Yonsei f*ck f*ck is an ongoing series of butoh-ish performances and videos.

In the postwar Japanese economic development, the literal Imperialism of wartime Japan has been replaced with a cultural imperialism, where capitalist iconography like Pokemon, Sailor Moon, and Hello Kitty are proliferated abroad as commerce. Those of us growing up abroad use these cultural exports to fill in the blank where information from our family is omitted, which I have always found unnerving even though I am definitely one of those-types-of-people. Yonsei f*ck f*ck (yonsei meaning fourth-generation) conjures an Asia-futurism through the elevation these cultural artifacts to the status of holy, where they trickle down in Pika-goodness.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pts. 5-7 were performed as a part of LES Dance Crawl, curated by Kevin Toyo, Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 5
Performed as a part of LES Dance Crawl at Mizuma & Kips (New York, NY) in December of 2020.
Performed by Glenn Potter-Takata.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 6
Performed as a part of LES Dance Crawl at Trotter & Scholer (New York, NY) in March of 2021.
Performed by Glenn Potter-Takata & evan ray suzuki.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 7
Performed as a part of LES Dance Crawl at Mizuma & Kips (New York, NY) in March of 2021.
Performed by Glenn Potter-Takata & evan ray suzuki.

Lighting by Kia Rogers.
Photos by Kae Sato and Kevin Toyo.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pts. 5-7 was developed, in part, through a CUNY Dance Initiative residency at Lehman College.