Ko Murobushi “White oｆ Blankness”” – Momozaru (Peach Monkey) of Kumi Machida

Art Top, June 20, 2008, Geijutsu Shimbun Sha

Last January, I was in Marrakech, Morocco. When I went out to Medina Square eating a peach, a monkey entertainer approached me then let me shoulder two monkeys. There was also a snake charmer in the square; while I was distracted by him, the monkey took away my peach. This was the “peach monkey” of Morocco. This time, upon returning from Brazil, I danced then gasped, “Wow, victory,” because of the “Peach Monkey” in Ms. Machida’s tableau that I discovered for the first time at the stage checking. This is the curious tension among Kumi Machida, Morocco, and Minoru Yohioka, given by the peach.

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Having seen Ms. Machida’s works, I was caught up by the desire to reread Japanese “postwar contemporary poems.” This time, I remember having that feeling throughout the performance. I think the factors can be found in the large blank spaces of the three tableaus. The poetry of the white of the blankness.

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In quick silver, I dance with my entire body painted in metallic silver, so the idea that my silver body matches Ms. Machida’s “white of blankness” came to mind, but bursting out in small laughter, I put the idea aside and decided to think over it for another day. And then, the blank will come together with Jim Morrison’s “Alabama Song” selected for “Bigakkou [School of Aesthetics] 1969,” my undetermined, fantastic “story telling,” and James Chance.

 
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