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. 9.1 was presented by Amanda + James (Brooklyn, NY) on June 18, 2021.
Performed by Glenn Potter-Takata and evan ray suzuki.

Photos by Rebecca J Michelson.

Yonsei f*ck f*ck pt. 9.1 was developed, in part, through a CUNY Dance Initiative residency at Lehman College.