“+813″ was mainly developed with two new productions of Sal Vanilla, “Minimalman” and “Hito No Katachi”. There was also a live performance by sound artists that changed from day to day. The second day started with a performance by Dub DJ Knoto. He led the audience to the world they would produce from now. It all happened in a flash. The audience who had been in the comfortable entrance area entered the unrealistic world.

The first production “Minimalman” was a solo performance by Giga Tei who collaborated with sound artist Salomon from WC and visual artist Yu Sekoda from Kloma. Moving into the place, one noticed that it was divided into 4 spaces by columns, Giga developed simple and odd movements. Sometimes his face or fingers were projected on a big wall in real time, using a camera set up on a desk.

Sometimes props were taken out from unexpected place, and these were dispersed after using. While the whole structure was surely “minimal” with his movement, props, visuals and sounds, the latter scene added revolutions with a bicycle and lights, and gradually increased the intensity till it swallowed up the venue at last. It created an overwhelming sense of unity with the hall, visuals, sounds, and movements, to say nothing of the brilliance of Giga.

Following “Hito No Katachi” was a production which was directed also by Giga and performed by seven Sal Vanilla members. Visual projections were designed by architect Kazuyasu Kouchi, and the sound was by Saori from WC. The seven members started seated in chairs lined up in front and muttering incoherent words. They gathered the attention of the audience and got caught in the visuals and sounds spread throughout the unrealistic world. The audience completely lost their sense of space by the visuals, and the sounds reached to even their cells. They also lost the sense of time due to the 7 members’ uniform movements which were performed with a great deal of personality. The number of members was the only element that could express such a great strength and interest of symmetry.