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Rasen | Funeral 2
Featuring Naoki Iwakawa & Ikue Mora
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 8:00PM
Theaterlab
357 West 36th St., 3rd Floor
New York,
NY
10018
between 8th and 9th Avenue
A/C/E or 1/2/3 to 34th Street
Theaterlab presents Rasen | Funeral 2, the final installment of Naoki Iwakawa’s performance painting series, on Thursday, May 26 at 8:00pm in the company's Midtown loft (357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor). For this performance, Iwakawa will partner with musician Ikue Mori, the former drummer of DNA. The evening will featured live projection by Jay Eckardt and Koji Ohwada.
Iwakwa’s “Funeral” series was created in commemoration of the artist’s longtime friend Tim Wright, a member of the influential No Wave band DNA. Iwakawa and Wright collaborated for nearly two decades, until Wright passed away in 2013. In the “Funeral” series, a single canvas is painted multiple times, creating an object with layers of hidden paintings beneath the surface. The contours of each previous painting have unexpected effects upon the next. There are layers inspired by death, as well as layers inspired by the natural phenomenon of the spiral, or Rasen in Japanese. The foundation of the piece is the incorporation of the deceased’s clothes and ashes. By using these materials that once held life, Iwakawa explores the contrast between the illusory nature of art and the hard reality of death and impermanence that governs our natural world.
The “Funeral” project has changed forms across several painting sessions, some taking place in public, and others occurring in the privacy of nature. Iwakawa video records these sessions and projects them onto a canvas during his live performances, as a way to show the audience the history behind the work. In this final session, Rasen | Funeral 2, Iwakawa strives to paint with an uninhibited yet neutral mind state, accepting the flaws and surprises he encounters in each moment.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Live Painting by Naoki Iwakawa
Live Music by Ikue Mora
Video by Jay Eckardt and Koji Ohwada
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