Ryo Kobayashi 小林企画
Ryo Kobayashi
Director ｜Psychiatrist｜Neuroscientist
The theme of my creative work is to “Sensing an invisible”. By using nonphysical media such as voice-over and XR, and by having the bodies of visitors to the site reenact a specific act, I create an invisible “sense of presence”. Through the performativity of them, I explore the imagination of others and lands.
I investigate how the imagination of others and of place is activated through the performative engagement of them, while also approaching questions of imitation, empathy, and self-awareness through neuroscientific studies of embodiment.
I also work as a workshop facilitator, looking for the intersection of health promotion, education, community and theater.
Works/Performance
2026
Workshop as Residency Presentation, The Sound of Where I Come From, Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Malaysia
Co-Researcher, Tracing Silent: A Research Exhibition on Contemporary History of Okinawa, Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Malaysia
Playwriting Exhibition, PANORAMA, Asian Playwrights Meeting (APM) 2026, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Member, Learning Program, Reciprocal units within Art and Urbanism (RAU)
Performance piece, Riding a Resonant City, Moabit and Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2025
Performance piece, Riding a Resonant City, Tokyo Festival 2025, Tokyo, Japan
Collaborative Performance piece, A Flood, a Scene, or the Nearest Heaven, Future Ideations Camp Vol.7｜Super Sober Shamanism : Exploring Synchronization, Co-presence, and Mimesis through Theatre and Technology
Performance piece, Night Rider Kaifeng Saitama←→Zhengzhou, Saitama, Japan
2024
Performance piece, An inner speech from elsewhere（pilot version）,
Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2024 Fringe, Yokohama, Japan
Movie, The body conecting lands (15min), cinemovement, Tokyo, Japan + Singapore
2023
Performance piece, Sumida River Literature Walk, Sumida River Shinra Bansho: Sumi ni Yume
Project Planning, Tokyo, Japan
Performance piece, Anthropocene, Toyooka Theater Festival 2023 Fringe, Hyogo, Japan
Workshop and performance making, Walking Artscapes: Seeing Urban Environments through
Performance-Making, Klang River Festival 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022
Performance piece, Nono-san: #Searching for Genius Loci, Toyooka Theater Festival 2022 Fringe, Hyogo, Japan