Purring Tiger
Purring Tiger is a multi-cultural, multimedia, interactive installation/performance group, led by choreographer/installation artist Kiori Kawai, and composer/new media artist Aaron Sherwood.
Purring Tiger’s mission is to bring people together in the context of ART, in a subtext of WONDER. We use technology to intertwine the human body with sounds and visuals, and foster interaction. On July 7, 2015, we became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in order to further our mission.
Purring Tiger also conducts lectures and performance workshops exploring the artistic combination of the human body with technology, using interactive installations and body movement. Many of their works are created in collaboration with local/international dancers, musicians and media artists.
Purring Tiger selected artistic experience
Interactive installations/Performances
2023 “BIRTH” Kaleideum, Winston-Salem, NC, USA (Permanent Installation)
2023 “MICRO” Winter Lights Festival, Lowell, MA, USA
2022 “Elements - Sea” Ocala, FL, USA (Permanent Public Art Installation)
2022 “MICRO -pollen-” Gleam, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI, US
2022 “Mirroring Medusa” Ramadaniyyat, Art Gallery, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE (Performance)
2022 “ MICHI” Electrofest, Arts Center, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE (Performance)
2019 “MIZARU” VMworld, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 “MIZARU” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary, AZ, USA
2019 “MIZARU” Art Festival nuitnumérique#16, SAFRA'NUMÉRIQUES 2019, expocollective, France
2018 “MIZARU” Tronto Film Festival, Canada
2017 “MICRO” Wave Festival - Light+Water+Sound, CO, USA
2017 “Interactive Technology with Dance Performance” The Galleria, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
2017 "Na" New York University Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
2017 "MIZARU" Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall, Greece
2016 "MICRO" Installation and community performances, Maritime Museum, Kingston NY, USA
2016 "MICRO" Tokushima LED Art Festival, Japan
2016 "Popup! Street installation" "MIZARU", Mesa Arts Center, AZ, USA
2016 "MICRO -double helix-" Canal Convergence, AZ, USA
2015 "MICRO" Cameron Arts Museum, NC, USA
2015 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, CA
2015 "MICRO" Pause Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
2015 “MIZARU” Pulse Festival, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
2014 “MIZARU”, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2014 Skytime 2014 Moon Rainbow, Solar one, NY
2013 “MIZARU”, Burning Man Festival, NV
2013 Salvatore Capezio Theater, New York, NY
2013 Future of Storytelling Conference, New York, NY, USA
2013/2012 Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY, USA
2012 Go Brooklyn Art, New York, NY, USA
2012 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York, NY, USA
2011 Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, USA
Grants/Commissions
2023 Kaleideum, NC, USA, Commission, BIRTH
2022 City of Ocala, FL, USA, Commission, Elements - Sea
2022 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, WI, USA, Commission, MICRO - Pollen
2017 BreckCreate, commission, CO, USA
2017 U.S.Embassy Athens / Megaron, Greece
2016/2017 Arts Mid-Hudson, NY, USA
2016 Tokushima LED Art Festival Prize, Japan
2016 Mesa Art Center, AZ, USA
2016 Scottsdale Public Art, AZ, USA
2015 Cameron Arts Center, NC, USA
2015 Federation Square, Melbourne, AUS
2015 Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, USA
2013/2014 Burning Man Honorarium Art Installation grant, USA
2013 Puffin foundation grant, dance, USA
Residencies
2023 Liwa Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021NYUAD Arts Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2019 Performing Arts Forum, France
2017 Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY, USA
2017 BreckCreate - Robert Whyte House, Breckenridge, CO, USA
2016 Barn at St. Josen, Accord, NY, USA
2015 Dancing Water, TX, USA
2015 Big Bang The, Melbourne, Australia
2014 The Generator, Reno, NV
2012 -2013 BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
2011- 2012 BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Lectures - Workshops
2019 Kamiyama Valley, Tokushima, Japan
2018 Dancing Water, TX, USA
2017 New York University Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
2015 Deakin University/Pause Festival/Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Savannah Arts Academy/Pulse Festival/Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
2011 Bloomingdale School of Music, New York, NY
Collaborators
Edwin Adkins, Michael Allison, Masanori Asahara, Kashimi Asai, Suzanne Beahrs, Amy Carrigan, Ching-I Chang, Johann Diedrick, Sammy Donahue, Ayaka Habata, Kevin Ho, Tia Huston, Jason Kao Hwang, Lauren Kelly, Prema Kelley, Jesse Lynch, Pavel Y. Machuca-Zavarzin, Laurence Martin, Momo Nakayama, Hsiao-Ting, Emi Ueda, Hsiao-Wei, Kanako Yokota, Shandoah Goldman, Arisa Kusumi, Peter Musante, Tomochika Yano, Kaetsu Motomitsu, John Capogna, Xuedi Chen, Jack Kalish, Alexandra Diracles, Andy Sigler, Jun Kawai, Yusuke Danbara, Sarah Rothberg, Yotam Mann, Anne-Marie Lavigne, Adam Quinn, Aaron Vazquez, Noah Zerkin, Betta Lambertini, Logan Scharadin, Julia Montepagani, Matthew Hardy, Joshua batson, Kris Seto, Elise Knudson, Lisa Park, Rosalie Yu, Laura Chen, Wyna Liu, Scott Horton, Mark Hebert, Chris Hallvik, Angela Orofino, Chelsea Southard, Ni Cai, Roy Rochlin, Talya Stein, Marjolayne Auger
Elaine Summers Dance and film, The generator Inc.
INFO
info@purringt.com