Yuzuru Maeda
Musician
Yuzuru Maeda is born in Ogaki, Japan in 1978.
She had received a BA from the LaSalle Collage of Arts, Singapore in 2009 and currently lives in Singapore.She has been involved with producing soundtracks, jingles and music compositions for independent films and video works.She performs with Sanshin (Japanese), Sarod (Indian) at different venues.
Her music includes Jazz, Hindustani classical, Carnatic, Hindi film songs, Japanese music and experimental music. She has explored different types of musical genre through her research travels in Africa, Europe, North America, India and Asia between 1999 to 2007.
Her influence comes from La Monte Young, Arlo Guthrie and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
1. Artist’s Biography
Yuzuru Maeda (b. 1978, Ogaki, Japan) received her Music BA from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore in 2009 and currently lives in Singapore.
Yuzuru has been making video-based music works with ‘Zentai Art Project’(yuzuru.weebly.com). These are visual explorations extended from her practice as a contemporary musician. In her art projects Yuzuru uses Zentai, the Japanese sub-culture to investigate the human conditions of identity, spiritual connections with cosmic energy in the universe and as a means to come to terms with one’s living environment.
She currently organizes Zentai Art Festival (zentaiart.com) in Singapore and around Asia.
Education
2009
Bachelor in Music, 2nd Class Honours
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2008
Diploma in Music
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Organizer:
2014-2015
Zentai Art Festival
Zentaiart.com
Group Exhibitions:
23 May-5 June 2015
Japan Creative Center, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole 3”
2 April-10 May 2015
Institute of Cntemporary Art Singapore, LASALLE collage of the arts, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole 2”
07-15 Nov 2014
The Substation Gallery, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole”
03-25 Nov 2012
01100001 Beijing, C3, Red No.1, Caochangdi, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, China
Video installation for "Survival Theory Case - China Singapore Contemporary Art"
June 2011
Goodman Art Gallery, Singapore
Video installation for “Dream: borderland and other territories”
May 2011
Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?”
Residencies:
May 2012
Artist Village, Singapore
The Artists Village Pulau Ubin Artists-in-residency Program TAV link – www.tav.sg
May 2011
“Where Would You Place Them?” Thailand
‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?” artists exchange project, Thailand
Performances:
2 February 2017
Back Art, Dhaka Live Art Biennale
Zentai Walk
23 January 2017
Kolkatta International Performance Art Festival
Zentai Walk
26 November 2016
Neon Light Festival, Cloud factory, Fort Cannon Park, Singapore
UFO project: Antena Galaxy
7 May 2016
PARABIOSIS, regeneration-expansion, International contemporary art exhibtion 2016, Chongqing, China
Zentai Walk in Chongqing
2 May 2016
Up-On 4th International live art festival, Cheng Du, China
Zentai Walk in Cheng Du
13 March 2016
Ruang Gerilya Art Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
Zentai Walk in Bandung
13 February 2016
98B, Manila
Zentai Walk in Manila
29 November 2015
Neon Light Festival, Cloud factory, Fort Cannon Park, Singapore
Zentai Art Project: UFO Concert
22 November 2015
Future of Imagination 10, Zarch Collective, Singapore
Perfect
1 November 2015
Asiatopia 10, Performance art festival, Bangkok, Thailand
Zentai walk in Bangkok
10 September 2015
ArtScience Late, Art Science Museum, Singapore
UFO Concert
31 July 2015
Canvas, Singapore
Zentai Art Project
26 June 2015
The Substation Theatre
Zentai Erotica
5 May 2015
Institute of contemporary arts Singapore, LASALLE collange of the arts
Zentai art school: Chapter 2, “Illusions”
14 November 2014
The Substation Gallery
It’s not red
8 May 2014
The Substation, Singapore
Why then, should we worry?
27 December 2013
Independent Archive & Resource Center
Wisdom-Insight 3
5 December 2013
The Substation, Singapore
Why then, Should we worry?
6 Novembe 2013
Artistry, Singapore
Wisdom-Insight
3 November 2012
01100001 Beijing, Survival Theory Case
Live sound performance with moroccan instrument
31 May 2012
The Artists Village Artists-in-Residency, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
Live performance with video and Sarod
18 May 2012
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak, The Substation, Singapore
Video and sound performance
6 March 2012
Findars, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Electro acoustic performance
22 December 2011
CAFÉ CARIDAD, Baguio City, Phillipine
“Art+Performance,” Perofrmance Art ‘Nails’ and artist talk
17 December 2011
Fete dela WSK, Phillipine
at BLACKBIRD CAFÉ, CONCERT and Culminating Performance of “Tales from the Firewall"
19 November 2011
Future of Imagination 7, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
Performance Art collaborating with Kai Lam, Jason Lim & Kawai Shiu
24 September 2011
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak, White House, Emily Hill, Singapore
Electro-acoustic performance with Sarod
27 August 2011
BKK Arthouse, Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
“MiniMoves” exhibtion, artist’s talk and performance (in collaboration with Kai Lam) presented by Blur Borders.
