CONCEPTUAL LIVE CALLIGRAPHY PERFORMANCE for THU 2022

TWELVE 十二の記憶: Ode to Piano Classics was a conceptual live calligraphy performance taken place at a creative conference called THU in Tróia, Portugal on September 20th, 2022, where 12 squares of Japanese gasen paper laid out on a grid on the floor, and each piece was written live accompanied by the romantic piano classics including Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, and Franz Liszt, that bring her memories and emotions from her childhood.

Growing up learning piano at the age of 5, and calligraphy at the age of 6, music and calligraphy are the two traditional and classical forms of art Aoi grew up studying and practicing — which are the foundation of her artistic expression today. Music and poetry have been always the source of inspiration for her art; music paints visions in her mind, from which words and poems emerge, where the brush strokes dance with the resonance. The performance invited viewers to share a moment with the artist, dreaming and writing while embraced in her favorite songs, and witness her poetic and visual interpretations of the sound and the pieces of her memories.