Eiko Otake’s Attending: A Conversation about Death
Channel: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Date: 2021-01-28

Eiko joined Shawn Womack, a professor of Colorado College’s Theatre and Dance Department, to discuss Eiko's history of solo work, her relationship with site—from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station in 2014 to Green-Wood Cemetery in 2020—and performance as a practice of dying. Their conversation, followed by Eiko's media work "Attending," is presented online by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.

The footage of "Attending," was from her duet with Iris McCloughan as a part of the premiere performance of The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable at 2019 American Dance Festival. This edit is not splicing footage but rather an attempt to transform performance footage into a more abstract and elemental media work about dying. Video and sound edit by Eiko Otake during 2020 summer. Soundscape created in collaboration between Eiko Otake and David Harrington (violin).

54 minutes and 48 seconds