Lauren O’Neill-Butler
Lauren O’Neill-Butler is a New York–based writer and editor. Her books include The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America (Verso, 2025) and Let’s Have a Talk: Conversations with Women on Art and Culture (Karma, 2021).
Near the beginning of Eiko Otake and Wen Hui’s chilling new performance, What Is War, the duo walks toward and past each other, ever so slowly, on a long stretch of dirt that spans the width of the stage. Over the course of several silent minutes, they seem to move through all the stages of grief.
