Fukurow Ishikawa is a Tokyo-based kinetic artist who brings organic materials to life with technology. Although he now has a degree in electrical engineering, he has enjoyed remodeling toys and daydreaming since he was a child. Project Fukurow was founded to express his outlook on the world, and the company has performed in Italy, Egypt, and France in addition to tours throughout Japan. An enigmatic program note by the director reads, “This thing that is boundlessly me but not supposed to be me wanders in the darkness and gives me tangible fear and anxiety.” This Pillow engagement marked the company’s first full-evening appearance in the U.S., and a review in The New York Times reported that “the powerful images are very, very strong.”
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