Mark of A Woman is a performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories and authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures.
Using Visual Vernacular (the choreographed and poetic form of sign language), digital animation, kinetic projection and haptic technology, it offers an accessible new exploration into women’s social, cultural and historical relationships to body marking.
Access note
Book a free touch tour 30 minutes before the performance here.
This performance uses Haptic straps. Haptic straps are vibrating belts designed to offer an additional sensory experience for audiences by enabling the user to feel sound vibrations. There are a limited number, available on a first come first serve basis. Priority is given to Deaf audience members, but everyone is encouraged to use them. If you are Deaf and wish to use a haptic strap, please let a member of venue staff know on arrival, or contact the venues in advance.
Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide. Born in Japan, now based in London, Chisato has created, performed and taught internationally and is currently a Work Place artist at The Place. Chisato trained at Trinity Laban in London and holds a BA in Japanese-style painting from JOSHIBI University and an MA in Performance and Health from YOKOHAMA national University. Chisato approaches choreography and performance making from her unique perspective as a Deaf artist, experimenting with and exploring the visualisation of sound and music. By using dance and technology, Chisato aims to share her experiences of sensory perception and human encounters.
Artistic Director and Performer: Chisato Minamimura
Production Manager and Lighting Designer: Jon Armstrong
Projection Designer: Mark Morreau
Sound Designer: Dominic Kennedy
Animator: Dan Chambers
Producer: Michael Kitchin
Dramaturgical Support: Sarah Pickthall and Orrow Bell
Costume Designer: Sophie Donaldson
Filmmaker: Caroline Smith
QLab programmer: Simon Jackson
Interviewees: Sonia Zambakides and Shuko Fujita
Audio Describer: Willie Elliot
BSL Translator: Fifi Garfield
Visual Vernacular Expert: Giuseppe Giuranna, Tetsuya Izaki
BSL/Visual Language Consultant: Ramesh Meyyappan
Tattoo Consultants: Stewart O’Callaghan and Nikole Lowe
Trailer: No Class
Disrupt Disability Arts Festival is funded by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Festivals Investment Scheme and supported by Project Arts Centre, RTÉ Supporting the Arts and Europe Beyond Access. Disrupt Disability Arts Festival’s Embedded Access Training Programme is funded by Rethink Ireland’s Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 and supported by Fire Station Artists’ Studios and Dance Ireland.
7 March
7:15pm
€17/10
Free companion tickets available
Cube
60 minutes
All events at the festival will deal with topics of Disability, Access and Ableism.
Additional trigger warnings for this event are: cancer treatment and mastectomy surgery, abduction, sexual assault and mild torture, and reference to colonialism.
There is haze, flickering lights and some loud noises.
Touch Tour, Haptic Straps, Live Captioning, Irish Sign language, Audio Description, NaviLens, Sensory Tool Kit, Relaxed Performance, ‘Know Before You Go’ Document, Safer Air & Health Measures
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