A Body in a Library is a part of Eiko's solo project, A Body in Places.
Eiko premiered the work at Wesleyan University's Olin Library on February 23, 2015. She performed it again on September 17, 2015 at the Russell Library in Middletown.
Eiko also performed at Dickenson College library and Pittsfield Town Library both in 2017, and, in 2019, at Toronto Reference Library, the largest public library in Toronto.
At all these libraries, the photographs of Eiko in Fukushima, by William Johnston, were either exhibited or projected on the walls so as to contextualize Eiko's body with that of in irradiated Fukushima.
An article in American Library Magazine written by Rolande Duprey
- Reviews
- In my (under) estimation...; Pat Tully, On libraries, history and community, September 23, 2015
- The Library That Was Once a Church; Rolande Duprey, Purple Rocks and Pond Water, September 18, 2015
- Eiko Otake Holds a Mourning Service at Rush Hour; Siobhan Burke, The New York Times, June 24, 2015
- Sickness and Health; Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Artforum, July 3, 2015
- Wesleyan Photo Exhibit Depicts 2011 Nuclear Disaster In Japan; , Hartford Courant, February 23, 2015
- Apparition of a Face in a Crowd; Madison Mainwaring, The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014
- Articles
- Eiko Otake at Russell Library: “A Body in a Library”; Rolande Duprey, American Libraries, December 31, 2015
- The Making of “A Body in Fukushima”: A Journey through an Ongoing Disaster; William Johnston with Eiko Otake, Japan Focus, March 9, 2015
- In A Body in Fukushima, dancer Eiko and photographer William Johnston measure the fallout of trust in technology; Byron Woods, INDY Week, July 1, 2015
- Free Dance in Summertime New York; Gia Kourlas, The New York Times, June 18, 2015
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