KOBAYASHI Yuki “The Wing Chun Project”

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“The Wing Chun Project” (2019-) is an interdisciplinary performance project based on Wing Chun, a Southern Chinese martial art founded by a Shaolin monk and kung-fu practitioner named Ng Mui. In this project, Kobayashi explores her ideas, the history of war and colonial rule in East Asia, both of which are closely related to the development of Wing Chun, and the meaning of studying fighting and self-defense in contemporary society as a performance artist using the body as a medium.

Period	Dec 16 (Tue) - Dec 21 (Sun), 2025
Time	11:00-19:00
Admission	Free
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space C (3F)
Support	Arts Commission Yokohama (ACY), MPP Totsuka, Taiyo Construction, Ohashi Waves, Meirin Shinkiba, Tokyo Kanezyu

Timetable

The artist will be practicing in the venue throughout the execution period, except for workshop/performance time.

Workshop

Date	Dec 16 (Tue), Dec 17 (Wed), Dec 18 (Thu) 17:00-18:30
Admission	Free - Booking required - Booking opens from 14:00 on Sep 12 (Fri), 2025. - Booking will close if it's sold out or at 17:00 the day before the workshop.
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space C (3F)

Ticket bookings available from 14:00 on September 12 (Fri)!
Go to the booking website (Peatix).
*Peatix account required to book tickets.

Performance

Date	Dec 19 (Fri) 17:30-18:30 Dec 20 (Sat) 14:30-15:30　*Post-show talk 15:40-16:30 Dec 21 (Sun) 14:30-15:30
Admission	Free - Booking required, all seats are unreserved. - Booking opens from 14:00 on Sep 12 (Fri), 2025. - Booking will close if seats are sold out or at 17:00 the day before the performance.
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space C (3F)

Ticket bookings available from 14:00 on September 12 (Fri)!
Go to the booking website (Peatix).
*Peatix account required to book tickets.

Profile

Kobayashi Yuki explores the neutrality of gender and questions racial stereotypes, while using his own body to explore human relations and the resonance between restriction and fluidity in time and space. His interdisciplinary performances challenge power and restrictive social codes as a means of attaining a more uncertain world of freedom and equality. Recent activities: “The Watermill Center 2024 Artist-In-Residence,” The Watermill Center, New York, “www. Reversal Database.commons /www. 反轉資料庫.commons,” Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, 2024, “CHAT 5th Anniversary - Factory of Tomorrow,” Hong Kong, 2024. Arts Commission Yokohama ACY Artist Fellowship, 2025.

http://yukikoba.com/

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Participating Creator

KOBAYASHI Yuki