Hanayo

Hanayo
Background information
Born 1970 (age 47–48)
Origin Japan
Genres Electronica, experimental, noise, alternative rock
Occupation(s) Musician, artist, photographer, actress
Years active 1989 – present
Website www.hanayo.com

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.

Career

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.[5]

In 1995 Hanayo retired from her geisha work[6] and moved to London, where she married a German man and gave birth to her daughter Tenko.[7] 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,[8] taking part in Schlingensief's performance Passion Impossible at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg,[9] and playing a role in Die letzten Tage der Rosa Luxemburg (English: The Last Days of Rosa Luxemburg) at the Berliner Ensemble. In 2000 Hanayo starred in Shane O'Sullivan's film Second Generation.[10]

Hanayo's single Joe le taxi has been featured on many compilations, including 2 Many DJs with Soulwax.[11] She has performed with musicians and bands such as Violent Onsen Geisha, Red Crayola, Vapid Dolly,[12] Black Dog,[13] Jun Miyake,[14] Merzbow, Woodman, Kai Althoff,[15] Terre Thaemlitz,[16] The Panacea,[17] Pain Cake (with Locust Fudge),[18] and Ponpons. She started working with Berlin-based art band Wooden Veil in 2007.[19][20]

In 2011 she and her daughter moved back to Tokyo.[21]

Artistic style

Hanayo is best known for her experimental music, and is sometimes credited with starting the trend of small Asian women making unexpectedly loud music.[22] 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".[23]

Discography

Solo exhibitions

  • Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (1996)
  • Gallery Institute, Berlin (1997)
  • Hanayo: Utsushi-Umekuni, Parco Gallery, Tokyo (2000)
  • Hanachambre-winter kinder spielplatz, Kunst-Werk, Berlin (2000)
  • Galerie Binz & Krämer, Köln (2001)
  • Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo (2002)
  • Hanayo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2002)
  • Habitat Repubulique Store, Paris (2002)
  • agnes b's LIBRAIRIE GALERIE, Hong Kong (2003)
  • agnès b., Ginza, Tokyo (2003)
  • APC shop, Berlin (2004)
  • miss HECKER, Berlin (2006)
  • Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo (2008)
  • Taka Ishii Gallery, Berlin (2013)[26]

Books

  • Chiisa na geisha san: Oshakuchan No.1 (小さな芸者さん!お酌チャンNo.1!), Tokyo: Media Factory, 1991, ISBN 4-88991-259-2
  • Hanayome: Hanayo shashinshū (ハナヨメ 花代写真集) / Hanayome. Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1996. ISBN 4-10-602420-9. Photo book.
  • Dorīmumumumumu...bukku (ドリームムムムム…ブック 花代写真集) / Dreammmmm Book. Tokyo: Little More, 2000. ISBN 4-89815-034-9. Photo book.
  • Hanayo artist book 2004. Tokyo: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2004. ISBN 4-309-90540-4. Photo book.
  • Magma. Tokyo: Akaka Publishing, 2008. ISBN 4-903545-25-3. Photo book.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Job Profile vol 22: Hanayo Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine.", elle.co.jp. Accessed 5 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Chiisana geishasan oshakuchan nanbawan. Nakajima, Hanayo, 1970-, 中島, 花代, 1970-. メディアファクトリー. 1992. ISBN 9784889912593. OCLC 674999151.
  3. ↑ "Hanayo and Tenko: through a lens blurrily | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Galerie Asian Fine Arts: Die Japanerin Hanayo - Geisha mit den vielen Gesichtern" (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. ↑ "Hanayo and Tenko: through a lens blurrily | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  6. ↑ "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 2018-02-13.
  7. ↑ Hanayo.,; 花代,. Berurin = Berlin : Hanayos saugeile kumpels. Chōfu-shi. ISBN 9784901477680. OCLC 834048236.
  8. ↑ "Meinfilz,mein fett,meinhase". www.ninawetzel.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  9. ↑ "Passion Impossible". www.ninawetzel.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  10. ↑ "Second Generation". at IMDb.com. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Hanayo's 'Joe Le Taxi (Soulwax Remix)' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  12. ↑ "Hanayo and Tenko: through a lens blurrily | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  13. ↑ "P.3 – Bitten By The Black Dog - News - The Black Dog". The Black Dog. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  14. 1 2 "www.junmiyake.com - JUN MIYAKE / 三宅 純 official site". www.junmiyake.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  15. ↑ Hanayo.,; 花代,. Berurin = Berlin : Hanayos saugeile kumpels. Chōfu-shi. ISBN 9784901477680. OCLC 834048236.
  16. ↑ "Terre Thaemlitz - Discography". www.comatonse.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  17. ↑ "Hanayo in Panacea [Category]". Old Europa Cafe. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  18. ↑ "Locust Fudge". HIGHRESAUDIO. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  19. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Smashed Up Mandolins & Anarcho-Primitivism: Wooden Veil Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  20. ↑ Richter, Marc. "DEKORDER : 035". www.dekorder.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  21. ↑ "Hanayo & Tenko". Freunde von Freunden. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  22. ↑ Thaemlitz, Terre (2003). "Globule of non-standard: an attempted clarification of globular identity politics In Japanese electronic 'Sightseeing Music'". Organised Sound. Cambridge University Press. 8 (1): 97–108.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ "P.3 – Bitten By The Black Dog - News - The Black Dog". The Black Dog. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  25. ↑ "Hanayo and Tenko: through a lens blurrily | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  26. ↑ "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 2018-02-13.
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