Ibuki Kuramochi
m/Other Performance

Thursday July 10, 2025 7-8pm
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
(5700 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 100, Los Angeles CA 90036)

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As part of the m/Other exhibition, Ibuki Kuramochi presents a performance that explores kinship, motherhood, and Otherness—not as fixed roles, but as ongoing acts of care and connection. The performance includes a video documenting a live piece she created with her dog, filmed on March 1st 2025 at LA Art Share.

The title m/Other refers to both “mother” and “other,” highlighting how care and connection can take many forms. In this work, the idea of motherhood goes beyond giving birth—it includes caring for a memory, a loved one, or even a wound. The piece is influenced by feminist scholar Donna Haraway’s companion species theory and Kazuo Ohno's Butoh philosophy.

At the center of the work is Kuramochi’s late dog, who was a constant companion. His presence deeply shaped the project, and his passing continues to resonate throughout it.

In March, she performed The Otherness Child beside him—a piece honoring their bond during his final days.

In this new performance, Kuramochi dances with a transparent dog that represents his memory. The performance is set to Yurikago no Uta, a Japanese lullaby her mother used to sing to her. She sang the same lullaby to her dog as he passed away, turning it into a requiem.

Since his death, she continues to feel his presence. He appears in dreams, and she sees him as her invisible performance partner—her spirit guardian.

© Ibuki Kuramochi

IBUKI KURAMOCHI is a Japanese-born interdisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Sydney, Taipei, and Rome.

Since 2016, she has studied Butoh under Yoshito Ohno at the world-renowned Kazuo Ohno Butoh Dance Studio. Kuramochi translates the poetic choreographic physicality of Butoh and the human body into performance, video, installation, and painting, exploring metamorphosis and post-human feminism.

She is a recipient of the 2025 AHL Foundation AAPI Woman Artist Fellowship, 2024 DCA EMPOWERMENT grant, 2024 DCA Dance in the City grant, and the 2022 SCIART Ambassador Fellowship.

In 2019, she was featured in LA WEEKLY’s People 2019 issue, highlighting influential creatives in Los Angeles. In 2025, she was named one of the Ten Essential Local Artists in LA by Los Angeles Magazine.
 

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