Posts tagged ‘Vegetable Wasp’
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Interview with Noboru Tsubaki
Noboru Tsubaki talks about the ideas behind his Moonwalker Vegetable Wasp creation at Pestival 2009. The project was conceived before Michael Jackson’s death in the summer, and Tsubaki reveals how his shock and sadness fed back into the artwork.
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Pestival winds up for another year
Pestival 2009 is over now – many thanks to all our collaborators, and to everyone who came along.
Please check this website for news on the journey of the Termite Pavilion, which is now heading from the Southbank to London Zoo and will be on display there from September 25th. Also, look out for further artist films on our Youtube channel, and watch as the Pestival gallery fills up with photos of this year’s projects.
Here’s a memorable moment from this year’s Pestival: Noboru Tsubaki in performance as Moonwalker vegetable wasp
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The Vegetable Wasp
Pestival Artist in Residence Noboru Tsubaki is creating a unique Vegetable Wasp homage to Michael Jackson at his studio in Southbank Centre. Inspired by Noh Theatre and insectoid manga super heroes, Tsubaki is creating a kind of cocoon for Jackson to enable him to traverse between the world of the living and the dead. Tsubaki will wear the suit and take on the spirt of Jackson! He also references the totyukasou, which is a mould that controls its insect prey and eventually destroys them, in a similar fashion to the “parasitic human insects that surrounded Michael Jackson”.
We look forward to encountering the Vegetable Wasp with baited breath!
