A Body in Places is the omnibus title of Eiko’s first solo project, which started with her revisiting post-nuclear disaster Fukushima and her twelve hour performance at Philadelphia Station in 2014.

TBA:19 Opening Day

Curated by Kristan Kennedy and Joseph Scheer

Co-Presented with the Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, PNCA and the Institute for Electronic Arts, NYSCC

A Body in Places is the omnibus title of Eiko’s first solo project, which started with her revisiting post-nuclear disaster Fukushima and her twelve-hour performance at Philadelphia Station in 2014. Its scale and modes of presentation vary radically and incorporate both performative and non-performative elements. For this incarnation at PNCA’s Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, the artist presents a series of new prints and video works made in residency and in partnership with Joseph Scheer, Aodi Liang, and Rebekah Palov, at the Institute for Electronic Arts at NYSCC (IEA) at NYCC. The exhibition also features a screening of A Body in Fukushima comprised of photos by William Johnston and edited by Eiko. The artist's investigation of the various sites of disaster and abundance of nature feel urgent as we contemplate what it means to live in the contemporary changing world, and the fragility and power contained in all of our lives.

At PNCA, we present Eiko performing in, on, and with epic landscapes along with her 'collaborators,' irradiated Fukushima, a nighttime swarm of moths in the Kanakadea Forrest, her recently deceased mother at her funeral, and in the changing city of Hong Kong soon after the 2014 Umbrella Revolution. On the occasion of the opening, Eiko will perform a solo in and around the gallery.

Across town at PICA, we present a new, three-channel video of Eiko performing with the spring waters and deserts of California. Shot by Alexis Moh and produced at the IEA, the video will be on view during her TBA performances of The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable.

Using her body as a conduit, and seeing the world as movements, Eiko explores and reflects on time. She willfully partners with the particularities of places and the viewers’ gazes.

This project is a NPN/VAN Partner of the National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN). This project is made possible in part by support from the NPN/VAN Artist Engagement Fund. Major contributors include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information visit www.npnweb.org.

SPONSORS

This project received support from Oregon Arts Commission, WESTAF (the Western States Arts Federation), and the National Endowment for the Arts. Sponsored by National Dance Project. Sponsored in part by the Deborah Horrell Fund.

The Institute for Electronic Art’s Experimental Projects Residency is supported by the Schein-Joseph Endowment. And the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.