{"id":290,"date":"2022-06-09T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sketch-book.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T03:25:14","slug":"eat%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e3%82%8abeat%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e3%81%bf%e3%81%9f%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sketch-book.com\/en\/archives\/290","title":{"rendered":"EATBEAT\uff01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is EATBEAT!?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is EATBEAT!? You can say that Yusuke Hotta who is a cooking pioneer and myself, a musician henlywork, are a duo under that name. EATBEAT! is also the title of our event. Our event combines dining with music. We record food related sounds such as people dining or cooking, or even the sounds of crops being harvested and create music with it during our events while cooking for our guests simultaneously. Our guests can taste the food while enjoying the music at the same time, simply that\u2019s what we do at EATBEAT! We\u2019ve organized about 40 to 50 similar events in total with various capacities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did this event start?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started when Hotta san came to watch me perform at a live event. Immediately after I finished performing, Hotta san came to chat with me. He said, \u201cI\u2019m doing an event, do you want to do something together?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, I\u2019d perform with a lot of broken toys and music instruments gathered on a table. I\u2019d bang them to build up beats. I wanted my audience to enjoy my process of beat making as a music experience. Hotta san suggested if I could do something similar with cooking. He already had some ideas in his mind. So our first EATBEAT! began as an experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For our first event I was still in Osaka and we didn\u2019t use the title of EATBEAT! It was an event where Hotta san was in charge of catering. It was an art event with a focus on Onsa, or a tool used to tune music instruments. It looks to me like they had a music theme for the art event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided to provide a dining experience at our event where the guests can enjoy the food through all five senses. Instead of giving them chopsticks, we provided rubber gloves so they could eat with their hands. I was invited to add music to the dining experience. So I recorded the sounds of food being cooked at the spot and used the sound to perform music. That\u2019s how everything started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did you come up with the title EATBEAT!?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came up with the title. What we\u2019re doing is really interesting and unique. It\u2019s also difficult to explain in words. I just realized \u201ceat\u201d and \u201cbeat\u201d sound very similar. That was the simple inspiration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did you learn the process of making inspiring concepts like all the project by henlywork?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t particularly learn it anywhere. But I\u2019ve been taking art classes since I was in high school. So I\u2019ve experienced being reviewed or critiqued, where I was often torn into pieces. Most of the harsh critiques were based on my lack of concept. It was rare to get negative feedback on my technique. Even when I did get criticized for my technique it was easy to accept. But when I get criticized on the concept, it\u2019s heartbreaking. It\u2019s frustrating to understand that my concept didn\u2019t clearly communicate, and often the critique is so true that it really hurts. Through these experiences I learned very clearly that concept is important. I repetitively thought about the importance. I think really deeply about why I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m doing to clarify my concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you feel about the latest EATBEAT!?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest one was at this place called Purveyors in Kiryu. It was one of the lowest budget events that we\u2019ve done. Purveyors did sponsor the cost but it really wasn\u2019t all about the profit. We did it because we wanted to do it. That was the pure motivation for this particular EATBEAT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one wants to do things that they don\u2019t want to do. I feel threatened to make something really interesting or otherwise nothing will continue. We would get bored of our own work and expressions. I always try to make things fun. We\u2019ve invited ISHIKA san who is one of the staff members from Purveyors and is also a guitarist. We\u2019ve also invited Shimizu-ya san who is an Udon maker. He coordinates Udon making events titled \u201cudonbiento\u201d where people knead Udon noodles while watching ambient guitar performances. So Shimizu-ya san is also into music. One of the things we always do is to incorporate local talents. We have to look for the ingredients, sounds and people from the local area or otherwise the people will get bored. It helps us connect with our audience. By incorporating the local talents, our event will be unique every time, which makes it really special. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have to continue to challenge and try new things. It\u2019s easy to get stuck on ideas if it\u2019s just the two of us. Things will look the same all the time. Especially when we have a limited budget, it\u2019s possible to get downgraded as we continue to do these events. That\u2019s something I want to avoid. I\u2019ve worked with Hotta san to brainstorm ideas and we\u2019re getting better at coming up with realistic ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the essence of EATBEAT!?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important essence of EATBEAT! Is that the food is tasty. I can almost guarantee that the food we provide is always delicious. Our guests have certain expectations for our events and there\u2019s a certain satisfaction level that we need to achieve. I\u2019d say we can bring to 80% satisfaction with our food alone. Our guests get quite full. But we have to challenge ourselves to achieve another 20% with our performance. It\u2019s like musicians how their fans will fill up the 80% of the event venue so the atmosphere is extremely welcoming for the artists from the beginning. Everything goes well in that positive atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The expectations are on the rise, what\u2019s the future for EATBEAT?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next event is already scheduled. We\u2019re planning to do a food critique rap battle. We have a great rapper and he\u2019s going to do a freestyle battle while doing a food critique. Eat something good and say something cool. It\u2019s a benefit for us that we don\u2019t have to really care about the profit. Each of us has a job that pays for our life. EATBEAT! Is not for profit. It\u2019s healthy for us and it helps us continue to do creative stuff. We can focus on what we truly want to do and what we\u2019re curious about. It helps us listen to others. It\u2019s not always good to push our opinions. We understood it\u2019s impossible to do things beyond our imagination. So it helps us to balance by listening to others. Having that balance is vital to produce positive things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please look forward to our upcoming EATBEAT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comments: henrywork<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROFILE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musician: henlywork<\/strong>
henlywork plans, organizes, performs and MCs for the event titled EATBEAT!. He\u2019s also known as an artist named chalkboy who\u2019s exploring new possibilities of handwriting. He thoughtfully plans various forms of creative expressions and knows how to execute them with humor and flexibility. Anyone who gets to be involved with this guy will have great time. henlywork is a one of a kind person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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