Ushio Shinohara boxes a canvas
One of the weirdest, coolest things that happened over True/False weekend was when Ushio Shinohara punched a large, blank canvas with paint-covered boxing gloves. Shinohara was the subject of Cutie and the Boxer, one of the most anticipated documentaries at True/False.
- KBIA Assistant News Director, Ryan Famuliner, interviewed filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling ahead of the fest. It was part of "True/False Conversations," our series of in-depth interviews with the filmmakers of True/False 2013.
Here's my interview with the director of "Cutie and the Boxer," showing at #truefalse this weekend: kbia.org/post/cutie-and…- The filmmaker (far left) and his subjects, Noriko and Ushio Shinohara (middle) came to Columbia. Here, they're taking questions from the audience after their screening at the Missouri Theatre.
- 'Cutie and the boxer' met 40 years ago today! #truefalse #cutieandtheboxer @ The Missouri Theatre instagr.am/p/WaYr16tZ_h/
- The demonstration happened Sunday at 5:00. Here waits Ushio's victim in the parking lot of the Tiger Cleaners.
In a couple hours an octagenarian artist will beat the crap out of this canvas #truefalse http://pic.twitter.com/ep9UxflFdx- The artists:
- Shinohara de-shirts and dons gloves:
- 81, shirtless, ready to punch a canvas w/ boxing gloves covered in paint: Ushio Shinohara means business! instagr.am/p/WakoxStnap/ #truefalse
- Always right to left, always fast. Shinohara's been painting this way since the 1960s.
- Some live action painting outdoors. Btw, it's freezing outside and he's 81 this year. #truefalse instagr.am/p/Wa9bkWs3ZU/
- Afterwards Shinohara posed for pictures and even boxed some peoples' shirts for them.
- David Wilson (right) is one of the founders of True/False, which turned 10 this year.
Awesome. RT @davidkinofist: Post #cutieandtheboxer demo. #truefalse #highonfumes http://pic.twitter.com/pxte3hrKs1- Vox Magazine posted this video of the demonstration.
- Check out Noriko Shinohara's shoes! They were made for her by her son, also an artist.
- Cutie and the Boxer's Noriko Shinohara may be 58, but she's wearing the coolest shoes in town instagr.am/p/WamaD_tnc-/ #truefalse
- Some more action shots:
