Film Screening and Conversation with Eiko Otake at Bushel, June 26

DELHI — Bushel Collective is honored to host a screening of No Rule Is Our Rule (2022), a video diary by legendary movement-based artist Eiko Otake and Chinese choreographer Wen Hui. The program takes place on Friday, June 26, 7:30 pm, at Bushel, 106 Main Street, Delhi. Free to attend. Doors at 6:30 pm, screening at 7:30 pm followed by a conversation with Eiko Otake—a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the film’s makers about her practice and her life’s work.

No Rule Is Our Rule was shot without a script, its shape determined by circumstance—as a planned monthlong visit between the two artists was cut short by COVID-19, the collaboration continued instead through video diaries, archival footage, and Zoom conversations. Eiko grew up in postwar Japan; Wen Hui came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution. The two artists explore the political histories, personal memories, and body memories each willingly carries. No Rule Is Our Rule won Best Feature Documentary at the Japan International Film Festival and has screened at Asia Society New York, Asian Arts Initiative, Yale, Duke, Cornell, and Wesleyan.

Born and raised in Japan and a resident of New York since 1976, Eiko Otake is a movement-based, interdisciplinary artist. She worked for more than 40 years as Eiko & Koma performing their own choreography which earned them Guggenheim, MacArthur, and United States Artists Fellowships, as well as the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival and the Dance Magazine Awards. www.eikootake.org

This screening is part of a weekend-long series of performance, film, movement, and conversation organized by Pillow Fort Arts Center. Other programs include a free outdoor performance by Eiko Otake at Woodland Cemetery in Delhi on Saturday, June 27, and a movement workshop at Pillow Fort Arts Center on Sunday, June 28. For details, please visit pillowfortartscenter.org.