WORKS
kopitoto
A film by Lisa Kusanagi in collaboration with JuJu Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier
A film by Lisa Kusanagi in collaboration with JuJu Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier
Ripe
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi
"Ripe" is part of Kusanagi's ongoing multi-disciplinary art series "Psychosomatic Erosion" which examines the politics of women's bodies as they are hyper-sexualized in media and culture--bodies on the front lines of pleasure-selling industries. Commercials and porn industries shape, distort, and dehumanize our sexuality, sense of identity, desires, sexual norms, ideas of pleasure, and relationships. This aesthetic phenomenon affects our body image across the spectrum of female-identified and gender nonconforming bodies. The work pushes for greater awareness: What are the consequences of this phenomenon?
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi
"Ripe" is part of Kusanagi's ongoing multi-disciplinary art series "Psychosomatic Erosion" which examines the politics of women's bodies as they are hyper-sexualized in media and culture--bodies on the front lines of pleasure-selling industries. Commercials and porn industries shape, distort, and dehumanize our sexuality, sense of identity, desires, sexual norms, ideas of pleasure, and relationships. This aesthetic phenomenon affects our body image across the spectrum of female-identified and gender nonconforming bodies. The work pushes for greater awareness: What are the consequences of this phenomenon?
Rewilding
Conceptualized, choreographed & directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue at the Auditorio Guillermo y Sofia Jenkins, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
Rewild (verb) - Restore to its natural uncultivated state
Link to excerpt of Rewilding
https://vimeo.com/193778761
Conceptualized, choreographed & directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue at the Auditorio Guillermo y Sofia Jenkins, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
Rewild (verb) - Restore to its natural uncultivated state
Link to excerpt of Rewilding
https://vimeo.com/193778761
We Participate We Contribute We Benefit and We Are Victims Simultaneously
Conceptualized, choreographed & directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue at the Auditorio Guillermo y Sofia Jenkins, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
A dance theater choreographed for students of Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, in which she explores and investigates complex sociopolitical realities through the lens of Trinh T. Minh-ha’s quote “Liberation opens up new relationships of power, which have to be controlled by practice of liberty.”
Conceptualized, choreographed & directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue at the Auditorio Guillermo y Sofia Jenkins, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
A dance theater choreographed for students of Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, in which she explores and investigates complex sociopolitical realities through the lens of Trinh T. Minh-ha’s quote “Liberation opens up new relationships of power, which have to be controlled by practice of liberty.”
Walking on Eggshells
Conceptualized, directed, and produced by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Harlem Stage (NY, USA)
Conceptualized, directed, and produced by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Harlem Stage (NY, USA)
itsy bitsy
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi (Kusanagi Sisters)
According to the research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question how can other intelligence besides linguistic and logical-mathematical, which are considered the “intellectual” in most academic institutions, gain more respect and recognition. Are there any other and more intelligence exist? So often we feel our aesthetics, ideas, imaginations, and minds are colonized by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We reject colonization of our imaginations. Because our perceptions and imaginations are reality. We must de-colonize our imaginations, in order to think and create freely in our own logical senses.
Link to itsy bitsy
https://vimeo.com/210891144
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi (Kusanagi Sisters)
According to the research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question how can other intelligence besides linguistic and logical-mathematical, which are considered the “intellectual” in most academic institutions, gain more respect and recognition. Are there any other and more intelligence exist? So often we feel our aesthetics, ideas, imaginations, and minds are colonized by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We reject colonization of our imaginations. Because our perceptions and imaginations are reality. We must de-colonize our imaginations, in order to think and create freely in our own logical senses.
Link to itsy bitsy
https://vimeo.com/210891144
16 Day Return Policy
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Movement Research at the Judson Church
Venue: Judson Memorial Church (NY, USA)
"16 Day Return Policy" is one of Kusanagi's on-going multi-medium performance series, "Psychosomatic Erosion," which deals with hypersexuality and the politics of women’s bodies: how commercial and porn industries shape and distort our sexuality, sexual desire, sexual identity, gender identity, sexual norms, ideas of pleasure, and human relationships.
Link to 16 Day Return Policy
https://vimeo.com/97370498
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Movement Research at the Judson Church
Venue: Judson Memorial Church (NY, USA)
"16 Day Return Policy" is one of Kusanagi's on-going multi-medium performance series, "Psychosomatic Erosion," which deals with hypersexuality and the politics of women’s bodies: how commercial and porn industries shape and distort our sexuality, sexual desire, sexual identity, gender identity, sexual norms, ideas of pleasure, and human relationships.
Link to 16 Day Return Policy
https://vimeo.com/97370498
A Work in Progress
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi & Dana Livermore
Presented by Roanoke Ballet Theatre (Roanoke, VA)
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi & Dana Livermore
Presented by Roanoke Ballet Theatre (Roanoke, VA)
Information WasteLand
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue: Hollins Theatre (Roanoke, VA)
Link to Information WasteLand
https://vimeo.com/105772377
Beyond Words
Conceptualized, Choreographed & Directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by American College Dance Festival & Sonoma State University
"Let me weep over my cruel fate and sigh for my lost freedom. May the pain shatter the chains of my torments just out of mercy." - Gorge F. Handel
Link to Beyond Words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlQf1ATcZc
Conceptualized, Choreographed & Directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by American College Dance Festival & Sonoma State University
"Let me weep over my cruel fate and sigh for my lost freedom. May the pain shatter the chains of my torments just out of mercy." - Gorge F. Handel
Link to Beyond Words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlQf1ATcZc
