Peter Eckersall
Performance and the long view of nuclear space
Distance becomes a temporal and geopolitical factor in artistic responses to the Fukushima conflation. While haunted by the extended millennial rate of decay for radioactive material, our perceptions of time and place are also stretched beyond our capacity for remembering.
This paper reflects on two different kinds of responses to Fukushima in the performing arts. The first involves geo-performative actions (Fancy 2011) that aim to return to and transform the meaning of spaces damaged by the earthquake and nuclear meltdown. The second, arguably, take the longer view and suggest haunting and residue. The paper will consider works by Chim Pon, Koyamada Toru and Okada Toshiki.
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School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Theatre Studies
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