Photo by Rogan Yeoh
An artist duo comprised of Rick Yamakawa and Yuko Takeda.
We have been active since 2018. We conduct fieldwork in the actual cities where we create tour performances. Through the creation and presentation of the works, Transfield Studio continues to consider "How do we, the people gathered here, stay together?”. We try to realize and rediscover through our own experiences the basic premise of a city, and the things that people living there take for granted.
Recent works: "Lines and Around Lines" series (2022-, Tokyo / Saitama / Singapore), "Elevation, Separator" (2024, Taiwan, Treasure Hill Artist Village), "Elevation, Stream" (2024, South Korea, Seoul Marginal Theater Festival), "Elevation, Central" (2024, South Korea, The 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale) etc. We joined Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency by Esplanade in 2022.
Transfield Studio
Rick Yamakawa
Artist. In various forms, he works on designing situations in which people think together . He did the participatory performance "Rotary" (2023) and "Ichiro Furutachi-Gokko" (2018), several tours that underperform. And he collaborates with artists through research, design, construction like space design for exhibitions, scenography for performances etc. From 2024, he's accompanying Liberte -handicapped people's atelier in Ueda city, Nagano . He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Architecture.
Yuko Takeda
Performing arts producer. Public Relations (2016) and Production Coordinator (2017-19) for Festival/Tokyo. Since 2017, curated, invited, and co-produced the “Asia Series” programs for the festival. Through these experiences, deepen exchanges with Asian artists and producers. Worked at West Kowloon Cultural District (Hong Kong) as a fellowship of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan (2020-2021). Now works as a chef production coordinator for “Tokyo Festival 2022 FT label”. Take an interest in creative works that transcend all borders and genres.