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 pt. 9 was presented by Amanda + James at McCarren Park (Brooklyn, NY) on June 11, 2021.
Performed by Glenn Potter-Takata, evan ray suzuki, and Kimiko Tanabe.

Photos by Rebecca J Michelson.
Videography by Sid Diamond (close) and Alexander Sargent (wide).

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 9 was developed, in part, through a CUNY Dance Initiative residency at Lehman College.