Letter to Abakanowicz: The Silent Body

Overview

Motofuji Akiko performed 'Letter to Abakanowicz' the previous year at Asbestos-kan. This was performed again as a revised, collaborative piece between Motofuji and Abakanowicz at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Based on experiences of war, the work questions human existence, and was presented at MOCA on the 50th anniversary of radiation exposure in Hiroshima. Subtitled 'The Silent Body', it was performed by a group of nude and expressionless male butoh dancers, in an attempt to express the anonymity of Abakanowicz's sculptures.

"Opening performance at 'Special Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of the Hiroshima A-bombing: AFTER HIROSHIMA'. Two performances at 11:00 and 16:00."

Details

Title

Letter to Abakanowicz: The Silent Body

Performance creator(s)

Asbestos-kan

Direction/Choreography

Direction and Choreography: Akiko Motofuji
Co-direction: Magdalena Abakanowicz

Venue

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Performance date(s)

30 July 1995

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Akiko Motofuji, Keitoku Takata, Taketeru Kudo, Junji Iijima, Akihito Ichihara, Hiroshi Ito, Kenji Kamiya, Taizo Hida, Hosana Matsushima, Tetsuji Yamazaki, Shigeyoshi Watanabe
Music: Tetsu Saito
Music: Barre Phillips
Stage & Costume Designer: Hiroshi Ito
Costume Designer: Motoko Kubodera
Video Documentation: Nagaru Miyake

Organiser(s)

Organised by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Genre

Butoh

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