ORIGIN

KONTON occupies a strategic position in Ten Pen Chii Art Labor’s artistic evolution. Coming after the exploration of human impulses in YOKU-BOU (2012) and before the investigation of the future in Mi-LAI (2014), this work functions as a conceptual hinge connecting the analysis of destructive forces with the exploration of regenerative possibilities.

The performance marks a moment of maturity in the company’s research into “what erupts when a critical mass is exceeded.” Instead of merely documenting collapse, KONTON proposes chaos as a fertile territory for creativity and renewal.

This work anticipates many of the contemporary concerns about systemic crises and the need for social reinvention, demonstrating Ten Pen Chii’s visionary ability to identify and articulate tensions that would intensify in the following years.

The research developed in KONTON provided the conceptual foundations for Mi-LAI, where the company would specifically explore how to build the future from the empty space left by chaos.

CONCEPT

KONTON explores the concept of chaos as a generator of creative possibilities. The work starts from the premise that chaos is not merely destructive, but can function as free space to generate and create the future. This research unfolds within Ten Pen Chii’s methodology, which combines butoh dance, steel installation and real-time musical composition.

The project examines how human beings can use chaos as a space of freedom, transforming it into a tool for the generation and creation of the future. This exploration proceeds from the premise that chaos is the mother of creativity, and that moments of complete disorientation can become opportunities for reinvention.