"Uyehara, a virtual conflation of Laurie Anderson and Myoshi Umeki, here addresses imperiled democracy in the present war-shrouded landscape... [with] her signature fusion of impish humor, sober recollection and kinetic self-commentary." Los Angeles Times
Big Head revisits the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and considers current-day treatment of those perceived as "the enemy now", including Muslim Americans, Arab Americans, and South Asian Americans. A work that has been in the making since early 2001, this poetic, interdisciplinary performance offers up letters from Rohwer Internment Camp in Arkansas, responds to recent hate crimes and imprisionments, and considers the coalition-building between these various communities during times of crisis.
Acclaimed perfromance artist Denise Uyehara uses a non-linear montage of images, clay animation, movement, and text to evoke the mysteriously winding path of collective memory, and how we interpret our past to provide hope for the future.
Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 4PM
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