Body cinema: Contemporary dance in videospace
Contemporary Dance in Videospace is a dance and video installation staged in Berlin in June 2007 at the studio 103. Dancer P. Park and Flavio Degen / Kosei Takasaki from kokomono collective mixed live contemporary dance and video art together…
Kokomono is a video collective located in Berlin, London and Tokyo.
In 1999 video artist Kosei Takasaki used Kokomono as his alter ego. 2005 artist Flavio Degen and Kosei Takasaki founded the visual collective. Since then this video network kept growing and is a home to several artist working in fashion, design and visual art. Since 2009 kokomono is also growing towards music production and concerts.
Kosei Takasaki is a filmmaker, journalist, and visual artist based in Berlin, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. He is known for his full and rich imaginary and exceptional creations. Since 1999 he’s dedicated to filming, live video installations and also different visual projects in theaters, festivals and clubs worldwide.
One could see his performances at the MELT! Festival 2004-2007, the c/o Pop, the International Videofestival Bochum, the International Exhibition for Design in Cologne and the Csides Festival in Jerusalem, Israel, the music festival Tokyo Collaboration and at the LUX2006 “Meeting for Visual Arts” in Sevilla and also several film competitions and festivals.
In 2007 he ran a workshop in cooperation with the Academy for Arts and Design Halle researching the concept of “cinematic painting” and the synergy of dance and video. In 2006 Takasaki founded his video label for visual arts, kokomono, and is since then building up a creative and vivid visual network. Kosei means LIGHT and LIFE, so his name is his mission. (Kosei Takasaki’s bio taken from dock11-berlin.de)
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