DREAM: We Only Come to Dream
The title takes inspiration from the Nahuatl poem attributed to Tochihuitzin Coyolchiuhqui, Zan tontemiquico (“We Only Come to Dream”)
Satomi Akutsu and Hiroshi Shimizu are contemporary Japanese artists working across performance art, movement and experimental sound. Their collaborative practice includes international projects and cross-cultural exchanges, notably through the Solas | Hikari initiative, bringing together Japanese and Irish artists. Satomi Akutsu’s work engages with movement, improvisation, contemporary dance and Butoh. Hiroshi Shimizu, also known as soundgeezer, works with experimental sound, environmental soundscapes and expanded drawing. Together, they explore possibilities across different artistic disciplines and forms of expression.
Tadashi Watanabe has been developing his artistic practice internationally since 1995.
A central concept in his work is emptiness. Drawing from Buddhist traditions and an interest in darkness and silence, he explores space as a material in itself, questioning how we perceive the physical world and the things that surround us. His practice encompasses performance, installation and visual art. He is also the founder and director of Beyond the Soul, an international performance art festival. In 2026, he co-led the Solas | Hikari international residency and performance project in Ireland, alongside Irish artist Sandra Corrigan Breathnach.
Tanaka Teruyuki is a Japanese performance artist. In his work TRANSMUTED, presented in 2011 at Ex Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City as part of the International Performance Art Festival, he drew inspiration from a traditional Japanese medicinal belief involving frog sweat. For his interpretation, he replaced the frog with a rattlesnake surrounded by mirrors, creating a performance exploring irony and taboo.
Veronica Cordova de la Rosa is a visual artist and researcher whose practice explores Nahua artistic philosophy, understanding artistic creation as a way of engaging with existence and with what gives meaning to human life. Her practice considers the artist not only as a maker of objects, but as someone who activates relationships between people, materials, environments and curiosity. Her practice also investigates collective artistic processes and collaboration as spaces where uncertainty, difference and experimentation can coexist.
Presented by LAPER : Live Art and Performance Group
Doors 6.30 | performance 7pm | suggested £10 – £15 cash
Poster designed by Runxuan Yang
