Hanayo (花代), born Hanayo Nakajima (中島 花代, Nakajima Hanayo, born 1970),[1] is a Japanese musician, photographer, and artist known for her playful and subversive artwork that is often rooted in Japanese culture. Hanayo currently lives and works in Japan.
In 1989 she began to train as a geisha in Tokyo. She later published an account of the experience in her first book, Oshakuchan No. 1.[2] After studying for a short time at the Sorbonne,[3] she formed the band Muscats in 1992 with Japanese noise musicians Masami Akita (Merzbow) and Masaya Nakahara (Violent Onsen Geisha).[4] Later that year Hanayo was featured on the cover of The Face magazine's December issue in full geisha attire. In 1993 she modeled for a Jean Paul Gaultier advertising campaign.[3]
In 1995 Hanayo retired from her geisha work[5] and moved to London, where she married a German man and gave birth to her daughter Tenko.[6] In 1997 she met German director and performance artist Christoph Schlingensief. She moved to Berlin and worked with him on several projects, such as portraying Yoko Ono in the performance Mein Filz, mein Fett, mein Hase (English: My Felt, My Fat, My Hare) at documenta X in Kassel,[7] taking part in Schlingensief's performance Passion Impossible at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg,[8] and playing a role in Die letzten Tage der Rosa Luxemburg (English: The Last Days of Rosa Luxemburg) at the Berliner Ensemble.[citation needed] In 2000 Hanayo starred in Shane O'Sullivan's film Second Generation.[9]
In 2011 she and her daughter moved back to Tokyo.[18]
Artistic styleedit
Hanayo is best known for her experimental music, and is sometimes credited with starting the trend of small Asian women making unexpectedly loud music.[19] Her photography pulls together conflicting elements such as piercings and Japanese tradition, or the concepts of "West" and "East", and shows how they can live in symbiosis, a concept her friends call "Baroque of the forest".[20]
Discographyedit
Makka Na Shizuku (1995), produced by Jun Miyake[12][21]
As a Mayfly at philosopher's walk,[30] hohohoza, Kyoto (2018)
nanjamonja, studio stuff only, Tokyo (2018)
lvdv books, Osaka (2018)
Group exhibitions and other activitiesedit
"G-GIRLS" Roentgen Kusntraum, Tokyo (1993)
UNE AFFAIRE DE FEMMES, Parco Theater, Tokyo (1993)
"The Little Prince" Shuji Terayama ryuzanji jimusho, JanJan, Tokyo (1994)
Traditional Japanese Dance Kiyomoto KOMORI, National Theater, Tokyo (1994)
"Cities on the Move," (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist- traveling show), Louisiana Denmark and Hayward Gallery London, Wiener Secession, PS1 New York, CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, etc. (1997)
ROSA LUXEMBURG by Christopf Schlingensief, Berliner Ensemble Brecht Buhne, Berlin (1997)
Passion Impossible, Wake Up Call For Germany Christopf Schlingensief, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg (1997)
My Felt, My Fat, My Hare, 48 Hours Survival for Germany, Dokumenta X, Kassel (1997)
"Trash", Greene Naftali, New York (1998)
ont le plaisir de vous convier a l'inauguration de l'exposition, frac, Nantes (1998)
expreriences du divers, galerie art & essai, Rennes (1999)
Protagonist in UK film "Seconde Generation", Shane O'Sullivan (1999)
Taipei Biennale, Taipei (2000)
Performance:"City of Girls," Japan Pavilion, The 7th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice (2000)
mutations, TN probe, Tokyo (2001)
neue kunst in hamburg 2001, kunsthaus, Hamburg (2001)
Daily Life, Gallery speak for, Tokyo (2002)
Aquaplaning, hyeres les palmiers, Hyeres (2002)
home stories, T-sistem nova GmbH berkom, Berlin (2002)
Hope PIA1000th issue commemorative exhibition, La Foret Museum, Tokyo (2003)
circum-festival#03 jazz et musiques improvisees with circum grand orchestra, Lilla (2003)
CICLO AS MENINAS, Auditorio Serralves, Porto (2003)
^ abcd"Hanayo and Tenko: through a lens blurrily | The Japan Times". Japan Times. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Galerie Asian Fine Arts: Die Japanerin Hanayo – Geisha mit den vielen Gesichtern". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ ab"Hanayo | Taka Ishii Gallery / タカ・イシイギャラリー". Taka Ishii Gallery / タカ・イシイギャラリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ abHanayo.; 花代 (30 March 2013). Berurin = Berlin : Hanayos saugeile kumpels. Chōfu-shi. ISBN 9784901477680. OCLC 834048236.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Meinfilz,mein fett,meinhase". ninawetzel.net (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Passion Impossible". ninawetzel.net (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Second Generation". at IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
^"Hanayo's 'Joe Le Taxi (Soulwax Remix)' – Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ ab"P.3 – Bitten by the Black Dog – News – The Black Dog". The Black Dog. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ ab"www.junmiyake.com – JUN MIYAKE / 三宅 純 official site". junmiyake.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Terre Thaemlitz – Discography". comatonse.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Hanayo in Panacea [Category]". Old Europa Cafe. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Locust Fudge". HIGHRESAUDIO. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Smashed Up Mandolins & Anarcho-Primitivism: Wooden Veil Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^Richter, Marc. "DEKORDER : 035". dekorder.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Hanayo & Tenko". Freunde von Freunden. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^Thaemlitz, Terre (2003). "Globule of non-standard: an attempted clarification of globular identity politics In Japanese electronic 'Sightseeing Music'". Organised Sound. 8 (1): 97–108. doi:10.1017/S1355771803001110. S2CID 58987504.
^Cities on the move. Hanru, Hou., Obrist, Hans Ulrich., Wiener Secession., CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje. 1997. ISBN 9783775707275. OCLC 39892662.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^Madigan, Juliette (1999). "NYC May Have the Right Idea!". doi:10.1037/e640992009-002. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"ХанаеЛОМО | Exhibition | IMA ONLINE". November 2018 (in Japanese).
^"花代の写真展「dim」7/4(土)は花代と朝吹真理子のトークイベントも。". neol.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^"AL Tokyo: MUSIC HANAYO × LAD MUSICIAN — LAD MUSICIAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY". AL Tokyo. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^"【展示・4/14~5/6】花代 写真展「かげろうのやうに at 哲学の小道」 | ホホホ座". hohohoza.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^"東京都庭園美術館|TTM:IGNITION BOX(イグニションボックス)2016 / 17|PROGRAM_C|DOMMUNE「EXTREAM QUIET VILLAGE」". 東京都庭園美術館|TTM:IGNITION BOX(イグニションボックス)2016 / 17|PROGRAM_C|DOMMUNE「EXTREAM QUIET VILLAGE」 (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^"花代、ネルホルらによるグループ展「6人の灰色区域」 | NEWS | IMA ONLINE". November 2018 (in Japanese).
^Victor Entertainment (18 October 2016), 青葉市子 – ゆさぎ マホロボシヤ MUSIC VIDEO short ver., archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 9 November 2018
^"青葉市子/ichiko aoba official website". 青葉市子/ichiko aoba official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
External linksedit
Japan portal
Biography portal
Music portal
Hanayo website
Hanayo Instagram
MySpace page
MySpace page of Wooden Veil
Discogs Entry
Hanayo's CV [from the Taka Ishii Gallery website][1]