DIRECTED FILM
itsy bitsy (2015)
A film by Kusanagi Sisters
Conception, Directed, & Produced by: Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi
Performance by: Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi
Director of Photography: Annisa Amalia
Production Designer: Lisa Kusanagi
Edited by: JuJu Kusanagi
Music by: Chakita, Maxwell Transue and Tony Denove
Production Assistant: Mitchell Gustin
According to the research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question how can other intelligence besides linguistic and logical-mathematical, which are considered the “intellectual” in most academic institutions, gain more respect and recognition. Are there any other and more intelligence exist? So often we feel our aesthetics, ideas, imaginations, and minds are colonized by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We reject colonization of our imaginations. Because our perceptions and imaginations are reality. We must de-colonize our imaginations, in order to think and create freely in our own logical senses.
"itsy bitsy" has been screened across the United States (17 states) and at festivals and venues in Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Albania, Kenya, China, and Indonesia. It has received many awards including First Place in pre-professional category at 2016 Utah Dance Film Festival (UT) and Audience Choice Award at the 2015 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival (CA). Critic Megan Stevenson wrote, "The sisters, in canary yellow lipstick, performed delicate finger dances in a mushroom forest, sipped through novelty straws, carefully stepped over eyeballs on a bark floor, and played mushrooms like musical wine glasses. ...In this film (and often in the world), sometimes weirdness is paradise" (Seattledances.com). The film has been screened in 15 countries at over 30 festivals, 5 universities, 3 galas, and many venues including AMC Theatres, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and the JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles LED billboards.
Link to itsy bitsy
Conception, Directed, & Produced by: Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi
Performance by: Lisa Kusanagi & JuJu Kusanagi
Director of Photography: Annisa Amalia
Production Designer: Lisa Kusanagi
Edited by: JuJu Kusanagi
Music by: Chakita, Maxwell Transue and Tony Denove
Production Assistant: Mitchell Gustin
According to the research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. We question how can other intelligence besides linguistic and logical-mathematical, which are considered the “intellectual” in most academic institutions, gain more respect and recognition. Are there any other and more intelligence exist? So often we feel our aesthetics, ideas, imaginations, and minds are colonized by white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We reject colonization of our imaginations. Because our perceptions and imaginations are reality. We must de-colonize our imaginations, in order to think and create freely in our own logical senses.
"itsy bitsy" has been screened across the United States (17 states) and at festivals and venues in Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Albania, Kenya, China, and Indonesia. It has received many awards including First Place in pre-professional category at 2016 Utah Dance Film Festival (UT) and Audience Choice Award at the 2015 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival (CA). Critic Megan Stevenson wrote, "The sisters, in canary yellow lipstick, performed delicate finger dances in a mushroom forest, sipped through novelty straws, carefully stepped over eyeballs on a bark floor, and played mushrooms like musical wine glasses. ...In this film (and often in the world), sometimes weirdness is paradise" (Seattledances.com). The film has been screened in 15 countries at over 30 festivals, 5 universities, 3 galas, and many venues including AMC Theatres, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and the JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles LED billboards.
Link to itsy bitsy
kopitoto
A film by Kusanagi Sisters & Yvonne Meier
Country of Origin: Japan & USA
Directors: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi, Yvonne Meier
Writer: Lisa Kusanagi
Executive Producers: Yvonne Meier, Lisa Kusanagi
Directors of photography: Koichi Makino, Hiroyuki Azegami
Editor: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi
Music: Ran Bagno
Production Designer: Lisa Kusanagi
Costume Designers: Kerry Chipman, Minako Kusanagi
Hairstylist: Cozy Baba
Makeup Artists: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi
Poster Designer: Naomi Shalev
Crew: Minako Kusanagi, Shoji Kusanagi, Ken-ichi Takano, Tomonori Kobayashi, Norimitsu Koganei
Location Manager: Lisa Kusanagi
Location: Iiyama, Nagano, Japan
Sponsored by:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award 2018 (NY, USA)
Yume Covo Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
Nabekura Kougen Heights Mori-no-Ie (Nagano, Japan)
A wintry forest comes to life in this delightfully weird collaboration between JuJu and Lisa Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier. Their choreography of snow and ice, trees and sunlight, body parts and forest creatures evokes the playful illusionism.
Watch TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/309727006
Country of Origin: Japan & USA
Directors: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi, Yvonne Meier
Writer: Lisa Kusanagi
Executive Producers: Yvonne Meier, Lisa Kusanagi
Directors of photography: Koichi Makino, Hiroyuki Azegami
Editor: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi
Music: Ran Bagno
Production Designer: Lisa Kusanagi
Costume Designers: Kerry Chipman, Minako Kusanagi
Hairstylist: Cozy Baba
Makeup Artists: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi
Poster Designer: Naomi Shalev
Crew: Minako Kusanagi, Shoji Kusanagi, Ken-ichi Takano, Tomonori Kobayashi, Norimitsu Koganei
Location Manager: Lisa Kusanagi
Location: Iiyama, Nagano, Japan
Sponsored by:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award 2018 (NY, USA)
Yume Covo Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
Nabekura Kougen Heights Mori-no-Ie (Nagano, Japan)
A wintry forest comes to life in this delightfully weird collaboration between JuJu and Lisa Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier. Their choreography of snow and ice, trees and sunlight, body parts and forest creatures evokes the playful illusionism.
Watch TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/309727006
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Section L Asakusa East Promotion Video (2021)
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A short film by Kusanagi Sisters
Music by Ran Bagno |
Direction, Conception, and Performance by JuJu & Lisa Kusanagi (Kusanagi Sisters)
Filmed by Azeman
Styled by Ryo Matsuda (Y'sC)
Music Composed by Maxwell Transue and Tony Denove
Supported by Envision, Kent, Tomoya, Sakura, Ai, Mocchy, Shinya, Aki, and Howard
Link to Section L Asakusa East Promotion Video
Filmed by Azeman
Styled by Ryo Matsuda (Y'sC)
Music Composed by Maxwell Transue and Tony Denove
Supported by Envision, Kent, Tomoya, Sakura, Ai, Mocchy, Shinya, Aki, and Howard
Link to Section L Asakusa East Promotion Video
