The The Seaweed Gatherers performance will take place as the culmination of a three-day workshop led by director Graham Eatough, composer Daryl Jamieson (Kyushu University) and artist Miek Zwamborn. The workshop takes the Japanese Noh play, The Seaweed Gatherers (Mekari) as the basis for a contemporary exploration of seaweed, its cultural history and its potential as a performance material. The performance will present extracts from Zwamborn’s book, The Seaweed Collector’s Handbook (2020), some seaweed cooking alongside original composition by Jamieson performed live. Acting and dancing by Nicole Kovacs and Miek Zwamborn. The music performed by Tilly Coultin (flute), Valerie Barr (accordion), and David Kerr (percussion).

This research builds directly on a previous project involving Eatough, Jamieson and Zwamborn, working with artist Andre Dekker, the Floating Worlds: Erraid Sound film made in 2021, co-produced by the Hunterian and screened as part of the University’s activities during COP26.

The workshop and performance forms part of the new University of Glasgow ArtsLab theme, Islands in the Global Age and will be followed by a discussion to which everyone is welcome. This project also extends the strategic partnership between University of Glasgow and Kyushu University.

Friday 2nd September 4pm – James Arnott Theatre, Gilmorehill Halls, Glasgow