Excerpt from Wanderlusting
March 24, 2016
by Paul Chan WHAT DOES IT mean to change? No one steps in the same river twice, Heraclitus wrote. The world is unimaginably different now from what it was in 500 b.c. For instance, many rivers today are so polluted… Read more
Excerpt from Three Women
March 23, 2016
by Eiko Otake ANNA HALPRIN No description is necessary for this amazing dance artist. She opened her studio and home to us anytime we were in the Bay Area. I sincerely feel that her work and teaching at her… Read more
Excerpt from A Body in Places Conversation
March 22, 2016
[October 2015] In January 2015, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosted a public conversation between Eiko and Trajal Harrell, moderated by Sam Miller, as a part of Trajal’s two-year Annenberg Research Commission Residency. Trajal’s residency included an exploration of… Read more
A Body in Places: Video Postcard #7
March 21, 2016
Alexis Moh presents video clips from Eiko’s solos, updated weekly.
Mixed Modalities: Eiko at Anthology Film Archives
March 21, 2016
by Leeroy Kun Young Kang It seems fitting that I watched these films before witnessing Eiko perform. There is a feeling, part curious, part mischievous, about peeking at someone’s bookshelf when you go to their house for the first time. The… Read more
Writer-in-Residence Sam Miller responds to Precarious #2: Guest Solos (3/5), Maria Hassabi’s Plastic at MoMA (3/7), and Eiko Solo #7 (3/8)
March 18, 2016
Writer-in-Residence Sam Miller responds to Precarious #2: Guest Solos (3/5), Maria Hassabi’s Plastic at MoMA (3/7), and Eiko Solo #7 (3/8). Part 4 “I don’t know if I am trying to do something new, but I know that I am trying to… Read more
Sam Miller: on Conversation Without Walls: Bearing Witness, March 11, 2016
March 18, 2016
Part 7 “Now that I am beyond the initial paralysis of calling one’s first teachings into question, I am left with: be critical and sing.” C.D. Wright Fragments from Friday (Words almost heard) Catastrophe of meaning Always hurtling toward catastrophe Catastrophe… Read more
A Body in Places: Video Postcard #6
March 17, 2016
Alexis Moh presents video clips from Eiko’s solos, updated weekly.