Entrevistas

1. The origin of name Kishi Bashi

2. His Shin-Issei parents

3. On being Japanese and American

4. On his songfilm Omoiyari

5. The reason for creating the songflim Omoiyari

6. On music

Bashi,Kishi

(n. 1975) Músico y compositor

On his songfilm Omoiyari

Omoiyari means empathy. It’s kind of like acting on empathy. It’s in between consideration, sympathy, empathy, it’s like…people use it for guests. You think about your guest and what they would like. And you prepare for them, and that’s one use of omoiyari.

It follows me in my understanding about myself – my own identity and then also kind of question what it is to be an American citizen – what it means, what rights I have, what this country has done to the world, and how we can improve it and how we can improve equality.

I guess backtracking to why I’m making this film, after the election a lot of my fans were just really distraught, I could really tell. It was really bugging them. And I understand that and I think a lot of people look to my music to be kind of euphoric and to help them get through things so I think for me to do this is something that is important for…I do this for my listeners, to kind of help them cope or just to have a better understanding.

emociones empatía igualdad identidad música músicos Omoiyari (canción) simpatía Estados Unidos

Fecha: August 21, 2018

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Sharon Yamato

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Kaoru Ishibashi, quien se presenta como Kishi Bashi, es un músico y compositor, nacido en Seattle, Washington que creció en Norfolk, Virginia. Asistió al Berklee College of Music y se convirtió en un reconocido violinista.

Su proyecto fílmico, Omoiyari (Empatía), lo llevó a lugares tales como Manzanar, Tule Lake, al Museo Nacional Japonés Americano y a Japón para aprender sobre los japoneses americanos y sobre la historia japonesa de la Segunda Guerra. Omoiyari explora cómo la empatía, y la falta de ella, ha jugado un rol crucial en la búsqueda moderna por la igualdad social. (Marzo 2019)