“I chose the profession of theater not merely as a mode of artistic expression but as a way to participate in society.”

Summary, in English

The practice of polymath Shūji Terayama (1935–1983) began with the poetry for which he first became known in his native Japan. However, it is the consequences of the collective as encountered in his films and plays that has framed and informed two collaborations by artists Matthew Lutz-Kinoy (b. 1984, US) and Tobias Madison (b. 1985, Switzerland), first at Kunsthalle Zurich last year and then this past spring at MoMA PS1, New York. Together, at least temporarily, three different histories of artist-initiated activity intersected, each of them occupied with how audiences assemble and engaging us with alternatives to the autonomy of the individual artist.

• Author: Jacob Korczynski
• Publishing year: 2016-09-06
• Language: English
• Pages: 82-87
• Publication/Series: Flash Art
• Issue: 310
• Links: https://flash---art.com/article/i-chose-the-profession-of-theater-not-merely-as-a-mode-of-artistic-expression-but-as-a-way-to-participate-in-society/
• Document type: Journal article
• Topic: Visual Arts
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0394-1493