Is this Gutai?

Overview

Taiwanese artist River Lin presents "Is this Gutai?", an online performance and lecture about Gutai - a pioneering artist collective and art movement active in Japan during the post-war period - featuring works by Tanaka Atsuko, Shiraga Kazuo, Murakami Saburo and Shimamoto Shozo. It includes video documentation of "Dancing with Gutai Art Manifesto 1956" presented by C-Lab (Contemporary Culture Lab Taiwan) in 2020 as well as a conversation between Lin and TRU’s artistic director Kawaguchi Takao.

-Created as a live online performance and lecture. The performance period refers to the dates the work was available for online viewing, from the initial streaming date until the conclusion of the Tokyo Real Underground festival (1 April - 15 August 2021).
-Takao Kawaguchi Selection: Un Certain Regard
-Tokyo Real Underground (Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13)

Details

Title

Is this Gutai?

Performance creator(s)

NPO Dance Archive Network

Direction/Choreography

Concept: River Lin

Performance date(s)

28 May 2021 - 15 August 2021 (online viewing)

Performer(s) and staff

Performance: River Lin, Eric Tsai, Chien Shih-Han, Chang Yun-Chen
Moderator: Takao Kawaguchi
Co-producer: Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
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

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