Hakoto : Reiko Goto Collins at Glasgow international Festival of contemporary art

How might we hear leaves speaking? What does it mean to share soil, water and air with trees and other living things? Can sound and technology open up new empathic relationships? Reiko Goto Collins (Collins + Goto Studio) will be sharing Hakoto performances, followed by a discussion, this June at Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art. She’ll be coming to Glasgow after performing in Vienna and Cologne.

A woman wearing a hat with a net over her face holds a listening device up to the leaves of a hawthorn tree.

Reiko’s work also features in the Peace Arbour: her creation of a fruit tree nursery alongside Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree and Zana Araki’s Diverse Beings – Feel My Frequency – Lines of Connection. The trio’s work responds to the themes of trees, hope and healing; it offers a space for discussions and the expression of wishes, needs and aspirations for peaceful futures.

HAKOTO: Reiko Goto Collins, Performances at Glasgow Womens Library*
Friday 7th June: 7am
Saturday 8th June: 1pm, 3pm
Saturday 22nd June: 1pm, 3pm, 8.30pm

PEACE ARBOUR
Sat 1 June – Sat 31 August
Tue, Wed & Fri, 10am – 4.30pm 
Thu, 10am – 7pm; Sat, 12pm – 4pm

*23 Landressy Street, G40 1 BP

More information on Reiko’s performances here

A woman leans towards trees. She is wearing a device on her arm that enables the translation of photosynthesis to sound.

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