takahiro yamamoto

Body of Architecture/
Architecture of Body
(2011)

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Using pragmatic actions on the floor to move from one point to the other, this durational performance locates a performing body and its viewers in relationship with the wall, floor and ceiling. Positioning a human body as moving architecture, it exhibits a spatial occupancy of human body in time.


Duration: 1-3 hours

Presented at:
-Hedreen Gallery in Seattle WA in Aug 2018 (YF festival)
    featuring Elby Brosch & Donnell Williams

-Innovation Studio in Portland OR in March 2015 (Pacific Northwest College of Art)
    featuring movement artists (Stephanie Brachmann, Nicolo Gentile, Jung Min, Katie Piatt,
    Michael Reinsch, Stephanie Yu, and Takahiro Yamamoto),sound artists (Val Gayevskaya,
    Ben Gas, Justine Highsmith, and Anita Spaeth), and text artists (Thomas Gamble,
    Linden How, and Travis Nikolai)

-Hedreen Gallery in Seattle WA in July 2013 (YF Festival)

-Bodyvox North Wing in Portland OR in December 2011