一服いかがですか ?
WOULD YOU LIKE A BOWL OF TEA?
PopUP Tearoom Series
一服いかがですか ?
Would you like a bowl of tea?
The inspiration came from the traditional Japanese tea-ceremony room, which has a small door under which people have to bow to enter and exit. This symbolises the fact that all people are born from, and return to, the same place. The samurai of the medieval period had to leave their sword behind to participate in the ceremony, stripping back the experience to the bare essence of being and soul. As long ago as the 16th century, tearooms were created in war zones, with the tea ceremony functioning to relieve emotional stress and restore social order. The deep sense of presence and silence afforded by the Tearoom offers participants time to pause and reflect amongst our busy life of daily rituals.
PopUp Tearoom Series have been experimented in Australia, Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Philippines and Hong Kong, initiated by Yumi’s Fellowship by Australia Council (2015-16).
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
PHOTO CREDITS:
Igaki Studio, Jodie Hutchinson, Sarah Walker, Ben Thomas, Joseph Gabriel, Many Hands International, NObu, Vikk Shayen, Yumi Umiumare
The POP UP TEAROOM SERIES OFFERS VARIOUS EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE RITUALS OF TEA CEREMONIES, INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE. AUDIENCES ARE INVITED TO SIT AND HAVE A BOWL OF GREEN TEA AND POP-UP PERFORMANCES WILL BE HAPPENING DURING RITUALS.
"yumi...Subverted the famous calm and precision of the tea ceremony."
- The age
PopUp Tearoom Series excerpt @FOLA at Arts house
Yumi's PopUp Tearoom Series at Lospalos, Timor-Leste
PopUp Tearoom Series at Manila Bay
