Natsumi Sakai

The audience is led into the room by the performer (myself) holding an orange lamp. Once entering, there are no verbal instructions given and the audience is free to touch/explore the objects and the room.

In this exercise, participants are put into pairs, and given a cardboard wrapped in fabric to hold onto, throughout. They are given the following instructions one by one: 1. Walk around, and explore what movements you can do 2. Be as far as possible from each other, while holding onto the cardboard 3. Hide your partner's face from yourself 4. Be as close as possible without seeing each other or touching each other directly 5. While continuing the previous instruction, listen to each other's footsteps 6. Slow down your movements gradually 7. Stay still

In this exercise, I sit under the table and invite passersby to join me. Under the confinement and privacy of the tablecloth, we try to have a conversation. Sometimes more than one joins me under the table

In this exercise, I asked a friend to join me in a performance in front of an audience. We sit underneath the transparent fabric and make sounds with metal pieces as a form of interaction. During our interactions, we make use of a contact microphone to amplify the quiet sounds we make.

With this exercise, I asked the audience to gather in a corner of a small room, against a window. I then approach them - not speaking to them but reciting a piece of text (see below). I sit close to the audience. Slowly I engage in actions such as touching and staring, towards the audience.

This participatory performance began with my exploration of the different relations to performance: as a performer, as the audience, and as a participating audience. As the main performer, I guide the audience one by one to sit at a chair, cover their face with fabric and give them a stone to hold. As I leave, I whisper. After a while, I lead them out of the chair, and a new participant can join.