BERLIN–TOKYO EXPRESS: MAI UEDA

TO SEE THE WIND

Mai Ueda will present to see the wind (2004), a special tea ceremony, at the AWT Bar using teabowls made by fellow artist and frequent collaborator Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Ueda writes: “I will serve tea that makes participants feel that the process that has led them to this place has been akin to walking through a roji, a tea garden that allows one to leave ordinary life behind to join the time and space of the tearoom. Each sip of tea will feel like sitting in a session of zazen and hearing the bell ring. Each person can leave the tearoom with an experience that is slightly different from before they have arrived at this moment.”