Koganecho
Red Carpet ⟫
Koganecho Red Carpet
Participatory event/happening
I lived on this street in Koganecho for several years. Due to the road closure on weekends I decided to instigate some red carpet events. The simple act of laying an extensive amount of carpet on an ordinary downtown street, created a surreal and performative space. People could also move freely in what once was a restricted area. The spectacle was also in rememberence and acknowledgement of the areas past, and the many women who once fequented the narrow spaces of the rickety building complex.
(Special thanks to everyone who participated including the Hyenas cosplay group pictured)
Koganecho Red Carpet,
video compilation
This is a compilation of several time lapse videos and other footage from some "red carpet" events, I instigated in the Koganecho area. The mere act of rolling carpet on an ordinary city street immediately creates an impromptu and surreal participatory performance space.
The location was on the street outside of my then dwelling, a tiny narrow, two-story space, of about two metres wide within a tenement of other such spaces.
The carpet is some 90m long. The bold gesture commands attention and also evoked people to interact or reassess the location and their own physical presence in relation.
(Special thanks to everyone who participated including the Hyenas cosplay group pictured)