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Drafting Rivers is out!
Ripples And the burnt nanohana Before the yellow rise I do still walking Along the four from the west I do still humming Rocket Man Along the Nassau I do still being Here The river within keeps going -- Installation / Video / Text © 2024 Nena Nastasiya Filmed on May 1st 2023, Shizuoka, Japan Text transcript recorded on May 2nd 2023 Music from "Wander" by Liloe Rix Enjoy your rivers: https://vimeo.com/videos/935074550 © 2024 Nena Nastasiya and the Space Robot
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Drafting Rivers, Teaser. Video Art / Installation, Shizuoka, Japan - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[ Drafting Rivers ] Installation / Video / Text © 2024 Nena Nastasiya Filmed on May 1st 2023, Shizuoka, Japan Text transcript recorded on May 2nd 2023 Music from "Wander" by Liloe Rix © 2024 Nena Nastasiya
Drafting Rivers. How It's Made
It was Monday morning when I took that local train. Quite a long one, around three-hours journey. I will likely be the only foreigner inside when it starts departing. A bunch of high school students filled up the train. I enjoyed watching their keychain hanging on their backpack. A lot of cute characters and my mind was full of wonder, imagining what kind of person are they by the keychains they owned.
This journey started after I confessed to a friend how I felt emotionally exhausted in my current “home”. It was a good hiking day we took when the sun shone brightly and the breeze of the mountain took both of us leaving the town down there, escaping the reality by the humming while Elton John’s Rocket Man played along. Yes, we both are in search of a "home". We felt and know the exact emotion that is caused by our current "home". There is a question that came up, something like, "Are we gonna be someone else, hiding our real feelings, hiding our true wills, collecting all the recognition, even if we don’t feel it’s right, in the hope of better "home"? Looks like I am the stubborn one. I knew what I was gonna choose even in the coming soon days. It’s a sad hard choice—I can’t say what others choose is wrong. I experienced it as well. You know, when you stay because there is no choice. It’s really hard. Before we said goodbye that time, I got some info about the beautiful local train route. It could lead me to the beach in Shizuoka and seems as if my soul had a strong calling to follow this route. The keychains still swinging as before 8 am they all get off at Ichikawahonmachi station. It's their school station likely. The train continues the long journey again. Passing by some station I like the name of. Passing by a big river with a sparkle on it. Passing by a green bamboo forest with an old couple that got in and took a seat close to me. The song in my earphones keeps looping. Sounding the one which I always listen to. Feel relieved after kind of running away from "home". It was nearby Shizuoka when a foreign couple came and seat across mine. I thought they were cool. They also took a local train and chose the long journey as I do.
When it finally reached Shizuoka, the clouds appeared and covered the one that I wanted to see, Fuji-san. I kept my eyes on the side that I was sure it was there. Hoping the clouds will disappear a little bit. For a moment, the train track surprised me with a view of the city from up the hill. It was a beautiful moment. And there, not so long after, I saw Fuji-san! Still shy under the clouds but I knew it greeted me with a huge smile as I also did. After Fuji-san left behind, my train stopped at the last station. There we are to our destination. I already screenshot the way I should take for today's walk. It was around 5 km. I look around and take it slow as usual. Immersing new place as an alien that came from far away. I saw a small veggies farm with a huge soramame that was ready to harvest. The manhole cover also shows a new look with Fuji-san and another one with Princess Kaguya, I believe. It's so nice being in a new place where you know nothing a lot about it and decided to explore it by yourself. The hot sunshine made me swing by to the Seven-Eleven. Went a bit for the toilet and bought yummy sweet coffee milk to celebrate the day while walking. It was quite a hot day as I opened my brown jacket and put on my blue hat.
I walk through the direction until I reach a sign of the place I want to go. Some wild grass covered along the way as the road changed into sand. My face was full with a huge smile when I heard the waves. It's there finally! I arrived at the place where the Fuji River met the Pacific Ocean. The vivid colour of both of them gave me a goosebumps. I sat on the driftwood and enjoyed the breeze over my face. Today's bento is a roast sausage, a simple sandwich and our sweet Seven-Eleven coffee milk. I found some vibrant stones while enjoying my lunch. Putting on the big stones close to me and planning to bring them back as a souvenir. A little dog comes by with a smiley woman. Playing around its feet with the water and running across to the sand. There are some surfer afar, enjoying their sunny day with the waves. I like the place like this, seems quiet yet every corner has its energy.
Finally, it's the time. I put out my drawing and looked around. Feeling the sadness that still and always be there these past couple of months. Or maybe way far long before? I said to myself, yes it is as it is. I hold my Nokia phone after putting in my drawing inside the water. Letting it drown with a plastic bag and stones that holding it on. My tears came, my hands a bit shaken, and my knees got tired. But the sun shines beautifully, the wind blows gently yet steadily gets harder, and the river, there it is already. 5 minutes shoot. One take that I don't even know what it is for.
I was quite shocked when realized no one was on the beach. I likely sat quite long after shooting the video. Quickly packing and going, I saw some young fisherman with their fishing gear, joking around and walking towards me. It helps me feel at ease again. Walking back along the way before, taking another route to the station, found some things that made me stop a bit to enjoy, until I was on the train again, back to another three-hours journey, where the sunset accompanied me. Where the old man across me enjoyed his fruit and wine which was funny because he seemed a little drunk and peeling the apple with a knife as it was his kitchen.
As the train closer to that station. I have decided already. I am leaving. I am stopping it here. I am dropping it all here. I will say it all here as well. It's likely will be the worst in 20 years. It's likely will be muzukashi. But I am happy. I am happy that I am standing up for myself and for other artists who chose to stay. They stayed because they had no choice. It’s not easy to come to this "home". We are all in our process.
