Japanese Supernatural art exhibition comes alive with performance

"I wonder, Yokai might not be unique to Japan. They might be here and there." Broadcast on the 16th of January, 2020.

Sydney-based actress Arisa Yura poses for a play titled Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins,which is produced as part of Sydney Festival 2020 Source: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Yuki Kawakami (right) and Arisa Yura pose for a photo in front of a mural created by Sydney-based artist Kentaro Yoshida Source: SBS

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has been holding a very popular exhibition Japan Supernatural since last November.  The Japanese art exhibition features spirits, ghosts and goblins past and present.  In January,  the exhibition becomes "3D" as part of the Sydney Festival 2020.   The stage, Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins, will open on the 16th of January at the Gallery.

In the audio, Yuki Kawakami, assistant curator of the exhibition Japan Supernatural and creative producer of Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins, and a Sydney-based actress Arisa Yura who joins the stage production both as a performer and a co-director explain what this special stage performance is about.

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