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Calligraton is a live performance by the duo Schnitt—Amelie Duchow and Marco Monfardini—in collaboration with Japanese calligrapher Aoi Yamaguchi, exploring the subtle and profound dialogue between sound and the art of shodō. In this work, two seemingly distant expressive forms—electronic composition and Japanese calligraphy—intersect in a shared language of gesture, rhythm, and presence. Yamaguchi’s brush moves across Japanese gasen paper in a disciplined dance that merges posture, breath, and the energy of each mark. Each stroke is both decisive and delicate, carrying the invisible movement that sustains the visible line, while Schnitt’s electronic sounds respond with rarefied, dense textures, resonating with the pace, flow, and intensity of the calligraphic gesture.
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The performance unfolds in a series of movements, each pairing live sound with calligraphic creation, allowing neither element to dominate but rather to exist in continuous dialogue. The rhythm of writing and sound intertwine, revealing analogies between brush and digital gesture, emptiness and fullness, silence and resonance.
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In Calligraton, the act of writing becomes a living performance, a meditation on presence, discipline, and creative interaction. The work invites viewers to witness the invisible energy behind each mark, to sense the intimate relationship between movement and sound, and to experience the space where time, gesture, and technology converge in a delicate, living harmony.
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ASIA-EUROPE CULTURAL FESTIVAL 2025 EDITION
CLOSING CURTAIN
CALLIGRATON
by SCHNITT + AOI YAMAGUCHI
11 October, 2025
Stamford Arts Centre, Blackbox, Singapore
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