past event

Silent Tea

Saturday 17 Jun 2023
2:00pm

Ravi Masaki, The Story of Niko, 2023, film still. Courtesy of Ravi Masaki. 

Ravi Masaki, The Story of Niko, 2023, film still. Courtesy of Ravi Masaki. 

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Join us on Saturday 17 June to enjoy a cup of the Masaki family tea, in silence at request of the artist.

As an extension of her video The Story of Nico, exhibiting in Mirai Nikki (Future Diary), artist Ravi Masaki has sent Enjoy a selection of teas from her family tea farm. Join us to enjoy a cup of the Masaki family tea, in silence at request of the artist, and contemplate the future through the artworks in our exhibitions.

Ravi Masaki lives on an organic tea plantation in Kikuchi, Japan. She and her family are in the process of regenerating natural forest in their local area, with the goal of preserving a balanced and diverse ecosystem, with clean and pure water sources.

Her video The Story of Nico is about the relationships we create with the environments around us, and how the attitudes we live by can be either nurturing or deadly.