Media and Bibliography


"The Heart of No Place, Politics, Technology and, in Short, a Chunk of My Life" by Rika Ohara, Flickhead, 2014

ÒÕOccupying PotatoÕ at Islip Art MuseumÓ by Steve Parks, Newsday, September 26, 2012

ÒVideo PillowbookÓ by Adele Eisenstein, C.O.L.A. Fellowship 2012 Catalog

ÒL.A. Previews June 8-14: Rika Ohara Visuals, Van Halen,Ó Metaljazz.com, June 8, 2012

ÒFilm and Music Festival: US Debut of The Hear of No Place,Ó High Desert Lifestyles Magazine, April 27, 2012

L.A. Woman, a documentary directed by Kate Crash, EZTV, 2011

"The London Independent Film Festival Wraps 7th Season," The Beatles News, April 28, 2010

"Forget Me Not bags post-production deal prize," Indiantelevision.com *Mumbai). April 27, 2010

"Forget Me Not gets LIFF Grand Prize" by Stuart Kemp, Hollywood Reporter, April 26, 2010

LA-Artist, a documentary directed by Oliver Shipley, 2010

"Rika Ohara, Episode Three" by Sofia Rose Smith, LA-Artist Documentary Project. 2010

ÒStrong German Presence in Gšteborg Film Festival,Ó Cineuropa.org, February 1, 2010

ÒGro§e deutsche PrŠsenz beim Filmfestival Gšteborg?(Strong German Presence in Gšteborg Film Festival),Ó Medienhandbuch.de, January 30, 2010

33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, 2010

Prémio de Cinema para Filmes Sobre Arte, Festival Temps d'Images 2009

Common Threads, Shared Spaces: Five Years of Fellowships for Visual Artists from the California Community Foundation, 2004-2008, Irene Tsatsos, 2009

Ankara Uluslararasi Film Festivali/Ankara International Film Festival 2007

Eleventh Annual LAShortsFest September 5-17, 2007

Filmlichter 06: International Short Film Festival Detmold

"Der Film und das Brot," Lippisches Kultur-Journal October 2, 2006

Nemzetkšzi KŽpzšmŸvŽszeti Filmszemle/International Film Festival of Fine Arts, 2004

Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin 2003,

New Territories, an International Festival of Live Arts, 2002

Millenniumi Tudom‡nyos Filmszemle/Millennium Scientific Film Festival, 2001

Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin 2001,

L.A. Weekly, October 22 - 28, 2004

"Art during Wartime" by Tulsa Kinney, Coagula, Issue #54, November 2001

"Surprises et MŽlange des genres au Monaco Danses Dances Forum," Le Monde, January 2, 2001

"Le Mouvement RŽinventŽ gr‰ce aux nouvelles technologies" by Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde special supplement, December 2000

"Tulsa Time" by Tulsa Kinney, Coagula, Issue #48, November 2000

"Slush" by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, the L.A. Weekly, October 20 - 26, 2000

"Tradition and the Movies: The Asian American Avant-Garde in Los Angeles" by David E. James, Journal of Asian American Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, June 1999, Johns Hopkins University Press

"Performance Pick of the Week" by Peter Frank, the L.A. Weekly, October 1 - 7, 1999

"Performance Pick of the Week" by Peter Frank, the L.A. Weekly, July 24 - 30, 1998

"The Low Life" by Kateri Butler, the L.A. Weekly, August 29 - September 4, 1997

"Best Bets," the Los Angeles Times, April 10, 1997

"This Week in Da Bomb" by Joel Beers, the OC Weekly, April 11-17, 1997

"'Tokyo Rose' Coming to San Jose," Hokubei Mainichi, January 6, 1996

"The Healing Arts," the Honolulu Weekly, August 2, 1995

"Performance Artist to Present 'Tokyo Rose' in S.F.," Hokubei Mainichi, May 16, 1995

"Rika Ohara to Perform in 'Tokyo Rose'," Nichibei Times, May 13, 1995

"Performance Pick of the Week" by Connie Monaghan, the L.A. Weekly, August 19 - 25, 1994

Vorort International (exhibition catalog), Galerie E 43 IM Treppenhaus, Berlin 1994

"Rika Ohara at LACE" by Louise Steinman, Visions Arts Quarterly, Fall 1993

"The Real Story of Tokyo Rose" by Deborah Robiglio, the Los Angeles Reader, April 16, 1993

"Performance Pick of the Week" by Peter Frank, the L.A. Weekly, April 16 - 22, 1993

"Going It Alone -- Solo Performance in Los Angeles" by Lynn Swanson, Visions Arts Quarterly, Summer 1992

"Dances Aided by Technology," The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, March 14, 1992

"Performance Pick of the Week" by Peter Frank, the L.A. Weekly, June 21 - 27, 1991

"Performance Art Review" by Jan Breslauer, the Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1990

"Prometheus on a Black Landscape" by Terry Wolverton, High Performance, Summer 1990

"'Twisted Spring' Aptly Titled" by Jody Leader, the Daily News, April 30, 1990

Performance Art Anthology, Last Gasp/Contemporary Arts Press, 1989

"Having Fun With Duality" by Alison Sloane, the Los Angeles Reader, October 27, 1989

"Art Matters" by Lesa Sawahata, Santa Monica Bay News, August 1989

"Ungewohnte Signale (Unusual Signal)" by Petra Erlwein, Offenbach Post, Frankfurt, May 26, 1988

"Ein lebendiges Gesamtkunstwerk," Hannoversche Allegemeine Zeitung, April 15, 1988

"Pulner, Ohara in 'Astrobody'" by Gregg Wager, the Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1987

"Clear Vision in 'Asian Eyes'" by John C. Mahoney, Downtown News, July 13, 1987

"Asian Eyes" by Bill Raden, the L.A. Weekly, July 10 - 16, 1987

Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, Die katalog Anthologie der 80er Jahre by G.J. Lischka, Benteli, Switzerland 1985

"Among the Best" by Lair Davis, the San Diego Gayzette, December 26, 1985

"Can Art Breed Action?" by Kathe Burkhart, High Performance, Issue 32, 1985

"Scratching a Cosmic Itch" by Paula Bryant, High Performance, Issue 31, 1985

"New and Clear, Nuclear" by David E. James, Artweek, September 21, 1985