[Part 1] A discussion between Jim O'Rourke, Tomoo Gokita, and Keiji Yamabe (Los Apson?) | 2025.12...

A three-way discussion between Jim O'Rourke, Tomoo Gokita, and Keiji Yamabe (Los Apson?) about Michael Smith, who will be coming to Japan for Scaffold #2. Part 1 of a three-part series. Tickets for this performance are available for pre-order until 11:59 PM on December 21, 2025. 🔗: https://eplus.jp/sf/detail/4331930001 ----------------- ◆Show Title: Scaffold #2 ◆Date: Monday, December 22, 2025, Doors 7:00 PM / Starts 7:30 PM ◆Venue: SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO ◆Ticket Details: General public first-come, first-served tickets available on Monday, December 1, 2025, starting at 7:00 PM Advance: ¥7,000 (Tax included / Free entry / Numbered tickets included / Drinks not included) ◆Performers: Michael Smith (From NY) With Jim O'Rourke / Eiko Ishibashi / Tomoo Gokita Narrator: Mike Kubeck DJ: Keiji Yamabe (Los Apson?) ◆Inquiries: SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO 03-3477-8750 ◆Credits Organizer: PARCO Producer: DOiT / CLUB QUATTRO --------------------------------- ★ARTIST BIOGRAPHY★ [Michael Smith] Michael Smith is a leading American performance, video, and installation artist. He has presented his work in a variety of venues, including museums, galleries, theaters, festivals, nightclubs, television, online, and even the streets. He uses humor and satire to deconstruct the "promises and dreams" of the entertainment industry, the art world, and American capitalism, delving into themes such as the frustration of fitting in, ambition, outdated motifs, failure, and aging from his unique perspective. He has two signature characters: the performer "Mike," who is an "everyman," and the giant baby "Baby Ikki." Depicted as a primitive, genderless being, Baby Ikki leaves a powerful impact, evoking both anxiety and amusement in the viewer. His work has been exhibited internationally at major museums and galleries in Europe, the United States, and Asia, including Sculpture Project Münster (2017), the Whitney Museum, MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum, the New Museum, the Tate, and South London Gallery. His works are held in collections such as MoMA, the Paley Center for Media, the Walker Art Center, the Migros Museum, the Centre Pompidou, and Inhotim. He has received numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, MIT CAVS, NYFA, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. As an educator, he has taught at Yale University, Columbia University, the Royal Danish Academy, CalArts, and UCLA. Since 2001, he has taught performance art at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently lives and works in Austin and Brooklyn, New York. [Jim O'Rourke] Born in Chicago in 1969, he participated in projects such as Gastr Del Sol and Loose Fur. He also worked with Takehisa Kosugi on the music for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and bridged the gap between contemporary music and post-rock through his work with composers such as Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt, and Christian Wolff. In 1997, he released "Bad Timing," a work inspired by ultra-modern Americana, and in 1999, he released his solo album "Eureka," a mix of folk and minimal music, garnering significant attention. From 1999 to 2005, he was a member and musical director of Sonic Youth, gaining widespread acclaim. In 2004, he won a Grammy Award for producing Wilco's "A Ghost Is Born." Highly regarded as a leading creator in the American music scene, he has recently based his activities in Japan. In Japan, she has produced artists such as Quruli, Kahimi Karie, Eiko Ishibashi, and Kenta Maeno. She has released a wide variety of works, ranging from contemporary music to music, including Toru Takemitsu's "Corona Tokyo Realization." She has collaborated with filmmakers, providing soundtracks for films directed by Werner Herzog, Olivier Assayas, Shinji Aoyama, and Koji Wakamatsu. [EIKO ISHIBASHI] Eiko Ishibashi is a musician based in Japan. She has released albums on labels such as Drag City, Black Truffle, and Editions Mego. In January 2020, she composed music for the exhibition "Japan Supernatural" at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, releasing it under the name "Hyakki Yagyo" on Black Truffle. In 2021, she composed the music for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's film "Drive My Car." In 2022, she released "For McCoy" on Black Truffle. He will join the NTS resident crew in 2022. In 2023, he teamed up again with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi to create the music for "Evil Doesn't Exist" and the silent film "GIFT" for live performance, touring both domestically and internationally. In March 2025, he released his first album of songs in seven years, "Antigone," through Drag City. [Tomoo Gokita] Born in Tokyo in 1969. He gained attention in the late 1990s for his pencil, charcoal, and ink drawings on paper, and published the collection "Lingerie Wrestling" in 2000. Beginning with an exhibition in New York, he has since held numerous solo exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. [Keiji Yamabe] Born in 1967. He was a fishing enthusiast as a child. He discovered his passion for music i...