RENKON PROJECT
ARTISTS & TEAM
Artists
Artists
vincent bercasio (b. 1998) is a filmmaker, cinematographer and artist from Pearl City, Oʻahu with Filipino ancestry. Vincent collaborates across the realms of contemporary art, fashion, film, and social justice. Recent projects include: Kai Haliʻa (2023), a contemporary dance film directed by Ang Axelrode; Growth (2024), an experimental short examining the relations between limu and industrial detritus; and Tiare Ribeaux's Pō’ele Wai (2022).
vincent bercasio (b. 1998) is a filmmaker, cinematographer and artist from Pearl City, Oʻahu with Filipino ancestry. Vincent collaborates across the realms of contemporary art, fashion, film, and social justice. Recent projects include: Kai Haliʻa (2023), a contemporary dance film directed by Ang Axelrode; Growth (2024), an experimental short examining the relations between limu and industrial detritus; and Tiare Ribeaux's Pō’ele Wai (2022).
vincent bercasio (b. 1998) is a filmmaker, cinematographer and artist from Pearl City, Oʻahu with Filipino ancestry. Vincent collaborates across the realms of contemporary art, fashion, film, and social justice. Recent projects include: Kai Haliʻa (2023), a contemporary dance film directed by Ang Axelrode; Growth (2024), an experimental short examining the relations between limu and industrial detritus; and Tiare Ribeaux's Pō’ele Wai (2022).
Kenny Endo is at the vanguard of the taiko genre, continuing to explore new possibilities for this ancient Japanese instrument. A performer, composer, and teacher, Kenny is a consummate artist, blending taiko with original music through collaborations with artists from around the world. He recently received the Honpa Hongwanji Living Treasures of Hawaii Award, the United States Artists Award, and the Japan America Society of Hawaii's Bridge Award.
Kenny Endo is at the vanguard of the taiko genre, continuing to explore new possibilities for this ancient Japanese instrument. A performer, composer, and teacher, Kenny is a consummate artist, blending taiko with original music through collaborations with artists from around the world. He recently received the Honpa Hongwanji Living Treasures of Hawaii Award, the United States Artists Award, and the Japan America Society of Hawaii's Bridge Award.
Kenny Endo is at the vanguard of the taiko genre, continuing to explore new possibilities for this ancient Japanese instrument. A performer, composer, and teacher, Kenny is a consummate artist, blending taiko with original music through collaborations with artists from around the world. He recently received the Honpa Hongwanji Living Treasures of Hawaii Award, the United States Artists Award, and the Japan America Society of Hawaii's Bridge Award.
Pei-Ling Kao is a Taiwanese dance educator, dance-maker and performer. She explores different styles of dance with the goal of intellectually and physically adapting to changes in the contemporary dance world.
Her research and creative interests have recently focused on movement improvisation, bicultural and hybrid movement, dance lineages, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Movement is the core of her work, in the belief that movement transcends what language offers to our experience of viewing and feeling. An award winning educator, Pei-Ling teaches at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa.
Pei-Ling Kao is a Taiwanese dance educator, dance-maker and performer. She explores different styles of dance with the goal of intellectually and physically adapting to changes in the contemporary dance world.
Her research and creative interests have recently focused on movement improvisation, bicultural and hybrid movement, dance lineages, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Movement is the core of her work, in the belief that movement transcends what language offers to our experience of viewing and feeling. An award winning educator, Pei-Ling teaches at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa.
Pei-Ling Kao is a Taiwanese dance educator, dance-maker and performer. She explores different styles of dance with the goal of intellectually and physically adapting to changes in the contemporary dance world.
Her research and creative interests have recently focused on movement improvisation, bicultural and hybrid movement, dance lineages, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Movement is the core of her work, in the belief that movement transcends what language offers to our experience of viewing and feeling. An award winning educator, Pei-Ling teaches at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa.
Ohtoro is a Yonsei beatmaker, DJ, musician, and producer with ties to Los Angeles, Hawai'i, and Japan. Ohtoro uses his Japanese ancestry as
a source of inspiration to make Hip Hop and Neo-soul music. "If you
don't tell your story somebody else will and they will get it wrong, that's
why it's important for artists to tell their story.”
Ohtoro is a Yonsei beatmaker, DJ, musician, and producer with ties to Los Angeles, Hawai'i, and Japan. Ohtoro uses his Japanese ancestry as
a source of inspiration to make Hip Hop and Neo-soul music. "If you don't tell your story somebody else will and they will get it wrong, that's
why it's important for artists to tell their story.”
