Naoko Tanaka

›Milliarden Jahre Widerhall‹ (Echoes of billions of years) is a performative exhibition that reflects on the elemental and ambivalent relationship between humans and the environment – extending to their alienation. Naoko Tanaka's work begins with her journeys into the contaminated exclusion zone of Fukushima – a place where radioactive radiation sets invisible processes in motion on an immense scale. Each standalone performative, cinematic, drawn, and installative component of the work collaboratively creates a resonance space, wherein the echo of human influences on the Earth takes on a tangible sensory presence.

The minimal compositions in the performance of ›Milliarden Jahre Widerhall‹ sharpen perception and take the audience on a sensory expedition: A floating sheath of foil creates the impression of softly flowing currents and ocean waves, drawing the gaze into the past and the deeply buried. In a stop-motion film, real encounters in Fukushima between humans, animals, and other elements of nature transform into magical narratives. Thus, the concepts of creation, natural forces, and human images stand in stark contrast to conventional storytelling methods.

**Artistic direction, installation, video, performance, sound, text:**Naoko Tanaka Assistant: Isabel Garcia Espino Dramaturgical collaboration: Dandan Liu Lighting and Technical support: Felix Grimm Production management: Paula Häfele