"A city, like a woman in a dress, can be a mysterious object of desire."
Electric Dress
"In Electric Dress, Tanaka seemed to fuse technology and the flesh. During the original performance, in fact, some people became concerned that she would electrocute herself; and in Japan, the light of Hiroshima, which X-rayed the body, quickly came to mind. But Tanaka’s fusion went well beyond academic commentary on technology and women’s issues. She became, in her dress, a kind of twinkling building on the horizon and, by extension, a symbol of the modern Asian city. She anticipated the delirium of light that is Tokyo. A city, like a woman in a dress, can be a mysterious object of desire. Tanaka’s light conceals as it reveals."
taken from ny mag here..
Atsuko Tanaka
"Atsuko Tanaka is one of Japan's most renowned avant-garde artists. She was a member of the Japanese Gutai group (gutai: concrete) which was founded by Jiro Yoshihara in 1954 and existed until 1972. The Gutai group brought together different artists who had experienced World War 2 and all its destruction, the historical background against which Gutai developed its avant-garde stance
