Porto Summer School: Tujiko Noriko & Joji Koyama

The School of Arts is organizing another edition of the Porto Summer School on Art & Cinema, under the theme Technology/Transformation, from June 30 to July 4, with daily free events.

On July 4th:

22:00, Concert
Crepuscule Live A/V, Tujiko Noriko & Joji Koyama
 

Having released Crépuscule I & II in early 2023 to great acclaim, Tujiko Noriko has now collaborated with filmmaker Joji Koyama to create a live audiovisual concert. The new live set draws from the moods and themes of the album, tranforming it into a mesmeric, cinematic experience. As Tujiko’s ethereal singing drifts in and out of her otherwordly electronic pieces, Koyama (who worked on the music as well as the album artwork), expands the haunting visual world of Crépuscule – a world that is as beautiful as it is strange. The Crépuscule Live A/V concert premiered at the electronic music and digital art festival Semibreve, in Portugal.

Biography:

Tujiko Noriko is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and filmmaker based in Paris.
Since the early 2000s, she has released several experimental pop albums, singing in both Japanese and English over glitchy electronics, downtempo beats, and electroacoustic arrangements. Shojo Toshi (2001) and From Tokyo to Naiagara (2003) were highly acclaimed, attracting the attention of both IDM and indie pop audiences.
She has collaborated with numerous experimental electronic musicians, including Peter Rehberg (as DACM), Lawrence English, and Nobukazu Takemura. After working on experimental short films throughout her career, she released her first feature-length instrumental soundtrack, Kuro, in 2019. Her expansive ambient work Crépuscule I & II was released in 2023.

Joji Koyama is a filmmaker, photographer, animator, and graphic artist currently based in Berlin.
His work has been shown internationally and has received awards at the London Short Film Festival and the British Animation Awards. His feature film Kuro, co-written and co-directed with Tujiko Noriko, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and was streamed globally on MUBI.
In addition to his moving image work, he has published a book of visual stories titled Plassein.