Via ubuweb, some low-resolution, soundless, fascinating documentation of the Gutai performance art movement in Japan. See you in September!
“Gutai art does not alter matter; it gives matter life … In Gutai art, the human spirit and matter, opposed as they are, shake hands … My respect goes out to the works of Pollock and Mathieu. Their works are the cries uttered by matter: by oil paint and enamel themselves.” (Yoshihara, Gutai manifesto, 1956)
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Part of the Pitt’s summer screenings.
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