Discovery in collaboration
Finding the space where things happen
About en rapport
En Rapport is interested in the ways creative understanding grows through the changing experiences of the familiar and the unfamiliar.
Our work centres on cross-cultural and mixed-media collaborations, bringing together UK and Japanese artists whose perspectives shape new pathways of artistic expression.
In these shared spaces, different languages of art meet, mingle, and quietly transform one another, allowing new ideas, resonances, and forms of collective imagination to unfold.
July 2025 - as part of the
‘East, south-east asia festival’
East, south-East Asia festivalat the
The SOUTHBANK CENTRE, London:
AYATORI
Ayatori, or cat’s cradle, is a game weaving infinite shapes from a single thread and played all over the world, while having strong associations with Japanese culture where the word ayatori also refers to the juxtaposition of the simple and complex, and subtle differences of hidden meanings. Beginning here as a remote audio-visual exchange between internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Yuriko Takagi and award-winning jazz saxophonist and composer Ed Jones during lockdowns, the audio-visual project Ayatori has evolved through experimentation with composition and improvisations interweaving both traditional and contemporary audio-visual technologies and approaches.
Lotus code
Lotus Code explores the interconnecting space between presence and absence, sound and silence, visible and invisible. Experimenting with layers of the different mediums and languages of music, sound, and spoken word and visual image with Rebecca Nash, Ed Jones, Toku, Takashi Sugawa, Hannah Copley, Federico Reuben
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No One’s an Island
No One’s an Island is a unique meeting of three exceptional musicians, exploring a merging of jazz and Japanese folk music through original compositions and improvisation. Award winning Berlin based UK pianist Kit Downes, New York based vocalist and Shamisen player Emi Makabe and renowned bassist Thomas Morgan explore a rich landscape of musical textures and colours in this unique balance of traditional and contemporary skills and ideas.