私?日本語?話???? Wa-ta-shi wa...

聽寫王系列 TengSeWong/VoiceWriter Series	私は日本語が話せません Wa-ta-shi wa...
	あなたの秘密…… A-na-ta no hi-mi-tsu... @Japan Ceramic Center, Nagoya; @Neon Hall, Nagano

Sharing a secret, for me, is a dialectic thing: sometimes it is easier to disclose a secret to a stranger than to someone you know; sharing a secret is also a means to build an intimate relationship. In this performance, I invited the audience to share with me a secret by saying ‘Wa-ta-shi to i-ssho ni a-na-ta no hi-mi-tsu wo wa-ka-chi-a-tte ku-da-sa-i/私と一緒にあなたの秘密を分かち合って下さい’. Their voice was input into the computer and was transcribed into Chinese automatically. I copied the Chinese text with water on brush. When the light was getting bright gradually, their secrets had been evaporated in the air with only marks of the paper face masks left on the wall. The audience told me a lot of stories, but I could understand none of them at all, as I told them my secret at the end of my performance: ‘Wa-ta-shi wa ni-hon-go ga ha-na-se-ma-sen/私は日本語が話せません’ (I can’t speak Japanese.)