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CROSS TALK INTERMEDIA Update 11 June 2024 CROSS TALK INTERMEDIA FESTIVAL |
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One of three silk-screen posters I created for CROSS TALK INTERMEDIA in 1969. Wanting to explore the unfamiliar medium of silk-screen printing, I purchased the necessary items and began work on my own terms |
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Hijikata played a foundational role in the emergence of the powerfully original Japanese Butoh dance movement ("ancient dance step of utter darkness”) during the 1960s. We invited his participation in the 1969 CROSS TALK INTERMEDIA Festival, and he proposed a work to involve a live giraffe, and an equal number of crows and of elderly women. We secured the participation of the giraffe, but, for unknown reasons, Hijikata withdrew, using the traditional Japanese go-between practice. His personal “master” made the apologies to us formally at a gathering at the apartment of ACC Director Donald Albright. |
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