anti-cool

(Japan)

role model for a store clerk

In my country – Japan customers are treated like gods. Store clerks are trained to master the art of good service, must follow manuals, and all with a perfect smile, even if they are in a state of exhaustion. My performance happens in the gap between the smile and the clerk’s true feelings. The audience will witness continuing dynamic actions, comical but ironic reality of life.

Performance artist anti-cool was born in Kanagawa, Japan, and has presented in more than 10 countries in the last 8 years. Recent group exhibitions include: Glasgow International (UK), M1 Singapore Fringe Festival at Singapore Art Museum (Singapore), CAFKA05X Industria (Canada), Cultural Studies Wien at Museum Quarter 21 and Platform Kunst for the programme of the Japan-European Union Year (Austria). anti-cool’s works explore how people can conquer the boundaries and rules with which they surround themselves. Through communication with those present, she tries to find solutions in order to break through people’s self-imposed limits.