PHOTOS BY ROBBIE SWEENY
EDITOR’S NOTE: inkBoat, founded by Shinichi Iova-Koga, is a CA$H Dance Spring 2023 grantee. This article outlines their funded activities and vision.
The impetus for Clouds from a Crumbling Giant was my father, moving into a sudden decline. I witnessed him crumbling. I watched the strong and capable man I grew up with rapidly change. His vigor diminished dramatically; his clarity of mind slowly faded away. What I observed came into conflict with my long-held ideas of him. I had trouble accepting who I saw him becoming. Some weeks ago, he died. Now I’m left with his patterns, his influences… and somehow this study of my father has turned into self-study. Perhaps that was always the case, and I’ve only just realized it. As with the creation of most inkBoat works, the personal experience extends into the process, no matter what the theme might be. In this case, the product/process/personal intertwine into some symbiotic fusion where life and art prove difficult to separate.
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In Dance | May 2014 | dancersgroup.org
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