WORKS
kopitoto
A film by Lisa Kusanagi in collaboration with JuJu Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/309727006
A film by Lisa Kusanagi in collaboration with JuJu Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/309727006
Ripe
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/414259453
"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
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/414259453
"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
Excerpt: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
Excerpt: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)
With the students of Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, we physically experimented with how religions and politics are reflected in their living environment and culture. We probed complex sociopolitical realities through the lens of Michel Foucault's quote "Liberation opens up new relationships of power, which have to be controlled by the practice of liberty."
Conceptualized, choreographed & directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Venue at the Auditorio Guillermo y Sofia Jenkins, Universidad de las Americas Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
With the students of Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico, we physically experimented with how religions and politics are reflected in their living environment and culture. We probed complex sociopolitical realities through the lens of Michel Foucault's quote "Liberation opens up new relationships of power, which have to be controlled by the 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)
https://vimeo.com/210891144
According to research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question alternative types of intelligence not previously defined.
A short film by Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi (Kusanagi Sisters)
https://vimeo.com/210891144
According to research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question alternative types of intelligence not previously defined.
16 Day Return Policy
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Movement Research at the Judson Church
Venue: Judson Memorial Church (NY, USA)
https://vimeo.com/97370498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyAvcQAhe3A
"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.
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by Movement Research at the Judson Church
Venue: Judson Memorial Church (NY, USA)
https://vimeo.com/97370498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyAvcQAhe3A
"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.
A Work in Progress
Information WasteLand
Choreographed & Performed by Lisa Kusanagi
Beyond Words
Conceptualized, Choreographed & Directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by American College Dance Festival & Sonoma State University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlQf1ATcZc
"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
Conceptualized, Choreographed & Directed by Lisa Kusanagi
Presented by American College Dance Festival & Sonoma State University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlQf1ATcZc
"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
