BROOK HSU
WATCHES
EIKO OTAKE
DANCE

Saturday,
April 18, 2026

Monday,
April 20, 2026

6:30pm
Doors

7:00pm
Event begins

Limited capacity

Saturday performance:
7pm (Doors at 6:30)

Monday performance:
7pm (Doors at 6:30)

I find myself now in a desperate state of mind about what people value in art today, where certain rules and conventions, and ways of thinking contradict the way art actually feels and what it means to be human. More so, I find that art making, solitary as the artist may be, is exacerbated by a degree of alienation that is detrimental to the artist’s survival. Art is both a solitary act and a social activity, as the artist and the viewer make attempts at building new structures of understanding.

— Brook Hsu

While meaning in art is shared, its making can get pretty lonely. Brook Hsu is an artist, a painter. Living between New York and Wyoming, she spends the majority of her working life in conversation with material: wood, canvas, paint, ink, shellac. Born out of a desire to expand her practice into the social, she recently curated an exhibition at Kiang Malingue called From Being Jealous of a Dog’s Vein in which she asked the artists involved to allow her to treat their artworks as dancers.

During the final hours of that exhibition, Brook met Eiko Otake after inviting her in for a walkthrough. While Eiko has lived and worked in New York City for fifty years, she continues to find herself a stranger in new places. With her ongoing project A Body in Places, Eiko has carried the smell of her formative teenage years in late ’60s Tokyo to nearly one hundred sites thus far. At Brook’s invitation, she has spent extensive time in 222 Bowery creating a place-based score that she calls A Stranger in the Bunker, which reflects her relationship (or lack thereof) to the literary lineage of the space.

Eiko performs once on Saturday, takes Sunday to regret what she did, and performs for a second time on Monday.

Please note that spots are limited and audience members are asked to stand during this performance as Eiko moves through the space. Seating is available upon request.

Brook Hsu (b. 1987) is a painter who lives and works in New York and Wyoming. Recent solo exhibitions include Gladstone Gallery, New York (2024); Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong (2022); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2021); Manual Arts, Los Angeles (2021); Bortolami Gallery, New York (2019). She recently curated the exhibition From Being Jealous of a Dog’s Vein at Kiang Malingue, New York (2025).

Eiko Otake (b. 1952) is a movement-based, interdisciplinary artist born in Tokyo who lives and works in New York. From 1972–2013, she performed in collaboration with Takashi Koma Otake as Eiko & Koma, earning awards from The MacArthur Foundation, United States Artists, the American Dance Festival, Dance Magazine, and the Doris Duke Foundation. Since 2014, Eiko has been directing her own projects. She has collaborated with Ishmael Houston-Jones, Joan Jonas, DonChristian Jones, Iris McCloughan, Beverly McIver, Mérian Soto, and others.

A few standby tickets may become available at the door. 

Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.