Artist Naoko Tanaka uses light, space and objects to explore the 'unknowable inner outside world'
Performance artist feels immense pressure to fit into a mold in Japan.
Tracing James Lee Byars' time in Japan
I first met James Lee Byars in Kyoto in early 1967 and, at his invitation, participated in his "performance." At the time I didn't know that he'd been back and forth between Japan and the U.S. for nearly a decade already. I was also ...
Everyone's having a laugh in Kinokuniya
Rakugo, a traditional form of comic storytelling in Japan, deals with anecdotes about human nature. Described as a "performance of imagination," it is usually done on an empty stage with the artist kneeling on a large cushion and acting out the roles of all ...
The Complaints Choir: Denounce to the Music
Mad as hell and not going to take it any more? Let a choir lift your complaint to the heavens.
