Neither Garlic nor Beans (1983-88) length: various (audience interactive)


Tempodrom, Berlin (with German subtitles) as part of "Jugendtag 88," organized by Sozialistische Einheiz Partei W. Berlin
Schokofabrik, Berlin (1988)
Fischlabor, Berlin
Oranges and Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles (1986)
SUSHI, Inc., San Diego (1985)
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles

audio collage: Stephen A. Laufer & Rika Ohara
text, slides and choreography: Rika Ohara

"Ohara's Neither Garlic nor Beans is one of the most obliquely intelligent and innovative perfomance debuts that l've seen."
ÐÐ David E. James, ARTWEEK, 1985

"Ohara shrewedly exploits herself as a Japanese to arouse these mediated memories ÐÐ and to cause the audience to question their second-hand notions about the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings and their effects on thousands of lives."
ÐÐ Kathe Burkhardt, High Performance, 1985

"I can still see much of it in my mind, some twenty-five years later!"
ÐÐ David E. James, 2012



Reviews:

David E. James, ARTWEEK
Paula Bryant, High Performance
Kathe Burkhardt, High Performance
Lair Davis, San Diego Gayzette

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