◆Date & Time 2025 October 4 (Sat) 2:00 PM October 5 (Sun) 2:00 PM
Approximately 50 minutes per session / Doors open 30 minutes prior to start
◆Location
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-8509

◆Ticket Sales
Peatix (Electronic Tickets)
https://immeat2510.peatix.com

General Admission ¥2,500／Under 25 ¥1,000／* Free admission for high school students **No admission for preschool children
*The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa offers free admission to high school students (including youth aged 15-18) on a first-come, first-served basis. For details, please see Peatix or the special website.

Childcare room available (fee required, reservation necessary).
For details, please contact the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays)
TEL 076-220-2815
Inquiries: ayakokatoviolin@gmail.com (Kato)

Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Exchange Project “&21+” Selected Project
Organizer, Creator, Performer: Ayako Kato
Co-hosted by: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa [Kanazawa Art Foundation]
Supported by: Hokkoku Shinbun
Cooperation: Itoguchi, Corn, ST Spot
Production Support: Naya Collective

Sound: Taira Ushiyama
Lighting Cooperation: Yoshifumi Tanaka
Movie Cooperation: Yuna Umezu
Photo&Video: Yuji Oku

〈I’m Meat!〉 is a lecture performance by a violinist rooted in classical music, exploring the musician’s body.

It is neither a concert nor a lecture-concert.

What exactly is a lecture performance? As for its definition, I’ll leave that to the experts—since its forms and techniques are so diverse—and instead explain why I personally chose this format.

In this performance, the central focus is my narration and actions as both artist and performer. The narration and actions of a “violinist rooted in classical music” unfold throughout this work.

To be honest, the very first thing I researched for this creation was “What is lecture performance?” I first learned of this form just before applying for this co-hosted project “&21+”, when I saw YPAM’s December 2024 production of Violét directed by Uni Hong Sharp. There, it was neither a lecture nor theatrical; it featured a rough, stumbling reenactment of violence and the reading of a plain letter. To put it plainly, “the writer speaks in their own attitude and words.” That fact struck me hard. Because I didn’t know that a work existed where an artist standing on stage could speak plainly in their own words.

That very fact was what made me a violinist rooted in classical music.

Why have I never tried to speak in my own words until now?

Why do I still hesitate to stand on the stage, that chopping block, because of my own behavior?

I have never spoken in my own words. Then whose words have I been using all this time? Whose body have I been borrowing to keep standing on this stage?

Reflecting on the narratives I have shared—and those I have not—as a violinist rooted in classical music. That became one starting point on my journey to arrive at meat.