When I first saw and heard Maria Takeuchi her mind-blowing stuff I was reminded of Friedrich Nietzsche´s “The Birth of Tragedy” or the introduction lines at the 12inch “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”:

With the help of  Xbox One Kinect for motion data capture:

I am no longer an artist – I have become a work of art

“In song and in dance
I express myself as a member of a higher community
I have forgotten how to walk and speak
I am on the way toward flying into the air, dancing
My very gestures express enchantment
I feel myself a god
Supernatural sounds emanate from me
I walk about enchanted, in ecstasy, like the gods I saw walking in my dreams
I am no longer an artist
I have become a work of art”.

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More information via asphyxia-project.com/gallery or asphyxia-project.com/

©  and Credits:

Music and Direction : Maria Takeuchi
Visuals and Direction : Frederico Phillips
Performance Artist : Shiho Tanaka
Camera Filming / Support : Samuel Blalark
Camera equipment : Jason Guerrero

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