The Tale of Genji Part II

Japanese-Brazilian textile and performance artist Kiyoshi Yamamoto (b. 1983) was born in Japan but grew up in Rio, Brazil. Yamamoto attended Escola de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro and Saint Martin’s School of Arts and Design in London, before he moved to Bergen to attend the Master’s programme at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, which he completed in 2013.

Highly influenced by the work of textile artist and printmaker Annie Albers, Yamamoto’s own artistic practice is centred around weaving, printing and pigments. His oftentimes large-scale works, and sometimes wearable ones, are consistently colourful. Moreover, they dissolve the lines between art and design; accordingly, to the artist, the materials are autonomous, which makes Yamamoto’s artistic practice multifaceted.

Kiyoshi Yamamoto has had several solo exhibitions at, among others, Soft Galleri (2014), Galleri Norske Grafikere (2015), Buskerud Kunstsenter (2017) and Kunstnerforbundet (2022). His work is represented in the collections of Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim, KODE in Bergen and the Embassy of Norway in Brasília.

is an interdisciplinary artist based in Norway,. Originally from South Korea, she works in the fields of choreography, dance, performance art, theatre, writing, and installation.

She has a holistic approach to dance, seeing dance as a way of living and learning the deeper values/meanings of life. She holds a Master’s degree in choreography at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo). She also studied theatre/acting/stage art/creative writing in various institutions such as Nordic Black Express in Oslo, Norwegian Theater Academy in Østfold University-Collage in Fredrikstad, and Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, Korea.

She practices various holistic and spiritual dances and practices such as Butoh dance, Salpuri dance, Contact Improvisation(CI), Zen practice, Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness, Energy Reading and Healing, and more.

Kyuja Bae is a member of PAB (Performance Art in Bergen) and a former member of the International Dance Council CID, UNESCO, Norsk Dansekunstnere (Norwegian Dance Artists’ Organization) and PAO (Performance Art in Oslo).

trained as a menswear tailor in Norway and in 1996 moved to London to complete an MA in Menswear at Central Saint Martins. She has shown her collections in London and Paris and has collaborated with the likes of Fred Perry and Topman. In 2006 the British Fashion Council nominated Støldal as Menswear Designer of the Year. Her idiosyncratic approach to design has incorporated numerous unusual research techniques and displays, such as the placing of a series of scarecrows in Norwegian fields or wrapping up buildings in London. Siv Støldal currently lives and works in Norway.

(b.1996) is an Indian/Belgian metal and jewellery artist based in Oslo. Shitika has obtained her bachelor’s degree in jewellery design and silversmithing from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. As well as a master’s degree from the Oslo National Academy of Arts. Her works have been exhibited in Galerie Beyond Antwerp (2018), BIDULES Eyewear (2018), Munich Jewellery Week (2019), CODA Museum NL (2019), Oslo Kammermusikkfestival (2021) and Delusions of Reality -Oslo(2023)

(b.1981) is an architect, literary translator, and curator from Shanghai, China, currently based in Bergen, Norway. He is one of the co-founders and the general manager of Northing. In addition to his native language, Mandarin Chinese, he is also fluent in English, Norwegian, and Japanese.

(b.772), courtesy name Letian, was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Bai was also influential in the historical development of Japanese literature, where he is better known by the on’yomi reading of his courtesy name, Haku Rakuten. One of Bai’s most famous poems is “Chang hen ge” (“Song of Everlasting Sorrow”), a