The space between
common ground for uncommon ideas
About en rapport
En Rapport explores how new ideas are born and take shape through collaboration, working across artistic disciplines and cultural backgrounds.
In these shared spaces, unfamiliar languages encounter and subtly disrupt one another, creating moments of resonance that spark imagination. Through changing experiences, the familiar and unfamiliar begin to merge, unfolding into a collective journey shaped by shared curiosity and discovery — for both artist and audience.
recent and current projects
ayatori. lotus code. no one’s an island
you to we
as seen in
Part of the ASEA Festival at the Purcell Room, Southbank centre, London, and also the South-West in July 2025
AYATORI
Ayatori takes its name from a form associated with weaving and interconnection, and from the Japanese word ayatori, which also evokes the coexistence of simplicity and complexity, and the presence of subtle, layered meanings.
Starting as a remote audio-visual exchange between internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Yuriko Takagi in Japan, and award-winning jazz saxophonist and composer Ed Jones in the UK during and after the lockdown period (2020–2023), the artists have developed a shared audio-visual language which continues to develop and evolve through experimentatation with composed forms and improvisationand interweaving of traditional and contemporary technologies, including AI.
Lotus code
Lotus Code explores the spaces between presence and absence, sound and silence, and the visible and invisible. Working across music, sound, spoken word, and visual image, the project brings together layered artistic languages that overlap, interrupt, and respond to one another.
Developed through collaboration with Rebecca Nash, Ed Jones, Toku, Takashi Sugawa, Hannah Copley, Federico Reuben, and visual artist Yuriko Takagi, Lotus Code redefines the relationship between audio and visual elements. This approach opens space for Takagi to explore the confluence of these languages, treating sound and image not as parallel components but as interdependent, evolving relationships.
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No One’s an Island
No One’s an Island brings together three exceptional musicians to explore a meeting point between jazz and Japanese folk traditions through original composition and improvisation.
Award-winning Berlin-based UK pianist Kit Downes, New York-based vocalist and shamisen player Emi Makabe, and renowned bassist Thomas Morgan create a rich landscape of musical textures and colours. Drawing on both traditional and contemporary practices, the trio balances deep listening, subtle interplay, and shared musical curiosity to shape a distinctive and evolving sound world.