As with drafting the rivers, the stones will stop us at some point, yet the flow of the waters remains. Even at its tiny phase. It's still there.
© 2024 Nena Nastasiya
Drafting Rivers. Video Art / Installation - Out Soon This Spring!
Dearest J, G, A, S and I, As I said, I was tired. As I said, I need to rest. And as I said, I will keep going on. For the bread shop talk, for the aloe vera bubble tea, for the smoked fried rice, for the lunch box, and for the everyday spicy cooking. I drafted my river through all of you and knew that it's already there, here, within us. Thank you for your warm kindness to create those moments in our lives. Your Fried Noodle Chef, Nena [ Drafting Rivers ] © 2024 Nena Nastasiya and the Space Robot Music from "Wander" by Liloe Rix
Drafting Rivers. Drawing / Installations - On Going Project. Japan ~ Where we may find home? -- a place where we can be ourself and feeling at ease with every kind of skies and where we can keep going with our own flowers and we run with a smile and all the winter leaves behind even the trees has no leaves even the breeze came like the coldest ice cream even there is no ducks playing in my river an "umeshu" can without its water a plates with no "okaeri although, dictionary has it busy although, watch has its late although it's never been the same pink sakura in a week there is still rivers __
2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Art Workshop with High School Students. Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido felt like a totally new color on my first visit to this island. The people, the stations, the fashion and the way those warm hides beautifully behind their shyness. A land full of great yellow spring energy from their "nanohana" flower, a land full of a fishing vibes that I did with some angler there, a land where the young creates a new hopes with their art, a land that I re-connected with a friend from 7 years ago. A land that I also called home.
May 2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Work in Progress. Yamanashi, Japan
April 2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Small pop-up exhibition. Yamanashi, Japan
Photograph by A
April 15th 2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Studio View. Yamanashi, Japan After a long gap of the world pandemic situation, seeing the works started to gather like this is surely a bliss. To everyone who keeps sharing their warm energy throughout this journey -- Thank you. Dank je wel. Arigato.
April 2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Back to Japan 2023 - We will keep going from the last point we've met. Yamanashi, Japan.
From real location at Mt. Atago in Kofu, Yamanashi and the previous exhibition in Tokyo back in 2020 March 2023 © Nena Nastasiya
Orange Juice on Wednesday. Watch the full video on Vimeo
Music: antwarp revealed Art: Nena Nastasiya
[ Story ] Akiko Franci Kohei Kanomata Izumi Sakamoto Akihiro Hatazawa Luca Penning Nena Nastasiya
December 29th 2021 © antwarp revealed & Nena Nastasiya
#OnWednesday
Ready to dance the sweet beats tomorrow? The Space Robot collaboration works with antwarp revealed is soon release, finally! A short story, this music and video art collaboration was started since June 2020. We were working quite slow and focusing on getting to know each other works. Working with antwarp revealed was such a joyful experience, from the questions I've got about Space Robot and a lovely feedback while making blueprints.
We know that our collaboration works are imperfect and we felt delighted to learnt so much from it. And that, we will keep going on!
Enjoy the Orange Juice on Wednesday, tomorrow ^_^
December 28th 2021 © antwarp revealed & Nena Nastasiya
Orange Juice on Wednesday [ Official Teaser ]
Music: antwarp revealed Art: Nena Nastasiya [Story] Akiko Franci Kohei Kanomata Izumi Sakamoto Akihiro Hatazawa Luca Penning Nena Nastasiya
Due to the technical matter, apologies for the super delayed Teaser update on Tumblr. Thank you ^_^
December 27th 2021 © antwarp revealed & Nena Nastasiya
Space Robot new collaboration with antwarp revealed
Teaser on November 28th! ^_^
November 25th 2021 © antwarp revealed & Nena Nastasiya
Space Robot in the Zine Publication of St.Petersburg Art Residency #VirtualSPAR
In the middle of world circumstances of 2020, Space Robot and I have been able to keep our journey with some alternative ways. It was challenging for sure and looking back, it feels so good that we through it. We made it! We enjoyed all the process. It's been a super joyful time to share all the Space Robot journey last year!
So here we go, enjoy our little story in the online Zine on #VirtualSPAR Season 1-2 / Our journey 2020 by St. Petersburg Art Residency
Also, check more online publication about our 2020 journey on Nena Nastasiya - #VirtualSPAR
Stay healthy and safe fellow human on Earth ^_^
April 23rd 2021 © Nena Nastasiya
A Sneak Peek from the Abandoned Scent
What's left behind in an abandoned space?
During a warm summer night in Amsterdam, my friend Ruben and I was "sneaking up" on an abandoned school in the West of Amsterdam. We were amazed by how the nature slowly take over this space through the greeting of a warm sunlight at 17:48, a soft wind from the little hole on the ceiling that try to tell us a story and the crickets sound, which was seems singing with the darkness of the space.
What's left behind? Again we keep questioning to the space. And it always gives more than we can imagine.
Take a look a little closer from the latest Space Robot adventure, Abandoned Scent.
Director : Nena Nastasiya & Ruben Laijan Artwork & Cinematographer : Nena Nastasiya Music Performance & Composer : Ruben Laijan Location : Abandoned school in the West of Amsterdam Time : Summer 2020 Check the full video on Vimeo © Nena Nastasiya & Ruben Laijan
[ Abandoned Scent ], A Collaboration Performance in Amsterdam
Space Robot is currently on a journey with a live performance using an abandoned space in the city of Amsterdam. Looking forward to take you on adventure!
Director : Nena Nastasiya & Ruben Laijan Artwork & Cinematographer : Nena Nastasiya Music Performance & Composer : Ruben Laijan Location : Abandoned school in the West of Amsterdam © Nena Nastasiya & Ruben Laijan