1980 | United States | Documentary

Event Fission

  • English - 42 mins
  • Director | Eiko Otake, Koma Otake
  • Writer | Eiko Otake, Koma Otake
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Event Fission is an outdoor performance on the Hudson River landfill, produced by Creative Time. Eiko & Koma danced with a huge white flag billowing on top of a sand dune as the audience watched from below. The white flag was used to symbolically attack the newly developed downtown buildings. On a lower level of the landfill, to which Eiko & Koma tumbled down, there were fires on four corners of the performing area. At the end of the performance of 50 minutes, Eiko & Koma were swallowed into a deep hole they had dug and hid, disappearing with a blast of sand.

Performance Protest Dance Site-specific Symbolism Outdoor Avant-garde Ritual Landscape Intervention
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