Ohtoro is a Yonsei beatmaker, DJ, musician, and producer with ties to Los Angeles, Hawai'i, and Japan. Ohtoro uses his Japanese ancestry as a source of inspiration to make Hip Hop and Neo-soul music. "If you don't tell your story somebody else will and they will get it wrong, that's why it's important for artists to tell their story.”
Alec Yasunori Singer (b. 1991) is an artist, musician, and projectionist living and working in Honolulu, Hawai’i. He is a product of US imperial policies; born on a military base in Guam and transported four months later elsewhere... His family eventually settled on O’ahu in 2002.
Conscious of his place in Hawai’i’s art ecosystems, Alec has developed a
collaborative, responsive, and community-oriented practice that is
sustained by long-term relationships with other artists’ ideas and
processes.
Alec Yasunori Singer (b. 1991) is an artist, musician, and projectionist living and working in Honolulu, Hawai’i. He is a product of US imperial policies; born on a military base in Guam and transported four months later elsewhere... His family eventually settled on O’ahu in 2002.
Conscious of his place in Hawai’i’s art ecosystems, Alec has developed a collaborative, responsive, and community-oriented practice that is sustained by long-term relationships with other artists’ ideas and processes.
Alec Yasunori Singer (b. 1991) is an artist, musician, and projectionist living and working in Honolulu, Hawai’i. He is a product of US imperial policies; born on a military base in Guam and transported four months later elsewhere... His family eventually settled on O’ahu in 2002. Conscious of his place in Hawai’i’s art ecosystems, Alec has developed a collaborative, responsive, and community-oriented practice that is sustained by long-term relationships with other artists’ ideas and processes.
Jody Stillwater 周青海 is a filmmaker and artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. A twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative group, he is renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, semiotic language and rhythm within the framework of narrative filmmaking and multi-disciplinary projects. His work often blurs the lines between the dreamlike and the tangible, creating immersive and thought- provoking experiences.
Jody Stillwater 周青海 is a filmmaker and artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. A twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative group, he is renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, semiotic language and rhythm within the framework of narrative filmmaking and multi-disciplinary projects. His work often blurs the lines between the dreamlike and the tangible, creating immersive and thought- provoking experiences.
Jody Stillwater 周青海 is a filmmaker and artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. A twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative group, he is renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, semiotic language and rhythm within the framework of narrative filmmaking and multi-disciplinary projects. His work often blurs the lines between the dreamlike and the tangible, creating immersive and thought- provoking experiences.
HIROKO TAMANO
1952: born at Fukuoka in Japan.☀️🌼🌾as Second daughter
of Farmer’s family.🥸🤗😃🐣😙🌾☀️
1955: Adopted by a Family of Literature. 🌎🥸🐣🤗❤️
1960: The family moved Tottori. ☃️☔️🗻
1970: Entered Art University in Tokyo.⛪️
1971: First visit to Hijikata’s studio.🏚
1972: Entered Hijikata school. Debuted at Kyoto University
west Auditorium.🐣
1973: Join in Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance
Theater. 🌎🌛🌞🌸🍀
HIROKO TAMANO
1976: First Butoh arrival in U.S.A. at SF Modern Art Museum “Japan Now” exhibition.
1979: Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha based Berkeley, California.
1980: Butoh class opens regularly in SF, supported by Noh-Mercy
1995: Open a Restaurant, “Country Station Sushi Cafe“ in SF.
2012: Retired from Restaurant.
2013: Move to Japan.
2014: Return to Berkeley.
HIROKO TAMANO
1952: born at Fukuoka in Japan.☀️🌼🌾as Second daughter of Farmer’s family. 🥸🤗😃🐣😙🌾☀️
1955: Adopted by a Family of Literature. 🌎🥸🐣🤗❤️
1960: The family moved Tottori. ☃️☔️🗻
1970: Entered Art University in Tokyo.⛪️
1971: First visit to Hijikata’s studio.🏚
1972: Entered Hijikata school. Debuted at Kyoto University west Auditorium.🐣
1973: Join in Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Theater. 🌎🌛🌞🌸🍀
1976: First Butoh arrival in U.S.A. at SF Modern Art Museum “Japan Now” exhibition.
1979: Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha based Berkeley, California.
1980: Butoh class opens regularly in SF, supported by Noh-Mercy
1995: Open a Restaurant, “Country Station Sushi Cafe“ in SF.
2012: Retired from Restaurant.
2013: Move to Japan.
2014: Return to Berkeley.
