Lilith Performance Studio- Tsuneko Taniuchi 13 Feb 2009

In her performance, developed on site during five weeks in collaboration with Lilith Performance Studio, Taniuchi chose to objectify herself by standing on a podium inside an ice-vitrine build out of twelve pieces of 25-centimeter thick ice blocks. 8 at a time the audience entered a light and white painted room with Tsuneko in the middle. Three minutes into the performance one man entered the room and lined up against the wall facing Tsuneko. Two minutes later another man walked in and took his position beside the first man, this continued until 8 men was lined up facing the viewers in completely silence. The only sound was from the ice that creaked once in a while. The light switched off after 15 minutes and the audience left the room and a new group entered the performance.

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Entertainment

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• Tsuneko Taniuchi
• Performance Art
• Ice

[onlinebambi]

why all of men stand at the same line? is there a coreography for the audience?

woman in a ice cage! good methaphore but honestly few of the men look like they are part of the group and that they are by the purpose there ,,, they are not the audience, they are the crew

[Extrea]

this is bullshit

[shuutakitamura]

She looks like solitude.But she enjoys that she shows her body to many people in ice walls. Its not a coarse performance but rather refined by Japanese style . With a little bit her shyness,she behaves decently a good　oppotunity（ｌｉｋｅ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ＴＥＡ　ＣＥＬＥＭＯＮＹｓ　ｈｏｓｐｉｔａｌｉｔｙ） in front　ｏｆ French people. There is a gap between Japanese and Western peoples style but she smiles with humor.