CHIKA : A Documentary Theater at Komunitas Salihara

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Chika Honda was a historical figure who inspired this play. He was a Japanese tourist who was jailed in Australia for allegedly smuggling 13 kg of heroin. For 10 years he was serving his sentence, without feeling guilty of the crime. Chika was finally released in 2002 and now works as a waiter in Omiya, Japan. The case is known as "The Melbourne Case".

Chika: A Documentary Performance is staging a multi-layered and cross boundaries: live music, dance, narrative, documentary images, video and archival interview footage. Chika suffering for serving mostly appearing through documentary footage, the rest turn to a full exploration of fault motion and pain of the dancer Yumi Umiumare, overlaid play traditional Japanese instruments: koto, shakuhachi, and wadaiko. All this presents a surreal world Chika as a convict.

Produced by Mayu Kanamori, this stage is an unusual collaboration to recall the suffering of human and legal consequences of receipt. Mayu Kanamori is a Japanese-born artist who now lives in Sydney, Australia. His work combines photography, performance art, video, stories, across various genres and artistic disciplines. Stage is directed by Malcolm Blaylock, experienced artists as Darwin Festival and artistic director of La Boite Theatre, Brisbane.

Chika Initially produced for a workshop in Melbourne in 2003, and achieved success through performances at a number of festivals in Australia and overseas.