“Over seven years of performing, Masaki Iwana stood naked and motionless before audiences. Trying to read his beleaguered body in Beast of Grass is complex and baffling. When he lies tangled on the floor, one knee in the crook of an elbow, he’s a mess of hair, ropes, and body parts. A leg is tethered to one of five hanging streamers inscribed with words. Little bells hang off him on cords. An army cap tops his long hair. Small white clusters pasted to his body drop off as he moves. How long does it take him, squatting, to turn 180 degrees? An eternity. Losing one of the bells that he periodically shakes, he collapses with a groan. Every action is performed at a slow burn.”
– Deborah Jowitt, “Fields of Battle”, Voice Choices, 2005
