THELONIOUS STOKES LIVE IN TOKYO

On June 20 in Tokyo, Thelonious Stokes will present a live performance examining Blackness as both presence and atmosphere. Using the body as a vessel, Stokes engages the surrounding architecture, audience, and geography through a series of gestures that negotiate visibility, memory, and relation. The work continues his ongoing investigation into how Blackness occupies, transforms, and recalibrates space. Presented at Traffic, the performance unfolds within an intimate environment where bodies, sound, and architecture converge. Through movement, duration, and spatial intervention, Stokes invites audiences into an encounter with Blackness as a living force, shaping and reshaping the conditions of perception. Following the performance, the evening will transition into a program of DJ sets extending the event's exploration of movement, tension, and collective experience through sound. Featuring sets by Yuoto Saito, Hayate, Agnes Kruel, Kwiilipop, The Muscle Brothers, Sorxxnn, and Jxxncxxt, the night's sonic program traverses techno, house, EDM, experimental electronics, and noise. Continuing until late, the DJs will transform the venue into a shifting landscape of rhythm and atmosphere, carrying the energy of the performance into a collective experience on the dance floor.