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Release Date: 2024
Country: UK
Duration:: 10 minutes
Black & white and colour, 5.1 Sound
Ratio: 1.33:1
Available Formats: 4K DCP, ProRes 422
Original Format: 16mm
A Monster with its Mouth Agape is an experimental film, inspired by the profound insights of the late Yoshito Ohno. Originally commissioned by Dance Archive Network for a performance at Rebellious Bodies, International Butoh Dance Festival in London, the film interprets the metamorphic states of Butoh, radiating from monochromatic intensity to multihued abstraction, with a soundtrack that reverberates the haunting soundscapes from the chaotic post-war climate of Japan. The work features a rare audio recording of Ohno, with each line of poetic movement expressed as visual metaphor. As Yoshito’s influence continues to ripple into the present, these subversive forms of dance theatre embody a sense of timelessness, deeply rooted in Japanese archaic tradition, folklore, and mythology.
CREDITS
A film by Steven McInerney
Visual design in collaboration with Vincent Rang
Words spoken by Yoshito Ohno
Sound by Howlround & Merkaba Macabre
A Psyché Tropes Release
Commissioned by Rebellious Bodies,
International Butoh Dance Festival
Supported by Dance Archive Network, Canta Co. Ltd,
and Arts Council England.
EXHIBITIONS
Family Film Project #13 (Video Installation, Porto, Portugal) October 15-19th, 2024
Rebellious Bodies, International Butoh Dance Festival (Expanded live performance) November 2, 2023