Butoh

Fierce Unworking highlights Ko Murobushi's role as an unparalleled pioneer of contemporary paradigms such as body language, the third space or embodied knowledge. Ten years after his death, this volume brings together writings, poems and diary fragments in collaboration with the Ko Murobushi archive in Tokyo, making many of which are available in English for the first time.

The catalogue of the first exhibition in France of the Japanese performers' collective contact Gonzo.

An essential book for readers engaged with film and performance, urban cultures and architecture, and Japan's experimental art and its histories.

This collection of texts offers a philosophical and textual analysis of the work of butō dance creator, Hijikata Tatsumi. The author, the philosopher and translator Uno Kuniichi, gives a deterritorializing reading of the Japanese dancer and choreographer, linking him to figures like Genet or Artaud, while restoring his own specificity.

A fascinating reflection on the reception of butoh dance in France.

A critical analysis of Hijikata Tatsumi's Butoh dance.