In a slightly overexposed black-and-white photograph, a female figure stands in an almost white forest, dressed entirely in white, her black hair a glossy contrast. She is stretching transparent strips of tape between the branches as she moves through the forest like a subdued, nearly non-existent instrument. I imagine how the wind is sliced by the sharp edges of the tape, how it sets the material into a lively motion that creates a fleeting sound. Is it a whisper or a scream?
The woman in the photograph is Kazuko Tsujimura, and we find ourselves in her archive, currently displayed at the exhibition space Heirloom on Sølvgade. The photograph is from a 1971 performance in which Tsujimura participated in On-e, a two-day experimental event for 35 members of the artist group Nirvana Commune, held on a meditation platform in the mountains near Suwa, Japan