Created and performed by Eiko OTAKE (ACC 2021*) (of Eiko & Koma) and WEN Hui (ACC 2021*) (of Living Dance Studio), What Is War is a powerful collaboration that fuses movement, video, and personal testimony excavated from the artists’ recollections of war and its aftermath. Otake grew up in post war Japan and Wen grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Friends since 1995 and working closely since 2020, Otake and Wen explore the enduring impacts of war on human consciousness, collective memory, and the body.

Please note: What Is War contains nudity and addresses the subject of war.

*A project participant who took part in a grant project funded by the ACC.