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<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><p><b><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Press release</font></span></b>
</p><p><b><span lang="en-us"><font size="4" face="Tate New Pro">Sh</font><font size="4" face="Tate New Pro">ū</font><font size="4" face="Tate New Pro">ji Terayama:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="4" face="Tate New Pro"> ‘Who can say that we should not live like dogs?’</font></span></b>
</p><p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium</font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Friday 16 March – Sunday 25 March 2012</font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">£5 / £4 concessions</font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Season ticket £20 / £15 concessions</font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">For public information number please print 020 7887 8888 </font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Full programme details are available from </font></span><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/film"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tate New Pro">http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/film</font></u></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span>
</p><p><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Tate New Pro">Tate Film celebrates acclaimed filmmaker, poet, radio and stage dramatist, essayist, photographer and horseracing tipster</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Tate New Pro">Sh</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ū</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ji</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Tate New Pro">Terayama (1935-1983) this March in a programme of films at Tate Modern. This survey centres both on his astonishing film and video and his trailblazing shifts through varied media and performance.</font></span></p><p><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Tate New Pro">Described by theatre critic Akihiko Senda as ‘the eternal avant-garde’, Shuki Terayama made work that was interrelated, often producing visionary and unexpected outcomes in whatever his chosen form. In an era when Japan’s underground was reaching a fever pitch, he was a crucial player in a complex network of creative expression, encompassing such countercultural legends as singer Akihiro Miwa, photographer Daido Moriyama and graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo. </font></span></p><p><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Tate New Pro">The opening event on Friday 16 March will awaken the spirits of Sh</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ū</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ji Terayama and Yukio Mishima in their respective roles as trickster and samurai, pairing the Grand Guignol horror of Terayama’s film<i> Emperor Tomato Ketchup</i> with the highly formalised violence of Mishima’s<i> Patriotism; The Rite of Love and Death</i>. The event opens with a live performance,<i> Can Eros Be the Basis of Resistance?</i> in which two historians relay a dialogue between Terayama and Mishima. </font></span></p><p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Sh</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ū</font><font face="Tate New Pro">ji Terayama:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Tate New Pro"> ‘Who can say that we should not live like dogs?’ is curated By Thomas Dylan Eaton. With generous support from Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Japan Foundation, Sasakawa Foundation, Toshiba Foundation, and All Nippon Airways.</font></span></p><p><span lang="en-us"><b><font face="Tate New Pro">For further press information and programme details please contact Emily Rees, Tate Press Office on 020 7887 8730 or email </font></b></span><a href="mailto:kate.moores@tate.org.uk"><span lang="en-us"><b><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tate New Pro">emily.rees@tate.org.uk</font></u></b></span></a><span lang="en-us"><b><font face="Tate New Pro">.</font></b></span></p>
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</p><p><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">Tate Film presents inspiring films, videos, installations and performances made by artists and filmmakers who seek to challenge the conventions of moving image and to examine its changing role. Tate Film has become one of London’s most important forums for artists’ moving image work and provides an opportunity to view exciting films by emerging artists and rare historical material that reflects the fascinating trajectory of experimental cinema. For further screening information please visit </font></span><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/film"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Tate New Pro">www.tate.org.uk/modern/film</font></u></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font face="Tate New Pro">. </font></span></p>
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