21 June 2011
Robertson Quay, Singapore
“Fête de la Musique” presented by Alliance Française, Singapore
27 June 2011
Goodman Art Gallery, Singapore
Electro-acoustic performance with Sanshin, and Sound works, exhibition of video/musical works Zentai Art Project in “Dream: borderland and other territories” group exhibition.
9 May 2011
Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
Performance and exhibition in ‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?” artists exchange project, Thailand
20 April 2011
Night and Day bar, Singapore
Sarod and violin performance in collaboration with dancer, Mayu Watanabe in “Black Water | White Water”, a charity event dedicated to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims.
27 August 2009
OPEN Art spce, 798 Art Factory, Beijing, China
Voice and electro-acoustic performance in “Open International Performance Art Festival”
13 August 2009
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S), Old School, Singapore
Voice and electro-acoustic performance
2. Artist Statement:
The world is getting more and more materialistic. People say the world will not last long if we continue to consume the way we do now.
But I think we don’t need to look for a new invention that can save the world. I believe the key is to have fewer desires or identities. If we could live simply, and require less materially, the world could sustain its cycle.
When I see a group of people wearing zentai, I can identify female or male but nothing more. And maybe this is enough.
We could live just as male or female but now we are playing too many roles in society, like nationality, age, job, education, family and so on.
I think zentai can remind us that it is good to be ourselves, the self that exists beyond identities.
A group of zentai people look like they are merging into one another as if they are one whole energy. Zentai not only takes away the identity but also the individuality. It is no longer 20 people standing together but one big energy standing.
And I think this is what we really are. We are not separate from each other. We are actually just one energy. What makes us think we are different from other person is the 'identity'. Identifying 'my' hair, 'my' skin, and 'my' thought, which makes everything complicated.
So zentai reminds me to be a simple being.
And this simplicity touches the heart and the core of Human beings.
3. Link to website
Zentai art project
(yuzuru.weebly.com)
Zentai art festival
(www.zentaiart.com)
5. Selected video works
One foot nation (Zentai 92)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNw6h11Guq8
Mizuyari (Zentai 100)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7xFnQx2bE
Zentai Song (Zentai 48)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XF7O_9dn4
(Zentai 46) on B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x708ppWGkJE
She had received a BA from the LaSalle Collage of Arts, Singapore in 2009 and currently lives in Singapore.She has been involved with producing soundtracks, jingles and music compositions for independent films and video works.She performs with Sanshin (Japanese), Sarod (Indian) at different venues.
Her music includes Jazz, Hindustani classical, Carnatic, Hindi film songs, Japanese music and experimental music. She has explored different types of musical genre through her research travels in Africa, Europe, North America, India and Asia between 1999 to 2007.
Her influence comes from La Monte Young, Arlo Guthrie and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
1. Artist’s Biography
Yuzuru Maeda (b. 1978, Ogaki, Japan) received her Music BA from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore in 2009 and currently lives in Singapore.
Yuzuru has been making video-based music works with ‘Zentai Art Project’(yuzuru.weebly.com). These are visual explorations extended from her practice as a contemporary musician. In her art projects Yuzuru uses Zentai, the Japanese sub-culture to investigate the human conditions of identity, spiritual connections with cosmic energy in the universe and as a means to come to terms with one’s living environment.
She currently organizes Zentai Art Festival (zentaiart.com) in Singapore and around Asia.
Education
2009
Bachelor in Music, 2nd Class Honours
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2008
Diploma in Music
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Organizer:
2014-2015
Zentai Art Festival
Zentaiart.com
Group Exhibitions:
23 May-5 June 2015
Japan Creative Center, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole 3”
2 April-10 May 2015
Institute of Cntemporary Art Singapore, LASALLE collage of the arts, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole 2”
07-15 Nov 2014
The Substation Gallery, Singapore
Video installation for “Invisible whole”
03-25 Nov 2012
01100001 Beijing, C3, Red No.1, Caochangdi, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, China
Video installation for "Survival Theory Case - China Singapore Contemporary Art"
June 2011
Goodman Art Gallery, Singapore
Video installation for “Dream: borderland and other territories”
May 2011
Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?”
