In 2016, as part of our Platform 2016: A Body in Places, dedicated to the work of Eiko Otake, we presented a 24-hour event to mark the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Over… Read more

  by Alex Fialho   For our purposes, this catalogue has to a greater or lesser extent been shaped by the aesthetics of the zine. We offer a tumble of texts and images from our generous contributors—reprints, originals, poems, photos… Read more

Congratulations to Eiko Otake on the Special Citation Award from the Bessies Selection Committee for your Platform 2016: A Body in Places “exhibition unfolding over six weeks” at Danspace Project. The ​Special ​Bessies’ citation​ for Eiko’s “Platform 2016: A Body… Read more

Part 8 “not that theories are not beautiful, but that they are feeble” C.D. Wright     Installation St. Marks Church (March 15) D is for Dance Discipline Devotion Says Merce Through Valda An art process is not necessarily a… Read more

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

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

[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

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).   Part 4 “I don’t know if I am trying to do something new, but I know that I am trying to… Read more

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