and see if that’s a possibility. 28 00:02:28,001 --> 00:02:29,210 Yeah, yeah. 29 00:02:30,102 --> 00:02:31,749 Do you want to put your coat in here. 30 00:02:35,982 --> 00:02:38,644 Should we try a little sort of dry run rehearsal thing? 31 00:02:39,537 --> 00:02:41,288 Christopher Bousquet--Contortionist 32 00:02:41,304 --> 00:02:44,262 See the rhythm of the two of you? 33 00:02:45,186 --> 00:02:46,661 See what happens. 34 00:02:46,692 --> 00:02:48,830 See what happens? Okay, cool. 35 00:02:48,830 --> 00:03:11,649 [OMINOUS DRUM BEAT] 36 00:03:11,649 --> 00:03:18,691 Yeah, when you see some of the poses, they really look like the chairs. You know the chairs I have? 37 00:03:18,691 --> 00:03:22,540 So I like that they’ve become like almost like a sculptural element to the show. 38 00:03:24,279 --> 00:03:32,290 So I think it’ll be cool, but you know like budget wise, is that something that seems feasible? Possible? 39 00:03:33,317 --> 00:03:35,146 Come in, come in. 40 00:03:39,956 --> 00:03:40,857 I like it. 41 00:03:41,795 --> 00:03:42,928 Thank you! 42 00:03:43,006 --> 00:03:46,388 I like it and I love the paper panels. 43 00:03:46,388 --> 00:03:47,610 Thank you. 44 00:04:01,725 --> 00:04:31,009 [OMINOUS DRUMMING] 45 00:04:31,009 --> 00:05:03,210 [OMINOUS DRUMMING GROWING LOUDER] 46 00:05:09,795 --> 00:05:26,089 [APPLAUSE] 47 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:31,898 That was ama...that was like a circus, that was amazing. 48 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:33,347 Close up and personal. 49 00:05:33,347 --> 00:05:34,343 Where did you find them? 50 00:05:34,343 --> 00:05:36,881 Contortionists United social networking site. 51 00:05:36,881 --> 00:05:48,687 I mean I...I’m confident about installation and the work itself but just to insert one small gesture of like this performative element in the show I think is important. 52 00:05:48,687 --> 00:05:54,995 So it’s...this is really simple like half hour performance, I think. So that’s the idea. 53 00:05:57,594 --> 00:06:03,535 Mmm hmm, yeah. Yeah, cool.