Residencies:
May 2012
Artist Village, Singapore
The Artists Village Pulau Ubin Artists-in-residency Program TAV link – www.tav.sg
May 2011
“Where Would You Place Them?” Thailand
‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?” artists exchange project, Thailand
Performances:
2 February 2017
Back Art, Dhaka Live Art Biennale
Zentai Walk
23 January 2017
Kolkatta International Performance Art Festival
Zentai Walk
26 November 2016
Neon Light Festival, Cloud factory, Fort Cannon Park, Singapore
UFO project: Antena Galaxy
7 May 2016
PARABIOSIS, regeneration-expansion, International contemporary art exhibtion 2016, Chongqing, China
Zentai Walk in Chongqing
2 May 2016
Up-On 4th International live art festival, Cheng Du, China
Zentai Walk in Cheng Du
13 March 2016
Ruang Gerilya Art Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
Zentai Walk in Bandung
13 February 2016
98B, Manila
Zentai Walk in Manila
29 November 2015
Neon Light Festival, Cloud factory, Fort Cannon Park, Singapore
Zentai Art Project: UFO Concert
22 November 2015
Future of Imagination 10, Zarch Collective, Singapore
Perfect
1 November 2015
Asiatopia 10, Performance art festival, Bangkok, Thailand
Zentai walk in Bangkok
10 September 2015
ArtScience Late, Art Science Museum, Singapore
UFO Concert
31 July 2015
Canvas, Singapore
Zentai Art Project
26 June 2015
The Substation Theatre
Zentai Erotica
5 May 2015
Institute of contemporary arts Singapore, LASALLE collange of the arts
Zentai art school: Chapter 2, “Illusions”
14 November 2014
The Substation Gallery
It’s not red
8 May 2014
The Substation, Singapore
Why then, should we worry?
27 December 2013
Independent Archive & Resource Center
Wisdom-Insight 3
5 December 2013
The Substation, Singapore
Why then, Should we worry?
6 Novembe 2013
Artistry, Singapore
Wisdom-Insight
3 November 2012
01100001 Beijing, Survival Theory Case
Live sound performance with moroccan instrument
31 May 2012
The Artists Village Artists-in-Residency, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
Live performance with video and Sarod
18 May 2012
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak, The Substation, Singapore
Video and sound performance
6 March 2012
Findars, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Electro acoustic performance
22 December 2011
CAFÉ CARIDAD, Baguio City, Phillipine
“Art+Performance,” Perofrmance Art ‘Nails’ and artist talk
17 December 2011
Fete dela WSK, Phillipine
at BLACKBIRD CAFÉ, CONCERT and Culminating Performance of “Tales from the Firewall"
19 November 2011
Future of Imagination 7, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
Performance Art collaborating with Kai Lam, Jason Lim & Kawai Shiu
24 September 2011
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak, White House, Emily Hill, Singapore
Electro-acoustic performance with Sarod
27 August 2011
BKK Arthouse, Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
“MiniMoves” exhibtion, artist’s talk and performance (in collaboration with Kai Lam) presented by Blur Borders.
21 June 2011
Robertson Quay, Singapore
“Fête de la Musique” presented by Alliance Française, Singapore
27 June 2011
Goodman Art Gallery, Singapore
Electro-acoustic performance with Sanshin, and Sound works, exhibition of video/musical works Zentai Art Project in “Dream: borderland and other territories” group exhibition.
9 May 2011
Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Thailand
Performance and exhibition in ‘The Mekong River: Co-River 2’, a series of events and exhitbitions based on artist-field trips and on-site works, “Where Would You Place Them?” artists exchange project, Thailand
20 April 2011
Night and Day bar, Singapore
Sarod and violin performance in collaboration with dancer, Mayu Watanabe in “Black Water | White Water”, a charity event dedicated to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims.
27 August 2009
OPEN Art spce, 798 Art Factory, Beijing, China
Voice and electro-acoustic performance in “Open International Performance Art Festival”
13 August 2009
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S), Old School, Singapore
Voice and electro-acoustic performance
2. Artist Statement:
The world is getting more and more materialistic. People say the world will not last long if we continue to consume the way we do now.
But I think we don’t need to look for a new invention that can save the world. I believe the key is to have fewer desires or identities. If we could live simply, and require less materially, the world could sustain its cycle.
When I see a group of people wearing zentai, I can identify female or male but nothing more. And maybe this is enough.
We could live just as male or female but now we are playing too many roles in society, like nationality, age, job, education, family and so on.
I think zentai can remind us that it is good to be ourselves, the self that exists beyond identities.
A group of zentai people look like they are merging into one another as if they are one whole energy. Zentai not only takes away the identity but also the individuality. It is no longer 20 people standing together but one big energy standing.
And I think this is what we really are. We are not separate from each other. We are actually just one energy. What makes us think we are different from other person is the 'identity'. Identifying 'my' hair, 'my' skin, and 'my' thought, which makes everything complicated.
So zentai reminds me to be a simple being.
And this simplicity touches the heart and the core of Human beings.
3. Link to website
Zentai art project
(yuzuru.weebly.com)
Zentai art festival
(www.zentaiart.com)
5. Selected video works
One foot nation (Zentai 92)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNw6h11Guq8
Mizuyari (Zentai 100)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7xFnQx2bE
Zentai Song (Zentai 48)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XF7O_9dn4
(Zentai 46) on B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x708ppWGkJE