Posts Tagged as ‘butoh’

August 2, 2009

Questions… (Why have you done this?)

My previous post adressed the primary question posed to me by those who experience my work.  This question being:
“What does it mean?”
Having aswered that, the second question, almost invariably is:
“What is it, and why have you done it?”
(And no, I couldn’t possibly have lifted this response from an application to a certain funding body that [...]

August 2, 2009

Questions…

This last week, my work has been subjected to the delighted musings, scowling glares and vacant expressions that commonly accompany the art that I produce.
And so, for anyone who is interested in my responses to the common questions I have been asked, I have written down the answers.  Not in order to inform or educate, [...]

July 30, 2009

Stepping Over

Stepping Over
Originally uploaded by jeremah
So, I have been really bad at posting the last few weeks. Have been super busy with my installation performance work. Have only one show to go now, and two more days of ‘open studio’ (pretty much where I get up before 10, stumble around my studio, turning everything on, [...]

May 26, 2009

One Month In…

So, I have missed out on a ‘One Month In’ post by one day, but it only just occurred to me to write one.  I won’t recap. If you’re interested, you can read for yourself.
But these are the things that are on my mind:
I have slowly been working through the essay I am writing on [...]

May 23, 2009

First Pansori Lesson

I am very excited.
I had my first Pansori class today with Oh Min Ah, of the National Changgeuk Theater Of Korea.  I met her for the first time this morning at The National Theatre on the slopes of green Namsan Mountain.  She is probably one of the most adorable Korean women I have met. And [...]

May 15, 2009

The Hole

I know that I will have arrived when I can make a blue tarp look amazing.

Ahhh Murumatsu.

April 21, 2009

Yumiko

Hello friends
I hope you enjoy the moment of life.
I am now in Tokyo,
preparing my departure for Europe at the end of April.
The trip in India was again something unforgettable.
This land is like a treasure box,
from another angle,  it might be a Pandora’s box…
Everything is packed,  good or bad,  holy or vulgar.
After all, they are all [...]

February 7, 2008

Butoh – Week One

First Butoh class of 2008. How terribly excited we all were. I know it is pointless to talk about Butoh, but I guess I will describe what happened, and how I feel about it all.
Moving Meditation

Start in neutral, feet shoulder-width apart, eyes open, or in soft focus. Image of a string extending from the top [...]

January 20, 2008

I am in love…

With Butoh, and will presently be making it a lifestyle choice.
Just so you know…

November 7, 2007

Protected: Eats itself…

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.