HIROKO TAMANO
1952: born at Fukuoka in Japan.☀️🌼🌾as Second daughter
of Farmer’s family.🥸🤗😃🐣😙🌾☀️
1955: Adopted by a Family of Literature. 🌎🥸🐣🤗❤️
1960: The family moved Tottori. ☃️☔️🗻
1970: Entered Art University in Tokyo.⛪️
1971: First visit to Hijikata’s studio.🏚
1972: Entered Hijikata school. Debuted at Kyoto University
west Auditorium.🐣
1973: Join in Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance
Theater. 🌎🌛🌞🌸🍀
HIROKO TAMANO
1976: First Butoh arrival in U.S.A. at SF Modern Art Museum “Japan Now” exhibition.
1979: Koichi TAMANO & Harupin-Ha based Berkeley, California.
1980: Butoh class opens regularly in SF, supported by Noh-Mercy
1995: Open a Restaurant, “Country Station Sushi Cafe“ in SF.
2012: Retired from Restaurant.
2013: Move to Japan.
2014: Return to Berkeley.
Noe Tanigawa is a visual artist, curator, and host of the podcast, Fresh Pacific. Noe has worked in various media including audio media, clay, cement, fiberglass, resin, fabric, wax, video, charcoal, and oil paint. Projects have ranged from wall art to site specific installations, with recent projects combining journalistic practice with collaborative installations. She is committed to the process of research, experimentation and collaboration towards a goal of creating meaningful experiences for others. Noe was raised and lives in Wailupe Valley, Hawai'i.
Noe Tanigawa is a visual artist, curator, and host of the podcast, Fresh Pacific. Noe has worked in various media including audio media, clay, cement, fiberglass, resin, fabric, wax, video, charcoal, and oil paint. Projects have ranged from wall art to site specific installations, with recent projects combining journalistic practice with collaborative installations. She is committed to the process of research, experimentation and collaboration towards a goal of creating meaningful experiences for others. Noe was raised and lives in Wailupe Valley, Hawai'i.
Taiji Terasaki is known internationally for his innovative, large-scale installations featuring augmented realities, photographic and sculptural pieces, mist projections and holographic imagery. His work explores themes like cultural memory and ecological stewardship. His most recent shows include: On Rewilding, Palmyra Atoll at the First Hawaiian Center, Deepest Reveries at Art Basel - Paris and at the U.N. Ocean Decades Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Currently, Terasaki is scheduled to open his latest show inspired by gardens, Zen Buddhism and poetry at Arts and Letters Nuuanu. Terasaki is based in Wailupe, on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i.
Taiji Terasaki is known internationally for his innovative, large-scale installations featuring augmented realities, photographic and sculptural pieces, mist projections and holographic imagery. His work explores themes like cultural memory and ecological stewardship. His most recent shows include: On Rewilding, Palmyra Atoll at the First Hawaiian Center, Deepest Reveries at Art Basel - Paris and at the U.N. Ocean Decades Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Currently, Terasaki is scheduled to open his latest show inspired by gardens, Zen Buddhism and poetry at Arts and Letters Nuuanu. Terasaki is based in Wailupe, on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i.
Taiji Terasaki is known internationally for his innovative, large-scale installations featuring augmented realities, photographic and sculptural pieces, mist projections and holographic imagery. His work explores themes like cultural memory and ecological stewardship. His most recent shows include: On Rewilding, Palmyra Atoll at the First Hawaiian Center, Deepest Reveries at Art Basel - Paris and at the U.N. Ocean Decades Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Currently, Terasaki is scheduled to open his latest show inspired by gardens, Zen Buddhism and poetry at Arts and Letters Nuuanu. Terasaki is based in Wailupe, on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i.
Team
Team
Team
jennifer dangis a…
jennifer dangis one of the producers of Renkon Project. She has over 45 years of experience coordinating special events, writing grants, administering educational programs and directing nonprofit organizations.
jennifer dangis one of the producers of Renkon Project. She has over 45 years of experience coordinating special events, writing grants, administering educational programs and directing nonprofit organizations.
richard burton iii is a…
richard burton iii is one of the producers of Renkon Project. After a 30 year career in Investment Banking Technology based in New York and London, Richard retired and moved to Hawaiʻi with his husband Ben. He is Treasurer of his Condo Association & a supporter of the arts.
richard burton iii is one of the producers of Renkon Project. After a 30 year career in Investment Banking Technology based in New York and London, Richard retired and moved to Hawaii with his husband Ben. He is Treasurer of his Condo Association and a supporter of the arts.
Noe Tanigawa is an award winning journalist, for nineteen years Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawai’i Public Radio while actively painting and exhibiting in Honolulu. Her recent installations involve social practice, collaboratively combining journalistic content with plastic arts. Her 2021 radio series, “Unsheltered in Honolulu,”won an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Excellence in Reporting. That same year, Tanigawa and a team of unsheltered artists received the 2021 Emerging Artists’ Award in the Honolulu Museum of Art’s invitational Artists of Hawai’i Now! exhibition. Tanigawa is lead artist for the Renkon Project. She is based in Wailupe, O’ahu.
