About this Event
Performance Dates: October 21, 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30 pm.
Step inside Electric Neon Clock for an intimate live performance by A.S.M. Kobayashi that brings the exhibition’s stories of family, memory, displacement, and resilience to life.
Drawing from family archives and historical records connected to the forced displacement, incarceration, and dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, Kobayashi transforms archival material into a deeply personal and immersive experience.
Presented within the exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga, the performance combines storytelling, archival material, audience interaction, and a live score by Bradley Kurushima. Guests are invited to experience Electric Neon Clock not simply as an exhibition, but as participants in an unfolding immersive performance.
With an intimate capacity per performance, this unique experience offers a rare opportunity to engage more deeply with Kobayashi’s work and the histories at its centre.
Doors open at 7:00 PM, with time to mingle and experience the gallery before the performance begins promptly at 7:30 PM.
We will allow a 5-minute grace period for late arrivals. After 7:35 PM, we will not admit latecomers to avoid disrupting the performance.
Advance tickets are recommended as capacity is limited. A waitlist will be available once the event reaches capacity.
Electric Neon Clock is on view at the Art Gallery of Mississauga until October 25, 2026.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
A.S.M. Kobayashi is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist whose work blends documentary and fiction through video, performance, installation, and illustration. Her acclaimed performance Say Something Bunny! was called “the best new theater experience in town” by Vogue and named a New York Times Critics’ Pick. She is a Creative Capital Awardee and a Yaddo and MacDowell fellow, with work presented internationally at museums and festivals.
For Electric Neon Clock, she collaborates with composer Bradley Kurushima, a third-generation Japanese Canadian multi-instrumentalist from Victoria. Known for blending traditional Japanese instruments with experimental sound, Kurushima has released four albums and an EP as Prince Shima, and composed original scores for projects including Half-Earth Socialism, Kyodai, and The Kiln Project. He is Vice-President of the Garden City Electronic Music Society which produces the music festivals Wonderment and Neuztec.
Additional Production Credits:
Sophie Kholtobina, Operator & Technical Programmer
Bartosz Gawdzik, Collaborator, Design and Production Support
Event venue & nearby stays
Art Gallery of Mississauga, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Canada
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