Caldera Arts

Constant State of Otherness, part of Caldera's inaugural Hearth Festival, is a performance exploring the experience and impacts of otherness and alienation. Through taiko, Japanese folk dance, song, and personal storytelling, six performers guide the audience through a four-part journey inspired by experiences of isolation and displacement that comes from having a complex sense of home. Rooted in ancestral wisdom and survival, Constant State of Otherness resists simplistic translations of language, cultural ways, and the complicated emotions that otherness evokes. Unit Souzou was founded in 2014 by Co-directors Michelle Fujii and Toru Watanabe, relentless innovators at the forefront of a growing artistic movement within the taiko community. Caldera’s Hearth Festival is a multi-day public event with performances, visual art, family friendly workshops, and outdoor activities at our 119-acre Arts Center near Sisters, OR.