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Curated by art historian Midori Yoshimoto and Japan Society’s Tiffany Lambert and Ayaka Iida, the exhibition surveys the transnational Fluxus network (1962–78) through the lenses of geography and gender, focusing on four members—Shiomi, Kubota, Yoko Ono, and Takako Saito—whose prolific output of performances, scores, and “anti-art” objects is enriched when considered in conjunction with their experiences as Japanese women in New York in the 1960s.
Commissioned as the soundtrack to a line of prefab homes, this 1986 ambient masterpiece doubles as a frame for the smallest, most quotidian sounds. It’s a testament to the act of listening itself.