Butoh Performance at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP

To mark the opening of his solo exhibition “A sense of de-tach-ment”, Riichi Yamaguchi invited Butoh dancer Yasuchika Konno to perform on and around his work.

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Riichi Yamaguchi "A sense of de-tach-ment"

at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP
in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
This event has ended - (2007-02-28 - 2007-03-24)

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In TAB Video by Ashley Rawlings 2007-03-22 print

You can read an interview with Riichi Yamaguchi here.

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Ashley Rawlings

Ashley Rawlings. Ashley is an editor, writer and translator, and was based in Tokyo from 2005 to 2008, where he conducted research into the history of Japanese postwar art at Sophia University. He was the editor of TABlog from 2006 to 2008. More information about his work can be found at www.ashleyrawlings.com » See other writings

Comments

  1. ulei
    2007-04-18

    I really thought these three videos (nominally part of the same performance) should be watched concurrently:

    http://hrum.org/projects/misc/ConcurrentButoh/concurrentButoh.html

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