In March 2011, a massive earthquake hit Japan, and recovery is still in progress to fight through the immense devastation caused by the disaster. A Note of Yasnaya Polyana is Japanese artist Kanako Sasaki's response to the tragedy, her artistic contribution to the relief effort.
This video work depicts a historical meeting between Japanese writer Roka Tokutomi and Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy during Meiji-era Japan's infatuation with Western literature and culture. Staged as a traditional theatre play in Kabuki style, its dreamlike, multi-layered narrative revolves around a small teahouse that serves as a microcosm holding all there is together – disaster and time.
Through the morphing of history and time, remembering and dis-remembering, between wakefulness and slumber, A Note of Yasnaya Polyana evokes hope and optimism in its viewers, despite the dire reality before them.
Time
2013-01-16 - 2013-01-27, 10:00 - 18:00
Venue
Gallery Theatre Corridor
Address
Basement National Museum of Singapore 93 Stamford Road 238801
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