Tari Ito - Window Box Gallery
Opening Feb 5 and running until March 17th in the Window Box Gallery... Tari Ito's Video/Installation: Before the 37 Trillion Pieces Get to Sleep Photo by Leena Raudvee Tari Ito is a feminist performance artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Seven years ago, Ito was initially diagnosed in 2014 with a neurologic disease called SMA. But in October 2019, it was announced that, as a result of genetic testing, she now has ALS. The disease initially progressed rapidly and as a result she has become confined to a wheelchair. Ito has had to necessarily review the creative expectations she has of her own body. After a four year break from performance, Ito took part in LIVE Performance Art Biennale 2019 with the North American premiere of Before the 37 Trillion Pieces Get to Sleep , a new project which addresses the crucial reality, and the inhabitants fear, of the “invisible” presence of residual radiation in Fukushima following the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster. This 2019 performanc