Tadasu Takamine

Tadasu Takamine

After beginning his career as a performer with the pioneering multimedia performance group dumb type, Tadasu Takamine is now active internationally as a contemporary artist. As in creations such as the video work Kimura san , about a person who assists in sexual care for a seriously disabled male victim of the Morinaga poisoned milk extortion incident, Takamine has created a series of works that use video, installation, performance and other media to depicts the processes of dealing others and society as a whole. In recent years he has expanded his activities to stage art design, and since 2005 Takamine has opened up new ground by creating stage works through workshops in a bricolage style, bringing together a patchwork of elements. Of particular note is his work was Melody♥Cup that premiered in 2009 as a production of AI Hall (Itami city, Hyogo Pref.) bringing together Thai and Japanese participants in a stimulating mix of art, music, performance, video, reality and fiction that came together with a great deal of humor.
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