A Body in Tokyo

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Video ID number: V00514
Recording date: 2021

Overview

Eiko Otake, based in the United States since 1976, is a highly regarded artist who has performed in many countries as part of the performance duo Eiko & Koma. Her solo project "A Body in Places", which has attracted much attention since beginning in 2014, is performed for the first time in Japan. Ten years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, Otake places herself in different spaces around the Ueno area in Tokyo (Ueno Station, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Nakacho Shopping Street, etc.), and in underground spaces of the Former Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station and Shibuya River culvert, layering projected images of Fukushima onto the surrounding buildings and herself.

Created as a video piece. The work was available for online viewing from its release date until the conclusion of the Tokyo Real Underground festival (1 April - 15 August 2021).

Film locations: Ueno area / Former Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station / Shibuya River culvert
Projection: 'A Body in Fukushima' (Photography: William Johnston / Editing: Eiko Otake / Music: David Harrington Kronos Quartet)

-Eiko Otake Project - A Body in Places
-Tokyo Real Underground (Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13)

Details

Title: A Body in Tokyo
Performance creator(s): NPO Dance Archive Network
Direction/Choreography: Created by: Eiko Otake
Performance date(s): 24 April 2021 - 15 August 2021 (online viewing)
Performer(s) and staff: Performer: Eiko Otake
Film Production: LAND FES
Photography: Tatsuhiko Nakagawa
Publicity Design: Young SOUL
Organiser(s): Organisers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Planning and Production: NPO Dance Archive Network
Genre: Contemporary、Performance