Existence: Situation Theater 1968-69 — Tamiko Nishimura — graficamag — 2011

Nishimura’s photographs document the underground Situation Theater between 1968 and 1969, when she repeatedly photographed performers including Akaji Maro, Yotsuya Simon and Juro Kara. The stark black-and-white images stay close to bodies, gestures and stage action, preserving the intensity of an experimental theatre scene from inside rather than as retrospective history. Published in 2011, the book gathers this early work into a concentrated record of performance and counterculture at the end of the 1960s.

Technical Sheet
Title: Existence: Situation Theater 1968-69
Artist / Author: Tamiko Nishimura
Date: 2011
Medium / Materials: Softcover
Dimensions: 26 × 18.2 cm
Pages: 104 pages, 80 photo plates
Publisher: graficamag
Condition: New