Fwd: Shuji Terayama Film Season at Tate Modern

Aaron Gerow aaron.gerow at yale.edu
Wed Feb 29 08:33:09 EST 2012



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> Press release
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> Shūji Terayama: ‘Who can say that we should not live like dogs?’
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> Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium 
> Friday 16 March – Sunday 25 March 2012 
> £5 / £4 concessions 
> Season ticket £20 / £15 concessions 
> For public information number please print 020 7887 8888 
> Full programme details are available from http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/film
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> Tate Film celebrates acclaimed filmmaker, poet, radio and stage dramatist, essayist, photographer and horseracing tipster Shūji 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.
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> 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.
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> The opening event on Friday 16 March will awaken the spirits of Shūji Terayama and Yukio Mishima in their respective roles as trickster and samurai, pairing the Grand Guignol horror of Terayama’s film Emperor Tomato Ketchup with the highly formalised violence of Mishima’s Patriotism; The Rite of Love and Death. The event opens with a live performance, Can Eros Be the Basis of Resistance? in which two historians relay a dialogue between Terayama and Mishima.
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> Shūji Terayama: ‘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.
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> For further press information and programme details please contact Emily Rees, Tate Press Office on 020 7887 8730 or email emily.rees at tate.org.uk.
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> Tate Film
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> 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 www.tate.org.uk/modern/film.
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