Noe Tanigawa is an award winning journalist, for nineteen years Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawai’i Public Radio while actively painting and exhibiting in Honolulu. Her recent installations involve social practice, collaboratively combining journalistic content with plastic arts. Her 2021 radio series, “Unsheltered in Honolulu,”won an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Excellence in Reporting. That same year, Tanigawa and a team of unsheltered artists received the 2021 Emerging Artists’ Award in the Honolulu Museum of Art’s invitational Artists of Hawai’i Now! exhibition. Tanigawa is lead artist for the Renkon Project. She is based in Wailupe, O’ahu.
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawaiʻi Public Radio for nineteen years. Prior to that, Noe hosted news and music programs at WQXR, the New York Times' classical station in New York City from 1990-94. Before moving to New York, Noe was a music host and programmer in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats. Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai'i Chapter, and two Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards for coverage of the budget process at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, and for her series, “Houseless in Honolulu.”
MELEOKAUAAPUAKEA HAMASAKI is an independent web designer and film producer from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. Mele has collaborated closely with sustainable fashion company TOQA, Hawaiʻi-based non-profits Puʻuhonua Society and Tropic Editions, and independent film production company Ringshout Productions. Nothing brings her more joy than building unique and memorable digital portals of information and archive for her beloved community ꩜
MELEOKAUAAPUAKEA HAMASAKI (b. 1995) is an independent web designer and film producer from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. Mele has collaborated closely with sustainable fashion company TOQA, Hawaiʻi-based non-profits Puʻuhonua Society and Tropic Editions, and independent film production company Ringshout Productions. Nothing brings her more joy than building unique and memorable digital portals of information, story, and archive for her beloved community. ꩜
MELEOKAUAAPUAKEA HAMASAKI(b. 1995) is an independent web designer and film producer from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. Mele has collaborated closely with sustainable fashion company TOQA, Hawaiʻi-based non-profits Puʻuhonua Society and Tropic Editions, and independent film production company Ringshout Productions. Nothing brings her more joy than building unique and memorable digital portals of information and archive for her beloved community. ꩜
Team
Jennifer Dang is one of the producers of Renkon Project. She has over 45 years of experience coordinating special events, writing grants, administering educational programs and directing nonprofit organizations.
richard burton IIIis one of the producers of Renkon Project alongside Jennifer. After a 30 year career in Investment Banking Technology based in New York and London, Richard retired and moved to Hawaiʻi with his husband Ben. He is Treasurer of his Condo Association and a supporter of the arts.
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawaiʻi Public Radio for nineteen years. Prior to that, Noe hosted news and music programs at WQXR, the New York Times' classical station in New York City from 1990-94. Before moving to New York, Noe was a music host and programmer in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats. Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai'i Chapter, and two Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards for coverage of the budget process at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, and for her series, “Houseless in Honolulu.”
MELEOKAUAAPUAKEA HAMASAKI(b. 1995) is a Japanese/Chinese independent web designer and film producer from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. Mele has collaborated closely with sustainable fashion brand TOQA, Hawaiʻi-based non-profits Puʻuhonua Society and Tropic Editions, and independent film production company Ringshout Productions. Nothing brings her more joy than building unique and memorable digital portals of information and archive for her beloved community. ꩜
R e n k o n ( r ĕ ŋ ’ k ô ŋ )
Renkon means lotus root in Japanese.
It’s said you can see the future looking through the root passageways.
In many cultures, the lotus symbolizes transformation, rooted in mud, then rising through the water to bloom.
With this central metaphor, our Renkon Project uses music, dance and images to look back in history and forward into the world we are creating now.
R e n k o n ( r ĕ ŋ ’ k ô ŋ ) :
Renkon means lotus root in Japanese.
It’s said you can see the future looking through the root passageways.
In many cultures, the lotus symbolizes transformation, rooted in mud, then rising through the water to bloom.
With this central metaphor,
our Renkon Project uses music, dance and images
to look back in history and forward into the world we are creating now.
R e n k o n ( r ĕ ŋ ’ k ô ŋ )
Renkon means lotus root in Japanese.
It’s said you can see the future looking through the root passageways.
In many cultures, the lotus symbolizes transformation, rooted in mud,
then rising through the water to bloom.
With this central metaphor, our Renkon Project uses music, dance and images
to look back in history and forward into the world we are creating now.